Former cybersecurity executive Peter Williams stole several surveillance and hacking tools and sold them for $1.3 million to a Russian broker that works with Putin’s government.
Meta has launched Muse Image, a free AI image generator from its Superintelligence Labs, available via the Meta AI app, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. It offers preset prompts, custom ad creation, interior design visualization for Facebook Marketplace, and prompt-based editing.
Decagon CEO Jesse Zhang proposes open source and frontier AI models are not rivals but part of a lifecycle. Mature use cases shift to cheaper open source, while expensive frontier models drive new discoveries, maintaining overall spend.
Microsoft is reportedly reducing reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic AI models for Office apps like Excel and Word, opting instead for its own in-house MAI models to cut costs. This move aligns with a broader industry trend of tech companies curbing AI spending.
Discord's AI moderation system mistakenly banned over 8,000 users in two months due to a bug that flagged harmless images like spreadsheets and game textures as harmful. The company is restoring affected accounts and working on better safeguards.
Google's Made By Google event is set for August 12 in NYC, where new Pixel phones and watches are expected. Rumors suggest increased prices due to AI component shortages, with base storage potentially rising to 256GB.
Figma has acquired Bud, an AI and coding platform, to enhance its design capabilities with AI and integrate coding closer to its canvas. Bud and its previous iteration, Orchids, will shut down by July 18, with users needing to migrate projects.
