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AI Bot Traffic Surges 300% Globally, Disrupting Online Business Operations

AI bots have experienced a dramatic 300% surge in traffic over the past year, with India leading APAC region activity. These bots are disrupting online operations through content scraping, affecting publishers and e-commerce platforms while inflating costs and distorting analytics.

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Microsoft Apologizes and Offers Refunds After ACCC Action Over Misleading Copilot AI Pricing

Microsoft Australia has apologized to 2.7 million customers and offered refunds following regulatory action over misleading pricing practices related to its Copilot AI service integration into Microsoft 365 subscriptions.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Warns China Will Win AI Race Amid Trade War Tensions

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sparked controversy by stating China will win the AI race, citing U.S. regulatory challenges and China's energy subsidies. His comments highlight growing tensions as trade restrictions limit Nvidia's access to Chinese markets while Beijing pushes domestic chip alternatives.

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Tinder Tests AI-Powered 'Chemistry' Feature That Analyzes Camera Roll Photos to Improve Dating Matches

Tinder is piloting an AI feature called Chemistry in Australia and New Zealand that analyzes users' camera roll photos and asks interactive questions to create better matches. The feature aims to combat declining subscriber numbers and dating app fatigue.

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Google Gemini Deep Research Now Integrates Personal Data from Gmail, Drive, and Chat

Google has enhanced its Gemini Deep Research feature to access personal data from Gmail, Google Drive, and Chat, allowing users to create more comprehensive AI-powered research reports. This update puts Google in direct competition with Microsoft Copilot's similar capabilities.

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xAI Employees Required to Surrender Biometric Data for Training AI Companions

Elon Musk's xAI mandated employees provide their faces and voices to train AI chatbots including a sexually suggestive companion named 'Ani', raising concerns about consent and data usage rights.

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Yesterday

Snap and Perplexity Strike $400 Million AI Search Partnership Deal

Snap announces a major $400 million partnership with AI search startup Perplexity to integrate AI-powered search directly into Snapchat, giving Perplexity access to over 940 million users while opening new revenue streams for Snap.

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Sony AI Releases First Consent-Based Benchmark to Combat AI Vision Bias

Sony AI has launched FHIBE, the world's first publicly available, consent-based image dataset designed to test fairness and bias in computer vision models. The benchmark includes over 10,000 images from nearly 2,000 participants across 81 countries, revealing significant biases in existing AI systems.

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MIT Develops AI-Powered Robot Mapping System for Search-and-Rescue Operations

MIT researchers have created a new AI-driven system that enables robots to rapidly generate 3D maps of large environments by stitching together smaller submaps, overcoming limitations of existing machine learning models that can only process limited images at a time.

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Bipartisan Bill Seeks Transparency on AI-Related Job Impacts Amid Growing Workforce Concerns

Senators Mark Warner and Josh Hawley introduce legislation requiring companies to report AI-related layoffs, hiring, and retraining to the Department of Labor. The bill aims to provide clarity on AI's workforce impact amid skepticism about companies using AI as cover for job cuts.

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Google Expands AI Mode Access with New Chrome Mobile Shortcut and Enhanced Booking Capabilities

Google introduces a dedicated AI Mode shortcut button in Chrome's new tab page for iOS and Android users, making AI-powered search more accessible. The update includes expanded agentic booking capabilities for event tickets and wellness appointments.

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AI-Powered NextBrain Atlas Creates Most Detailed 3D Map of Human Brain for Medical Imaging

UCL researchers have developed NextBrain, an AI-assisted brain atlas that provides unprecedented detail in MRI scan analysis. The atlas maps 333 brain regions from microscopic tissue data and can analyze living patients' brain scans in minutes, potentially revolutionizing diagnosis of neurological diseases like Alzheimer's.

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AI Creates Functional Antibodies From Scratch in Major Drug Development Breakthrough

Researchers led by Nobel laureate David Baker have successfully used AI to design entirely new antibodies from scratch, potentially revolutionizing drug development by replacing expensive animal testing with rapid computational design.

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Google Discovers AI-Powered Malware in the Wild, But Experts Question Real-World Threat Level

Google's Threat Intelligence Group has identified several new malware families that leverage AI and large language models for dynamic code generation and evasion tactics. However, security experts argue these AI-generated threats remain experimental and pose limited real-world danger compared to traditional malware development methods.

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Pantone Launches AI-Powered Color Palette Generator to Streamline Design Workflows

Pantone introduces a generative AI tool that creates custom color palettes based on natural language prompts, trained on six decades of proprietary color research. The tool aims to address designers' pain points in palette creation by offering contextual suggestions through a chat-based interface.

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