New technology

Free apps from Google, Samsung and Apple can help you track your diet, exercise and well-being — and provide vital information during emergencies. Source link

The company’s new A.I. image generator has a surprising twist: It allows people to use images from public Instagram accounts. Source link

Even before OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they are distorting home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area, as people race to buy and sellers ask for stock instead of cash. Source link

Muse Image, which can create realistic images for users on Instagram and WhatsApp, is the company’s latest attempt to catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Source link

A Supreme Court ruling that presidents can fire independent regulators without cause has added volatility for industries that prefer stable enforcement. Source link

U.S. companies complain that competitors in China are unfairly copying their A.I. systems using a technique that has been around for years. Source link

The Chinese company’s models have won over developers worldwide, but they are open source — so they can be used and modified freely. Source link

The layoffs were part of wider cuts at Microsoft, as the company prioritizes spending on artificial intelligence. Source link

The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million users. It increasingly resembles Reddit. Source link

What we learned from the government’s biggest attempt yet to control who can gain access to the most powerful new A.I. models. Source link