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KW 22 / 2026
Meta is about to overtake Google as the world’s biggest advertising company
Meta is on track to dethrone Google as the world’s largest digital advertising business by the end of 2026, according to Emarketer. The market research firm projects Meta’s global net ad revenues will
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Meta sells AI subscriptions while OpenAI and xAI walk into the ad business
Meta’s $7.99-and-$19.99 chatbot tiers and OpenAI’s push into advertising mark the moment the AI revenue-model question becomes a cross-cutting collision. Meta’s decision to begin selling consumer subs
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Why healthcare’s AI future requires patient leadership
Artificial intelligence is entering healthcare at a pace that, according to Donna R. Cryer, risks outpacing the governance structures needed to support it responsibly. Cryer believes hospitals, payers
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New details on Apple-Google AI deal revealed, including Nvidia chips: report
Apple’s big unveiling of iOS 27, the new Siri, and other WWDC reveals are little more than one week away. And today, a new report has fresh details on how Apple’s partnership with Google for AI featur
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OpenAI investigating ‘elevated latency’ issue affecting ChatGPT
Does ChatGPT seem slower than usual for you today? You’re not alone.
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WhatsApp will soon let iPhone users share documents with Meta AI
Meta is working on a new WhatsApp feature that lets users upload documents directly to Meta AI from the in-chat attachment menu. Here are the details.
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Merck and Mastercard are seeing real agentic AI results. Both say the plumbing came first.
Merck is using AI agents to cut drug discovery cycles by a third and ship compliant marketing materials up to 80% faster — but VP of Digital Platforms Sean Finnerty says the only reason it's work
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DataGrail report finds your vendor may be sending data to AI models you never approved
The data processing agreement (DPA) — the bedrock contract companies use to evaluate how vendors handle personal data — can no longer be trusted at face value. That is the central, and arguably most a
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DeepSWE blows up the AI coding leaderboard, crowns GPT-5.5, and finds Claude Opus exploiting a benchmark loophole
For months, the leading AI coding benchmarks have told enterprise buyers a comforting but misleading story: the top models are all roughly the same. OpenAI's GPT-5 family, Anthropic's Claude
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In this Manhattan lab, AI designs materials from scratch
Radical AI’s ‘self-driving’ lab designs and tests new alloys, speeding up a material R&D process that often takes human scientists 20 years or more.
Inside a lab in midtown Manhattan, a robotic arm l
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Snowflake’s stock price just soared to a 2026 high thanks to AI. So what happened to the SaaSpocalypse?
The AI data cloud provider blew away earnings expectations, raised its guidance, and expanded its collaboration with AWS.
Shares in the AI data cloud provider Snowflake Inc (NYSE: SNOW) are surging t
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The three ethical traps that destroy change leaders
The danger of ‘ethical fading’ and what to do about it.
In January 2026, Anthropic published an 84-page constitution for Claude, its AI model that’s notable for what it doesn’t do: it doe
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Flash Geekom mini PC sale: The A7 Max gets a special price cut for one day only — plus a secret coupon code to save on the AI-ready Geekom A9 Max
The mini PC maker is cutting prices on a range of compact computers that you won't want to miss.
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I asked ChatGPT to make my daily walks less boring and more mindful — and it changed how I see my neighborhood
I used ChatGPT to make my routine neighborhood walks feel less repetitive
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What the UK’s robot anxiety reveals about how automation will scale
The UK's robot anxiety shows trust and exposure will determine automation’s real-world adoption pace.
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Weekly: Von Klima bis KI – was hinter dem Begriff „Modell“ steckt
Der Begriff des Modells zieht sich quer durch die Wissenschaft. In der neuen Podcast-Folge ergründen wir, was das Konzept abbilden kann und wie es sich verändert hat.weiterlesen auf t3n.de
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Anthropic überholt OpenAI: 35 Prozent mehr Umsatz und erster operativer Gewinn in Sicht
Das Wachstum von Anthropic hält an – und stellt inzwischen sogar OpenAI in den Schatten. Der Umsatz soll dieses Jahr rund 35 Prozent höher liegen als der des Konkurrenten, bereits im zweiten Quartal s
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Mit Insiderinfos zum Millionär: Google-Mitarbeiter wegen Polymarket-Wetten angeklagt
Ein Google-Mitarbeiter soll Insiderinformationen seines Arbeitgebers missbraucht haben, um Wetten auf der Plattform Polymarket zu platzieren. Damit soll er 1,2 Millionen US-Dollar Profit gemacht haben
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How to run a local AI chatbot on your iPhone
There are many benefits to installing local AI chatbots on your iPhone, including offline performance and privacy.
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YouTube now lets you offload your playlist curation to AI
After releasing a feature to detect and label AI-generated videos, YouTube has released a new feature that will let you curate videos using... AI.
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Google employee accused of making $1 million from insider trading on Polymarket
Who could have seen this coming?
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The case against AI personhood
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Why the AI encyclical isn’t just hot air
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Reallusion bets that 3D artists directing AI models will beat text prompts for professional filmmaking
Reallusion, the 3D animation software company behind iClone and Character Creator, has launched AI Studio, a production platform that pairs traditional 3D scene-building with generative AI video model
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PerPlant raises €1M to put AI cameras on tractors, and 200,000 hectares in the bank
The Copenhagen agtech has already mapped nine times more European farmland than every Danish agricultural drone combined. Two well-known Nordic investors want the United States next. The pitch behind
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India’s AI ambitions hinge on turning 200 million workers into 350 million
IBM India’s Sandip Patel says the country can become the world’s AI skill capital by 2030. The arithmetic of getting there is harder than the headline number suggests. ndia has roughly six hundred mil
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Why prompt debt, retrieval debt, and evaluation debt are quietly reshaping enterprise AI risk
Over the past two decades, technical debt meant outdated architecture, messy code, and poorly maintained documentation. That definition is no longer sufficient in the AI era, where failure modes are m
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Glaze turns AI prompts into custom Mac apps in minutes
Unlike other vibe coding tools, Glaze creates software that runs locally on your computer, not on the web.
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps
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How AI keeps both job seekers and employers from filling roles
Applicants and recruiters alike are embracing AI to make the application process easier. But it’s creating more work for everyone.
Jobseekers and recruiters are at a technological standoff.
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FBI warns of Kali phishing scam hitting Microsoft OAuth tokens — warns 'Kali365 lowers the barrier of entry, providing less-technical attackers access to AI-generated phishing lures'
A new phishing kit is being offered on Telegram allowing even newbie hackers an easy way to grab OAuth tokens.
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The death of the deep dive — why Google’s new AI search wants to do your thinking for you
Google’s new AI search tools promise to save time, but they may also reshape how we think, explore and navigate the internet.
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‘An impressive phone that punches above its price’ — I tested the Honor 600 and was blown away by its blazing display, epic battery life, and occasionally uncanny AI
I tested Honor’s AI-packed mid-range phone and was impressed (and occasionally unnerved) by its powerful features.
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Deepseek: Aggressiver Preisnachlass setzt Anthropic und OpenAI unter Druck
Ende April 2026 hatte Deepseek sein neues Spitzenmodell V4-Pro vorgestellt und wenige Tage später die Preise um 75 Prozent gesenkt. Was zunächst eine vorübergehende Rabattaktion war, ist jetzt eine da
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Papst Leo XIV. warnt vor KI: Warum die neue Technologie jetzt auch den Vatikan beschäftigt
In seiner ersten Enzyklika fordert er eine „Entwaffnung“ der KI, um negative Folgen für die Menschheit abzuwenden. Auch Anthropic-Mitgründer Christopher Olah setzt sich für schärfere Kontrollen ein.
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KI sorgt für kalte Pizza: Franchise-Nehmer verklagt Pizza Hut auf 100 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz
Einer der größten US-Franchise-Nehmer verklagt die Restaurantkette Pizza Hut und fordert 100 Millionen US-Dollar Schadenersatz. Der Vorwurf: Die verpflichtende Einführung einer KI-Lösung soll zu massi
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Pope Leo calls for AI to serve humanity and not concentrate power
In 42,300 word encyclical, Pope Leo warns of AI dangers around educational, child safety, concentration of power and weapons.
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McKinsey built a free AI tool so candidates stop paying $500/hour interview coaches
McKinsey launched a free AI practice tool in April that gives candidates unlimited attempts at the quantitative case study they will face in their interview. The tool is available globally to applican
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The AI security gap nobody wants to admit is already here
On March 31, 2026, Anthropic accidentally shipped the entire source code of Claude Code to the public npm registry. Around 512,000 lines of TypeScript across 1,906 files, including 44 hidden feature f
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Two Amazon data centres in the UAE were hit by drones. The Gulf’s AI ambitions are being tested.
Two Amazon Web Services data centres in the UAE were targeted early in the Middle East war. Nearly three months later, oil prices remain around $100 a barrel and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. T
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The new race to keep up with AI
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AI cyber fears get a reality check
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How antitrust law could weaken AI security
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OpenAI co-founder Brockman takes charge of product strategy
OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT and Codex into a single product experience.
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Series SEA: Who’s investing in the region’s AI startups?
We've compiled a list of investors that are pouring money into Southeast Asia’s AI startups.
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Netflix launches in-house AI animation studio
Netflix's INKubator, led by ex-DreamWorks exec Serena Eager, focuses on AI animation projects.
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Report: watchOS 27 to improve heart-rate tracking; AI health coach may not debut at launch
For the better part of a year, we’ve been hearing about Project Mulberry: Apple’s AI-powered health coach. Back in February, it was reported that these efforts had been scaled back. According to Bloom
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iOS 27 could offer native integration with Google Cast and other streaming protocols
In response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple is reportedly working on the ability to replace AirPlay with other third-party streaming protocols at a system level. This feature
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Apple registers new ‘gen AI’ subdomain ahead of next month’s WWDC keynote
Apple has just registered a new subdomain record ahead of WWDC: genai.apple.com. All signs point to WWDC 2026 being Apple’s major AI renaissance, where the company will live up to the promises it made
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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?
A new study of the postwar U.S. shows which kinds of workers historically filled new tech-enabled jobs.
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Building AI models that understand chemical principles
Connor Coley works at the interface of chemistry and machine learning, to discover and design new drug compounds.
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Universal AI is “a pathway to AI fluency that’s accessible and approachable to anyone, anywhere”
New AI education program from MIT Open Learning debuts with AI-powered personalization and a free introductory course for learners everywhere.
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AI agents are quietly generating chaos engineering failures enterprises don’t track yet
There is a category of production incident that engineering teams are not tracking yet — because it doesn't fit any existing postmortem template. The agent initiated an action. The action was tec
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Your AI agents need a terminal, not just a vector database
When agentic workflows fail, developers often assume the problem lies in the underlying model’s reasoning abilities. In reality, the limited information provided by the retrieval interface is often th
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D&B's database of 642 million businesses was built for humans, not AI agents. So they rebuilt it.
Dun & Bradstreet has spent over 180 years building a comprehensive commercial database. Its Commercial Graph, covering 642 million businesses and their relationships, corporate hierarchies and ris
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Why AI will create more engineers, not fewer
A two-decade veteran of Microsoft, Google, and Snap says the next generation of engineers will spend less time typing code and more time supervising AI.
No one knows exactly where AI will take us bey
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AI is already killing the executive assistant job
At professional services firms like PwC and consulting giants like McKinsey, assistants and back-office jobs are being eliminated—or relocated to reduce costs.
There is a growing body of evidence th
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AI may be eating jobs, but it poses an even bigger threat
What will it do to our relationships?
The AI conversation today focuses on systems. Which jobs will survive? How does education need to adapt? What happens to the economy when machines produce what h
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Richard Dawkins renamed Claude ‘Claudia’ and wondered if it was conscious — and that emotionally charged reaction says something profound about modern AI
The famous biologist’s encounter with AI reveals a lot about projection and why humans keep seeing minds in machines.
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I’ll keep using Duolingo but this AI language learning app has a hold on me
Homescreen Heroes: Promova is a popular AI-powered language-learning app
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Google rolls out a fix for 1st-gen Chromecast dongles, while the 4K Chromecast with Google TV gets a big Gemini upgrade
There's news for both the very first Chromecast and the last model Google launched before ending the series.
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5 Dinge, die du diese Woche wissen musst: Die Kehrseite des Vibecodings
Jeden Montagmorgen berichten wir über fünf Dinge, die zum Wochenstart wichtig sind. Diesmal geht es um rechtliche Konsequenzen beim Vibecoding, die Zukunft der Google-Suche, Doomjobbing, Nutzungslimit
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Studie zeigt: Menschen vertrauen KI-Antworten oft zu schnell und überschätzen Kompetenz
Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat untersucht, inwieweit Menschen KI-generierten Antworten möglicherweise mehr vertrauen als jenen anderer Menschen. Das Ergebnis zeigt, dass die Kompetenz von KI-S
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Barnes & Noble: Chef der Buchhandelskette hat kein Problem damit, KI-Bücher zu verkaufen
Für viele Autor:innen ist KI längst zu einem Standardwerkzeug geworden. Der CEO James Daunt sieht die Entwicklung optimistisch: Solange Kund:innen die Bücher lesen wollen, stehe er dem Verkauf nicht i
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Ansel Adams' trust says AI-colorized version of his work was exhibited without permission
The AI-generated version of 'Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico' was on display at AIPAD's The Photography show.
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Ayaneo reveals yet another Game Boy remake but this one has AI
The Konkr Pocket Block will be smaller than the company's previous vertical handhelds.
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The Morning After: The biggest news from Google I/O 2026
Google I/O 2026 kicked off this week and to no one's surprise, it was almost completely about AI.
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