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Discord age verification rolls out today with changes spurred by user backlash

Discord today is rolling out an age-verification system that estimates each user’s age and requires some users to prove they are old enough to access age-restricted content. Discord said it will take a few days for the…

Sam Altman tells UN Security Council OpenAI will slow down

Speaking at the UN Security Council in New York today, the OpenAI chief executive says no level of catastrophic risk from AI is acceptable. Altman is the second briefer at the meeting, which France convened. According to…

YouTube digs deeper into AI, changing your homepage and how videos are made, but exec says, 'we only succeed when creators succeed'

The yearly Made on YouTube event, a confab on all the latest notable YouTube platform updates from creators and video consumers, featured a cavalcade of young, energetic YouTubers like Happy Kelli (Kelli Erdmann)…

Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 leaks in full: Specs, price hikes, and launch date

That’s because leaks have given us a thorough picture of what to expect. The more things change Yesterday Evan Blass posted side and rear views of the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra. From the outside, nothing has changed from the…

YouTube promises custom feeds and a lot more AI later this year

The annual Made on YouTube event has just wrapped up, offering an early look at the features you can expect to come to Google’s dominant online streaming platform in the coming months. Yes, there’s plenty of AI for both…

Enveda secures $311M to bring more nature-derived AI drugs into clinical trials

The fresh funding, which was led by Catalio Capital Management, with participation from Iconiq and others, doubles the valuation Enveda achieved 12 months ago. The idea behind Enveda is that powerful medicines could be…

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 platform could herald the age of camera-equipped earbuds — but are we ready for that?

As Qualcomm’s “first premium audio platform purpose-built for personal AI,” the Sound Elite Gen 2 aims to transform headphones and earbuds into “intelligent companions that can understand, assist, and adapt throughout…

Anthropic says Claude found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

Next to the enzyme’s gene sits a long run of repeating DNA that resembles a CRISPR array. The company does not yet know what the system does. Anthropic announced the result on Wednesday in a blog post and a preprint that…

UN Security Council hears AI lab chiefs on loss-of-control risk

Bengio, co-chair of the UN’s scientific panel on AI , is briefing the Council alongside Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Clément Delangue, the chief executives of OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face. According to Security…

The new Beats 360 are 'some of the most comfortable, best-sounding headphones' — and you can save a whopping 80% on an extra pair of earcups

Originally priced at $49.99, you can get the Beats 360 Cushion Kit for just $9.99 for a limited time . The Beats 360 and Cushion Kit are only available for pre-order, with a September 24 release date. Save 80% on the…