Anthropic has confirmed it is developing and testing a new artificial intelligence model called Claude Mythos, described as the most capable the company has ever built. Writing for Fortune, Beatrice Nolan reports that the model’s existence came to light after internal documents were accidentally left in a publicly accessible online data store. An Anthropic spokesperson …
Google has expanded Search Live, its voice and camera-based search feature, to all countries and languages where AI Mode is available. The rollout covers more than 200 countries and territories. Search Live lets users ask questions by speaking out loud instead of typing. The feature responds with audio and can also draw on live camera …
Wikipedia has updated its guidelines to prohibit editors from using artificial intelligence to write or rewrite article content. The English-language version of the site introduced the change after months of editors struggling with a rise in AI-generated articles. The new policy stems from a finding that text produced by large language models (LLMs) frequently breaks …
The European Parliament has voted to simplify parts of the Artificial Intelligence Act and push back key deadlines for compliance. The European Parliament writes in an official press release the vote passed by 569 votes in favour, 45 against, and 23 abstentions. The most significant changes affect when companies must comply with rules governing high-risk …
AI agents are no longer just for software developers. Tools like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, which started as coding assistants, are now being positioned to handle everything from booking travel to managing medical records. Kate Clark reports for The Wall Street Journal that the companies behind these tools see a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in …
Adobe has launched Firefly Custom Models in public beta, allowing creators and businesses to train AI image generators using their own visual assets. The tool lets users teach the AI to recognize and reproduce specific styles, character designs, color palettes, lighting conditions, and stroke weights. The goal is to help teams produce large volumes of …
OpenAI is discontinuing its Sora video platform app as part of a broader strategic shift toward business and coding tools. Berber Jin reports for the Wall Street Journal that CEO Sam Altman announced the changes to staff, saying the company would wind down all products built on its video models. The shutdown affects the consumer-facing …
Starting August 2, 2026, the transparency obligations of the EU AI Act will apply, and this of course affects you as a content professional, if you are based in the EU. However, various pieces of misinformation are circulating about this law. For instance, just the other day I saw the claim that soon, all AI-generated …
Large language models can build apps, predict protein structures and generate realistic videos. But they consistently fail at one fundamental human skill: writing well. Jasmine Sun reports for The Atlantic that modern AI systems are structurally built in ways that actively work against good writing. And that is quite surprising: Today’s most powerful AI models …
Small online publishers are suffering the steepest decline in search-driven web traffic as artificial intelligence transforms how people find information online. Axios reports that small publishers, defined as those receiving between 1,000 and 10,000 daily page views, have lost 60% of their referral traffic from traditional search engines over the past two years. Medium-sized publishers …