The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to the EU’s strictest platform rules. The designation applies after ChatGPT surpassed 45 million average monthly users in the European Union. Reddit and Roblox received similar designations as very large online platforms. The three companies …
Gen X workers express more positive views of their employers’ use of artificial intelligence than millennials and Gen Z workers, according to a Glassdoor analysis of employee reviews. The findings point to a growing workplace divide: senior employees often see AI as a useful tool or a business opportunity, while younger workers more often connect …
Google is rolling out Google Pics, a new AI-powered image generation and editing suite for Google Workspace. Jess Weatherbed reports for The Verge that the service combines Gemini with Google’s Nano Banana image model and is designed for business graphics such as marketing materials, presentations, and product visuals. Google Pics is available as a standalone …
Perplexity has introduced Hybrid Compute for its Mac app, a feature that divides AI tasks between cloud-based frontier models and smaller models running directly on a user’s computer. The company says the approach can keep confidential files and personal data on the device while assigning web research and more demanding reasoning tasks to cloud systems. …
Instagram will reduce the reach of accounts built around AI generated people if they do not identify themselves with a new “AI-generated profile” label. The rule targets profiles that can appear to feature a real person but actually use a synthetic persona. Karissa Bell reports for Engadget that creators who believe Instagram has penalized them …
Open-source AI platform OpenClaw has released version 2.0, its largest update so far. The release combines a simpler installation process, a redesigned browser app, and shared cloud sessions that let several people work with the same AI agent. According to the OpenClaw Foundation, 933 contributors worked on the update, which includes more than 16,000 pull …
South Korea plans to offer its entire population free access to premium generative AI services through a new government initiative called “AI for All.” Jiyoung Sohn reports for The Wall Street Journal that the program is designed to treat AI more like a public utility while strengthening the country’s technological independence. The government has selected …
Opposition to data centers is growing across the United States, but two recent analyses reach sharply different conclusions about why communities are resisting the infrastructure behind the AI boom. In Blood in the Machine, Brian Merchant argues that the backlash reflects a wider rejection of Silicon Valley’s expansion into public spaces, local economies and private …
Young workers in occupations most exposed to AI are seeing substantially weaker employment prospects, while older employees have so far been largely spared, according to updated research from Stanford economists. Kyle Orland reports for Ars Technica that the researchers identify a widening gap for workers aged 22 to 25. Employment in the most AI exposed …
Artificial intelligence is moving into every part of news production, from finding leads to distributing stories. But its benefits depend on strong human oversight, according to Seth C. Lewis, who writes for Nieman Lab about the book Journalism in the Age of AI, co-authored with Rodrigo Zamith and Tomás Dodds. The authors identify five areas …