Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Reddit has begun converting select English-language text posts into short, AI-narrated videos on the web and mobile apps. The experiment uses multi-voice text-to-speech, captions, and visual templates to bring real conversations to life. Reddit says it wants to make content more accessible and immersive, while testing whether such formats can scale authentically.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
AI budgets are rising, yet many companies see little return. Leadership adviser Alina Kukarina argues that the key to transformation lies in defining the problem before choosing the technology. She outlines a structured approach covering problem, people, process, technology, and outcome, emphasizing the need for clear success metrics and human-centered design.
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Aug 19, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Baidu's second-quarter revenue fell 4% year-on-year to RMB31.3 billion, marking a fifth straight quarterly decline. Despite rapid growth in AI cloud and GPU cloud services, the traditional advertising business shrank faster. Net income dropped 68% to RMB2.3 billion, and shares fell as much as 10% after the results.
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Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Argentine President Javier Milei has completed one year in office, and despite frequent street protests and deep austerity cuts, his popularity remains remarkably high. Supporters credit him with taming inflation and reducing the deficit, while critics warn the social cost is unsustainable. Polls suggest his approval rating is stable around 50%, defying initial expectations.
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Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Dwayne Johnson was honored as a Disney Legend during the D23 ceremony, with his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt presenting the award. In his heartfelt acceptance speech, Johnson recalled a treasured Disneyland memory with his eldest daughter, Simone, and celebrated the importance of family. The honor adds to Johnson's long relationship with Disney, including Moana, Jungle Cruise, and his production company's first-look deal.
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Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Future AGI is a free, open-source platform for building and deploying LLM agents. It provides tracing, evaluation, simulation, and guardrailing capabilities. The project supports 50+ agent frameworks, offers an OpenAI-compatible gateway to 100+ providers, and ships 18 built-in security scanners. Self-hosted instances register once with telemetry that can be disabled before first boot.
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Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
The first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement will likely prioritize corrective orders over large fines, according to cybersecurity experts. Organizations face operational disruption from suspension orders, and agentic AI systems may trigger transparency obligations even via ticketing queues. Security teams running phishing simulations with cloned voices need documented legal justification. Key accountability questions remain unanswered as regulators begin enforcement.
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Aug 17, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Created by Isaque Seneda and Gabriel Abrucio, ShieldFont is a web font that displays one set of words to human readers while leaving a different set in the HTML source code. The project is designed to raise the cost of AI scraping by forcing bots to use OCR or other expensive methods. It began in October 2025 with support from type foundry Playtype and is available free on GitHub.
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