GPT-5, Deepfakes & Dream Manifestation: AI Is Everywhere Now
From coding showdowns to quantum chips and Copilot with a ‘room,’ this week in AI is both surreal and serious.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard join Spotify exodus over arms industry link
Daisy Dumas/ The Guardian
The psychedelic rock band has left Spotify, citing its ties to the armaments business, joining a growing wave of ethical artist boycotts.
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Competition shows humans are still better than AI at coding – just
Hannah Devlin/ The Guardian
AI is catching up, but human programmers still outperform machines—barely. A new coding contest reveals that (for the time being), brains outperform bots.
China calls for global AI cooperation days after Trump administration unveils low-regulation strategy
The Guardian
As the United States advocates for a hands-off approach to AI, China promotes global collaboration and oversight. The AI competition is heating up, now with diplomacy involved.
OpenAI’s GPT-5 Is Coming Next Month
Fiona Jackson/ OpenAI
Prepare for impact: OpenAI confirms GPT-5's August release. The most powerful AI model available promises enormous increases in intelligence and memory.
Microsoft’s AI CEO thinks Copilot will age and ‘have a room that it lives in’
Tom Warren/ The Verge
Microsoft sees Copilot as more than just a tool—a developing digital companion that matures, ages, and may even require its own "room."
Anthropic deploys AI agents to audit models for safety
Ryan Daws/ AI News
Anthropic uses AIs to monitor other AIs. Their new safety agents monitor behavior to ensure models do not go rogue.
Harvard’s ultra-thin chip could revolutionize quantum computing
ScienceDaily
Harvard researchers have made a breakthrough: an atom-thin chip might unlock the future of quantum computing—smaller, faster, and much more powerful.
Google's deepfake hunter sees what you can’t—even in videos without faces
ScienceDaily
Google's new AI can detect deepfakes even in face-free footage. An effective weapon in the fight against digital deceit.
Google gets its swag back
Alex Heath/ The Verge
After a rocky spell, Google is back on top—thanks to ambitious AI enhancements, confident leadership, and a return to its innovative beginnings.
Believers in Manifestation Are Using A.I. to Visualize Their Dream Lives
Alyson Krueger/ New York Times
From vision boards to generative prompts, manifestation has gone digital. Users are now using AI to envision (and attract) their perfect futures.
How Modern AI Startups Are Built in a Weekend (Without Writing a Line of Code)
Richard Warepam/ TowardsAI
Welcome to the no-coding revolution. Entrepreneurs are establishing AI firms in 48 hours with no programming skills required.