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Google’s SynthID Helps Expose Viral McConnell Deepfake, Offering a Rare Proof Point for AI Watermarking

Google’s AI watermark helped debunk a viral McConnell deepfake, showing how SynthID can expose hoaxes after they spread online.

Self-improving AI is no longer just a frontier-lab idea. A new experiment shows smaller teams can train useful models that improve on their own.

India venture fund Fundamentum raises a $200M third fund as Nandan Nilekani steps back from GP duties but stays on as anchor investor.

Vibe coding startup Lovable is reportedly in talks for a $300 million round at a $13.2 billion valuation as AI coding demand surges.

Google’s AI ad imagines the Founding Fathers using Gemini, but the cringe-worthy spot has sparked backlash over history, politics and hype.

Google’s AI commercial turns the Declaration of Independence into a Workspace joke — and sparks debate over AI hype and tone.

AI schools are charging wealthy families huge tuition to test AI tutors, but results remain unclear and concerns are mounting.

Mechanical Turk is entering maintenance mode as Amazon stops new customer signups, signaling a quiet retreat from the crowdsourcing platform.

Smart glasses are fueling a privacy backlash as Meta expands AI wearables, raising new concerns about covert recording and public trust.

Reddit is using LLM spam moderation to fight AI-generated spam, blocking millions of views and catching thousands of fake posts daily.