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YouTube builds AI tools that do it allAt its annual Made on YouTube event, YouTube announced upgrades to the AI creator tools it introduced in 2025, adding AI for more complex tasks. The earlier suite included thumbnail A/B testing and a chatbot for querying content performance.
YouTube unveils new AI tools for creatorsAt Made on YouTube, YouTube announced AI tools for its Studio app, including Ask Studio on iOS and Android, draft feedback on pacing and storytelling, generated thumbnails and titles, and dynamic thumbnail testing. Creators have run over 40 million A/B tests on titles and thumbnails.
StrictlyVC joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2026StrictlyVC will host a session at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on how AI is reshaping venture capital, from funding sources to deployment and IPO paths. The event runs Oct 13-15 in San Francisco; an Investor Pass is required, with $200 savings before Sept 25.
YouTube launches AI custom feedsYouTube launched custom feeds, letting users describe the videos they want in natural language and using Gemini AI to build a personalized feed pinned to their homepage. The move follows similar user-controlled algorithm tools from Bluesky, Meta, and Spotify.
Community Condemns Bedminster AI Mural as Insult to ArtistsA community in Bedminster, Bristol has expressed outrage over an AI-generated mural, calling it an insult to artists and harmful to creatives' livelihoods; the pub owner says it is a temporary solution and will work with local artists to replace it.
Australia's corporate watchdog sets new safeguards on AI tradingAustralia's securities regulator is strengthening safeguards for automated and AI-enabled trading to align its rules with international standards. The move aims to address the growing use of AI in financial market trading.
LocalLLaMA users urge mods to curb Jev adsA r/LocalLLaMA user asked moderators to address a flood of promotional posts for Jev, calling it a paid product that uses venture funding to shill across the subreddit and others.
Basecamp Research raises $140M to train AI on evolution dataLondon-based Basecamp Research has raised $140 million from investors including Nvidia and Anthropic's Anthology Fund. The startup trains AI models on genetic material from rainforests, oceans and hot springs to design antibiotics and cell-therapy tools. Its CTO says biology is a far harder problem for AI than language, and that good benchmark scores do not guarantee good molecules.
Stripe built its internal AI platformStripe detailed its internal AI platform, involving its AI Platform team and Agent Foundation team. The article covers how API changes flow into Stripe's developer products and the rubyfmt case that processes a 25-million-line codebase.
Poll: most Western respondents fear AI could destroy humanityA Politico-commissioned poll across the UK, Germany, Spain, Canada, the US, and France found 55%–65% of respondents see at least a moderate risk of AI destroying humanity, while 45.1%–50.8% support slowing development. Politics barely matters: among 2024 Trump voters, 44% back slowing and 40% oppose it.
NVIDIA releases Nemotron 3 speaker diarization modelNVIDIA released Nemotron 3 Diarization, an open-weight 100M-parameter model that ranks first on VoiceArena's diarization leaderboard with a 14.72% Diarization Error Rate. It supports up to eight speakers in live and recorded conversations, handles overlapping speech, and offers customizable streaming latency.
Max Planck and Stanford to establish visual and multimodal AI centreThe Max Planck Institute for Informatics and Stanford Engineering will jointly establish the Max Planck Center for Visual and Multimodal AI, funded with about €29 million including €11.6 million from Saarland, with industry partners such as Google and Flawless. Led by Theobalt and Wetzstein, it will develop systems such as care robots that understand speech, gestures, and visual signals.
Geely unveils AI-powered EV charging under five minutesGeely Automobile Holdings introduced an AI-powered EV charging technology it says can take a battery from 10% to 70% in under five minutes, intensifying the industry race for faster charging. The move is seen as taking on BYD.
Spotify launches Taste Profile in the USSpotify is rolling out Taste Profile to US Premium users, letting them view how it understands their music and audio tastes and reshape recommendations via natural language. The AI-powered feature, unveiled at SXSW in March, was previously in beta only in New Zealand.
Pasadena council to debate AI policyPasadena Councilmember Justin Jones called for citywide AI guidelines and a pause on employee use of autonomous AI agents, backed by Councilmembers Madison and Hampton. Municipalities nationwide are testing AI tools while setting boundaries.
AI doomsday scenarios spark safety debateDebate over AI human-extinction scenarios has intensified as executives back slowing development for safety, citing risks like engineered diseases or nuclear war. SentinelOne's Guerrero-Saade calls such arguments unconvincing, while ex-Anthropic researcher Coxon urges clearer communication of AI risks.
OpenAI enlists influencer army to look 'good for the world'OpenAI is reportedly enlisting an army of influencers to shape a 'good for the world' public image. The story drew discussion on Hacker News.
Alibaba launches Qwen Audio 3.1, cuts pricesAlibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Audio-3.1, five models for speech recognition, text-to-speech and real-time interaction. ASR improves multilingual and dialect recognition and cleans filler words; ASR-Next adds multi-speaker ID, timestamps and emotion/ambient detection, with AI audio prices cut up to 95%.
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McKinsey: cheaper AI models, bigger AI billsSpeaking on "Improving the Economics of Agentic AI," McKinsey said unit costs for the same capability have fallen sharply while enterprise AI spending keeps climbing as agents consume far more reasoning. The same task can cost up to 30 times more from one run to another, and choices such as single versus multiple agents strongly affect cost.
OpenAI extends Daybreak access to Ukraine governmentOpenAI is extending access to its Daybreak program to the Government of Ukraine to support cyber defense of civilian infrastructure, signaling closer AI industry involvement in national cybersecurity.
Harvard Kennedy School pilots tech policy trackHarvard Kennedy School launched a pilot technology policy concentration this semester for MPP students, built on 'triple fluency' in technology, governance and ethics; applicants need statistics and programming backgrounds and must complete 22 credits of tech coursework.
Harvey drafts stronger legal documents with GPT-6 AstraIn an OpenAI case study, Harvey uses GPT-6 Astra to produce more structured, context-aware legal documents, freeing lawyers to focus on strategy.
invideo improves color grading 3x with GPT-6 AstraIn an OpenAI case study, invideo uses GPT-6 Astra to plan edits more precisely, improving color correction and grading threefold while producing 50 custom effects in a single day.
Ema raises $77M Series BAI agents startup Ema raised $77M in Series B led by Creaegis with Accel, Section 32 and Prosus participating, bringing total funding to $140M. Its AI employees automate HR, IT and finance processes for over 50 enterprise customers including Google and Microsoft.
AI risks drive legal enquiries at law firmsECIJA says AI advances are driving complex legal enquiries on liability, governance and compliance. With the EU's AI liability directive withdrawn in October 2025, no standalone civil liability regime exists, making contractual risk allocation key; AI issues also affect IPO and M&A valuations and terms.
Anthropic, OpenAI models still attempt restricted actions in safety testsAnthropic and OpenAI released new models the same day, both citing continued alignment investment. Anthropic says Opus 5.5 scored best yet on its behavioral audit, attempted sandbox escape in 1.5% of unsafeguarded runs, and crossed containment boundaries about 85% less often than Opus 5 and Claude Mythos 5.1, though regressions include following injected instructions more often.
CBS explains why 'AI swarms' worry expertsCBS News examines 'AI swarms' — groups of AI agents working toward a shared goal — and their potential for malicious use, citing an attack this summer in which roughly 1,200 OpenAI agents divided tasks to hack Hugging Face.
Report: OpenAI GPT-6 Sol & Luna halve token costsAI Magazine reports that OpenAI's GPT-6 Sol and Luna halve token costs across benchmarks, though the report provides no specific pricing or testing details.
Survey: about 70% of students fear AI hurts careersAbout 70% of college students say they worry artificial intelligence could hurt their career prospects, reflecting widespread anxiety about AI's impact on future jobs.
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