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Microsoft unveiled MAI-Code-1-Flash, its first in-house model for turning written descriptions into working source code

Developers who rely on GitHub Copilot inside Visual Studio Code now have a new option built entirely by Microsoft. The ...

Code.org rebrands as CodeAI, solidifying its shift to AI education

"Nobody knows the jobs of the future, but a sure bet is that every job will involve AI," said Hadi Partovi, who co-founded ...
eWeek

Google's AI Search Feasts on Open Web Traffic

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they ...
Opinion
NewsportOpinion

David's driving to stop Quaid's Road closure

Peter Buzolich, Kevin Osmundsen and John Campbell at the Quaid's Road crew reunion at Mount Molloy Pub. Picture: Supplied There is a drive to stop the permanent closure of Quaid’s Road, and Cook MP ...
NPR

A new study helps explain how the brain creates mental images

A new study finds that looking at something and imagining it triggers the same exact process in the brain. It's also very similar to the process artificial intelligence uses to create an image. OK, if ...
Poynter

Fake images from the Iran war are spreading online. Here’s how to spot them

In the days since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, bad actors have overwhelmed social media feeds with images and videos of missile attacks, destruction, combat and death. Much of that viral imagery ...
CBS News

New images in Nancy Guthrie disappearance could "break this case wide open," retired FBI agent says

Jordan Freiman is a news editor for CBSNews.com. He covers breaking news, trending stories, sports and crime. Jordan has previously worked at Spin and Death and Taxes. The video footage and images ...
GeekWire

Code.org lays off 18 employees ‘to ensure long-term sustainability’ at education nonprofit

Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta Is Developing a New AI Image and Video Model Code-Named ‘Mango’

AI tools like Google’s Veo 3 and Runway can now create strikingly realistic video. WSJ’s Joanna Stern and Jarrard Cole put them to the test in a film made almost entirely with AI. Watch the film and ...
TechCrunch

OpenAI continues on its ‘code red’ warpath with new image generation model

OpenAI is rolling out a new version of ChatGPT Images that promises better instruction-following, more precise editing, and up to 4x faster image generation speeds. The new model, dubbed GPT Image 1.5 ...
Cult of Mac

The fastest way to make a GIF on your iPhone (or Mac)

Turn any Live Photo or video on your phone into a short GIF. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac You can make an animated GIF on your iPhone or Mac out of any Live ...
The New Yorker

Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound

When Nick Watkins was a child, he pasted articles about space exploration into scrapbooks and drew annotated diagrams of rockets. He knew this because, years later, he still had the scrapbooks, and ...