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OpenAI gives licensing partners priority in ChatGPT
Content from OpenAI's licensing partners reportedly flows into ChatGPT through a dedicated, prioritized pipeline. The rest of the web is processed without this special treatment.
Full story at The Decoder ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Cybersecurity · Operating systems
Android to limit app access to contacts
Google is developing a system that distinguishes between individual and bulk contact edits by apps. The first parts of this feature will arrive with Android 17 QPR2 later this year.
Full story at Android Authority ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
China's first AI film flops at the box office
China's first fully AI-generated theatrical film, 'Sanxingdui: Future Past', earned very little despite a wide release on over 10,000 screens. The poor result raises doubts about whether AI-generated films can draw audiences.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Operating systems
Developer runs iOS 26 on old Surface Duo
A developer managed to run iOS 26 on Microsoft's discontinued Surface Duo. The project effectively turned the Android device into an iPhone Duo.
Full story at Windows Latest ↗ - Networking · Cloud & data centers
Cloudflare reviews what caused Q3 2026 internet outages
Cloudflare published an analysis of internet disruptions observed in the third quarter of 2026. Its large share of global web traffic allows it to track and explain such outages in detail.
Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗ - IT industry & companies
Google backs off-grid power in Africa
Google spent three years partnering with Ignite Energy Access to expand power access beyond the grid in sub-Saharan Africa. The collaboration was part of Google's Startups for Sustainable Development program.
Full story at blog.google ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers
Vercel cuts Agent session costs sharply
Vercel reduced the cost of its Agent sessions by 67 percent. This lowers operating expenses for developers using the platform.
Full story at Vercel ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Ex-DeepMind researcher targets AI hallucinations
Former DeepMind researcher Thore Graepel's startup Metis Reasoning wants to apply AlphaGo's search principle to general reasoning. The idea involves an explicit knowledge ledger to verify conclusions, though no working system or benchmarks exist yet.
Full story at seroundtable.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · New AI models
Hugging Face introduces LFM3 for multimodal models
Hugging Face presented LFM3, a tool for building specialized multimodal models. No further details were given in the available text.
Full story at huggingface.co ↗ - Data & databases · Artificial intelligence
Databricks shows how to teach using its free edition
Databricks explains how educators can run a full data or AI course using Databricks Free Edition. The free platform matches the version enterprises use in production.
Full story at databricks.com ↗
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