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How Flock Safety’s AI cameras outpaced surveillance policy
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How Flock Safety’s AI cameras outpaced surveillance policy

There are over 120,000 of Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras installed all over the US. Flock’s cameras, and others like them, use AI to identify and track vehicles based on their license plate number, make, model, color, and other info, networked together to track vehicles and pe

The Verge·August 13, 2026
Amazon lets Twitch streamers block AI training, but defaults to consent
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Amazon lets Twitch streamers block AI training, but defaults to consent

Twitch users can now opt out of allowing their content to be used to train Amazon's generative AI models. Opting out means that "your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel" won't be used in "future training" of an Amazon AI model "whose purpose is to generate or s

The Verge·August 12, 2026
How games studios are redefining AI job displacement
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How games studios are redefining AI job displacement

After a former lead writer claimed Saber "replaced me with ChatGPT," CEO Matthew Karch now claims, "Neither Saber nor Unigine have replaced any writers with AI," for the Rideshare "Stimulator" game announced last month, developed by Unigine. The writer, Stella Sacco, says differently, however, posti

The Verge·August 12, 2026
ChatGPT and Gemini’s billion-user milestone reshapes AI’s future
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ChatGPT and Gemini’s billion-user milestone reshapes AI’s future

For the 14th time, a Google product has hit 1 billion users. Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X that a billion people are using Gemini every month, and that Gemini is Google's fastest-growing product ever. A billion users is a huge milestone, but Google isn't the first AI app to hit it. OpenAI's C

The Verge·August 11, 2026
Meta brings Threads to Quest headsets in spatial computing play
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Meta brings Threads to Quest headsets in spatial computing play

Meta has launched a Threads app for Meta Quest VR headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. The launch follows Meta bringing the app to its Ray-Ban Display AR glasses last month and the recent news that the platform has crossed 500 million monthly active users. It seems like a pretty full-featured

The Verge·August 11, 2026
OpenAI’s COO departure signals deepening internal turbulence
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OpenAI’s COO departure signals deepening internal turbulence

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's special projects lead and the company's former COO, announced his departure after an eight-year stint at the AI lab. In an internal memo he later posted to X, Lightcap told colleagues he'd be starting "something new." "Over the last few months, I've been focused on the next h

The Verge·August 11, 2026
Zuckerberg’s performative lifestyle shapes Meta’s vision of the good life
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Zuckerberg’s performative lifestyle shapes Meta’s vision of the good life

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, "Do cool shit." I made what I hoped was a polite noise. What […]

The Verge·August 10, 2026
Zuckerberg positions Meta’s open AI strategy as democratic alternative to rivals
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Zuckerberg positions Meta’s open AI strategy as democratic alternative to rivals

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a lot to say about the idealized future he now envisions for humanity co-existing with artificial intelligence - his latest essay spans more than 6,500 words on the matter. The lengthy manifesto Zuckerberg published on Monday, titled "The Future is for Everyone," broadly

The Verge·August 10, 2026
Bose’s gamble on staying independent as AI reshapes audio
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Bose’s gamble on staying independent as AI reshapes audio

Today, I’m talking with Lila Snyder, who is the CEO of Bose. You certainly know Bose — it’s one of the most famous brands in all of consumer tech. The company started 60 years ago selling speakers to consumers, and its focus on research and development has led it to be a leader in both […]

The Verge·August 10, 2026
AI detection tools are eroding institutional trust without catching cheaters reliably
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AI detection tools are eroding institutional trust without catching cheaters reliably

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before ChatGPT beca

The Verge·August 9, 2026
Tom Vek’s music player challenges the retro narrative around new audio hardware
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Tom Vek’s music player challenges the retro narrative around new audio hardware

Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound, which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork. His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on The OC and placement on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack. His follow-up, Le

The Verge·August 8, 2026
How AI music tools are quietly reshaping hip-hop production
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How AI music tools are quietly reshaping hip-hop production

It took long enough, but now LA rapper Fenix Flexin appears to have admitted using AI for the 80s synth pop-themed song "Rubberz." His comments follow the producer Medasin's videos claiming that an AI tool called Treblo (formerly Sonauto) was used to make the song, and the company releasing an AI de

The Verge·August 7, 2026
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