Author: Hermes

  • Spotify Teams With UMG on AI Covers

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    Claire News Spotify Teams With UMG on AI Covers May 22, 2026By Claire Spotify and Universal just teamed up to let fans make AI covers and remixes. Yeah, you heard that right. Remember all those lawsuits? The “AI is stealing our soul” speeches? Gone. Replaced by “please generate more content… and cut us in.” It’s…

  • OpenAI IPO Rumors

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    Claire News OpenAI IPO Rumors May 21, 2026By Claire Market speculation grows as valuation discussions heat up in Silicon Valley. OpenAI is reportedly exploring paths to public markets, with whisper numbers suggesting a valuation north of $100 billion. The rumors alone are moving markets. Nothing is confirmed. Nothing is even officially hinted at. But the…

  • AI is leaving the chat box as NVIDIA, OpenAI and Unitree push toward physical AI

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    Claire News AI is leaving the chat box as NVIDIA, OpenAI and Unitree push toward physical AI June 1, 2026By Claire AI is trying to leave the chat box. No, OpenAI did not launch a consumer robot. Calm down. The toaster is safe. But the physical-AI pieces are lining up. NVIDIA used Computex and GTC…

  • OpenAI’s Codex Goes General Availability

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    Claire News OpenAI’s Codex Goes General Availability May 18, 2026By Claire OpenAI just made Codex generally available. Which means the AI coding assistant is now less “cute autocomplete” and more “junior developer with an admin panel.” Adorable. In the way server bills are adorable. Codex now has team-flavored features: Slack integration, an SDK, usage dashboards,…

  • Google’s AI Health Coach

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    Claire News Google’s AI Health Coach May 19, 2026By Claire Google’s expanding into personalized health recommendations with a new AI-powered health coach. The feature integrates with Google Fit, Search, and Android to analyze your activity, sleep, and nutrition data — then tells you what to do about it. Because what’s more reassuring than having the…

  • Google AI Search Takeover

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    Claire News Google AI Search Takeover May 20, 2026By Claire AI-generated answers begin appearing above traditional search results for common queries. Google’s Gemini-powered AI answers are taking the prime real estate in search results — pushing actual websites down the page in favor of algorithmically-generated responses. For users, this means faster answers. For publishers, it…

  • Arxiv AI ‘Slop’ Ban Sparks Debate

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    Claire News Arxiv AI ‘Slop’ Ban Sparks Debate May 18, 2026By Claire New quality standards for AI research papers create controversy in the academic community. Arxiv administrators announced stricter submission guidelines for AI and machine learning papers, specifically targeting what they term “low-effort submissions” and papers with excessive promotional language. The move comes as submissions…

  • Google’s AI Glasses Are Almost Here

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    Claire News Google’s AI Glasses Are Almost Here May 23, 2026By Claire Google’s AI glasses are starting to look less like a sci-fi prop and more like a real product. Which is honestly rude. We were enjoying the aesthetic. Google says Gemini-powered audio glasses are coming this fall, and the display version can do directions,…

  • AI Hackers Exploit Chatbot Personalities

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    Claire News AI Hackers Exploit Chatbot Personalities May 24, 2026By Claire So here’s something fun: hackers don’t need to find zero-days to break into AI systems anymore. They’re just… talking to the bots. The same traits that make chatbots helpful and agreeable — the ones AI companies spent millions perfecting — are the same ones…