Category Applications

Google’s New Gemini Metering Rules Make AI Usage Harder to Predict

Google’s Gemini usage limits now depend on compute, model choice and plan tier. Here’s how the new system works and how to check usage.

Tracebit says prompt injection can now be used defensively, slashing AI hacking agent success in AWS tests and disrupting attacks.

Vertu’s $6,880 AI agent phone targets executives with Hermes Agent, but testing found useful features, mixed accuracy and a steep price.

Databricks valuation jumps to $188B as investors back its AI pivot, new products and enterprise cost-control strategy.

AI transcription is making recording the default, prompting privacy backlash, legal questions and a new etiquette around consent.

TikTok is testing AI likeness detection for creators, letting them scan for deepfakes and report unauthorized uses of their image.

Apple OpenAI lawsuit escalates the AI rivalry into court as Siri AI debuts, raising stakes over platform control and consumer AI.

Patreon is blocking AI scraping with Cloudflare tools, replacing robots.txt requests with direct enforcement to protect creators' work.

San Francisco demands Apple and Google remove nudify apps, saying the stores helped profit from AI deepfakes and failed to stop abuse.

OpenAI lawsuit fallout grows as Apple fights over secrets, employees launch a super PAC, and New York moves against data centers.