UK unions want ‘worker first’ plan for AI as people fear for their jobs
UK unions want ‘worker first’ plan for AI as people fear for their jobs Summary The Trades Union Congress (TUC) warns that more than half of the British public are…
Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code’s clutches
Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code’s clutches Summary Google and Zed Industries have unveiled the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), a standard for communication…
Whisper it: FFmpeg 8 can now subtitle your videos on the fly
Whisper it: FFmpeg 8 can now subtitle your videos on the fly Summary FFmpeg 8.0, codenamed “Huffman”, is a major new release that adds automatic, local speech recognition and several…
Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban
Not in my browser! Vivaldi capo doubles down on generative AI ban Summary By Thomas Claburn — 28 Aug 2025 Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has publicly reiterated his company’s…
Five years – that’s how long Anthropic will store Claude chats unless you opt out
Five years – that’s how long Anthropic will store Claude chats unless you opt out Summary Anthropic has updated its consumer terms so that Claude conversations on Free, Pro and…
Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations
Microsoft unveils home-made ML models amid OpenAI negotiations Summary Microsoft AI (MAI) has announced two in-house machine learning models: MAI-Voice-1, a very fast text-to-speech generator, and MAI-1-preview, a mixture-of-experts model…
Anthropic Will Start Training Its AI Models on Chat Transcripts
Anthropic Will Start Training Its AI Models on Chat Transcripts Key Points • Anthropic will begin using new chat transcripts and coding sessions to train its AI models by default…
FFmpeg 8 Can Now Subtitle Your Videos on the Fly
FFmpeg 8 Can Now Subtitle Your Videos on the Fly Summary FFmpeg 8.0, codenamed “Huffman”, is out. The release adds GPU-accelerated video encoding via Vulkan and integrates Whisper (via whisper.cpp)…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is Now Inside Samsung TVs and Monitors Summary Microsoft’s Copilot assistant is being integrated into Samsung’s 2025 lineup of smart TVs and monitors. Users will be able…
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models
Microsoft Reveals Two In-House AI Models Summary Microsoft has unveiled two new in-house AI models: MAI-Voice-1, a high-speed speech-generation model already integrated into Copilot (Daily and Podcasts) and available to…