Summary Tencent has released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, an open-weights AI model that generates short, 3D-consistent video clips and depth maps from a single image. The model produces RGB frames plus depth for…
UK government trial of M365 Copilot finds no clear productivity boost Summary The Department for Business and Trade ran a three-month pilot of Microsoft M365 Copilot between October and December…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition Summary Sainsbury’s has started an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) in two UK stores to target shoplifting and violence against…
Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger Summary Atlassian has agreed an all-cash $610m purchase of New York startup The Browser Company. The startup — maker of Arc and…
Google’s Latest Pixel Drop Brings the Material 3 Expressive UI To Older Devices Summary Google’s September Pixel Drop brings the Material 3 Expressive UI and several feature upgrades to older…
AI Generated ‘Boring History’ Videos Are Flooding YouTube, Drowning Out Real History Summary A Slashdot post (quoting 404 Media) reports that dozens of YouTube channels are publishing long, AI-generated “boring…
New AI Model Turns Photos Into Explorable 3D Worlds, With Caveats Summary Tencent has released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, an open-weights AI model that produces short, 3D-consistent video sequences from a single still…
Switzerland Releases Open-Source AI Model Built For Privacy Summary Switzerland has launched Apertus, a fully open-source, privacy-focused large language model. Trained on roughly 15 trillion tokens and covering over 1,000…
Atlassian Agrees To Acquire The Browser Co. For $610 Million Summary Atlassian has agreed to buy The Browser Co., the startup behind the Arc and Dia browsers, for $610 million…
India’s AI Story Is ‘All Talk, Little Substance,’ Says Bernstein Summary Investment research firm Bernstein warns India faces a “strategic tech crisis” as US tech giants use aggressive pricing and…
