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Rise of the Therabot – will AI replace your therapist?
Therapy costs are skyrocketing, and finding the right fit is a struggle. AI therapists like Therabot promise a cheaper, more accessible alternative – but are they the real deal?
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Movie studios are cashing in on AI-generated movie trailers
Some Hollywood movie studios have asked YouTube to redirect advertising revenue from fake AI-generated movie trailers to their accounts rather than having the clips removed.
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Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available for all
Google has made the experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro available to all users.
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Anti-woke Grok is actually the most environmentally friendly chatbot
Despite some skepticism about climate change among the “anti-woke” crowd, Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok turns out to be the least harmful to the environment – while ChatGPT ranks as the worst.
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How Rick Rubin’s creative philosophy aligns with AI and vibe coding
Known for shaping sounds in music, Rubin recently shared his thoughts on how people creatively generate ideas in the age of AI
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Alibaba releases Qwen Omni, a model that can process images and videos on a phone
Cloud computing company Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group, has released Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a new model for AI-agent development.
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Grok joins Telegram in first expansion beyond X
Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok is now available directly on Telegram, a messaging platform owned by Russian billionaire Pavel Durov.
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AI fuels 137% increase in sextortion scams: new tactics to watch out for
Romance scammers have been upping their game in 2025 and using AI to develop “highly convincing and personalized scams,” leaving even the most savvy online daters with empty wallets and broken hearts.
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Buyers beware: AI agents can subtly manipulate our shopping behavior
AI can be used to subtly increase our spending, for example over the Christmas period. This is because it reduces the "friction" in the e-commerce process, which can encourage us to spend more.
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Forget commands – this robot dog figures it out on its own
Swedish startup IntuiCell says it has “translated” biological intelligence into software that allows robots to learn like living beings.
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Meta AI rolling out in Europe in the coming weeks
Meta has decided to bring Meta AI to Europe after all. Starting this week, the social media giant’s AI chatbot will be available in 41 European countries and 21 overseas territories.
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“AI literacy” now top skill, says LinkedIn
Literacy in artificial intelligence (AI) is now the most in-demand skill as the technology drives change in the job market.
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AI coding assistants promise more productivity, but do they deliver
AI-powered coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and Anthropic's Claude Code are becoming increasingly popular with developers. But are they genuinely boosting productivity or just reshuffling tasks and burdens?
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“Hey AI, are you real?” is the latest trend on social media – even Sam Altman wants to know
A new trend sweeping across social media has people – even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman – asking their ChatGPTs if artificial intelligence is really conscious, and the answers are wild.
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Baidu releases its first reasoning model ErnieX1 as AI competition ramps up
Chinese technology company Baidu has released two new language models, bringing more competition to the rapidly changing field of AI development.
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What is AI voice, and how is it created?
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now mimic your favorite celebrity voice to read bedtime stories to your children.
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Google launches two new AI models tailored for rapidly growing robotics industry
Alphabet's Google launched two new AI models tailored for robotics applications on Wednesday based on its Gemini 2.0 model, as it looks to cater to the rapidly growing robotics industry.
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Tired of “monumental looting,” French authors sue Meta
France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against US tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
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Mein Kampf is a “true work of art,” says Amazon’s AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) summaries are known for being inaccurate, but this AI summary takes the cake.
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Spain to impose massive fines for not labelling AI-generated content
Spain's government approved a bill on Tuesday imposing massive fines on companies that use content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) without properly labeling it as such. The bill is a bid to curb the use of so-called "deepfakes."
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