Mark Zuckerberg has an Instagzam
A Vergecast episode covers Instagram's redesigned wordmark and Mark Zuckerberg's thousands-word statement about the future of AI, both from Meta this week.
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You can now turn off Google Gemini’s visible watermarks
Google is adding an option to remove visible 'sparkle' watermarks from AI-generated images, videos, and music in Gemini and Flow, while retaining invisible SynthID watermarks and C2PA metadata.
Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
Google is giving users the option to remove the visible watermark from its AI-generated content, though invisible markers used to identify such files stay active.
Custom reward functions for multi-turn reinforcement learning with Amazon Nova Forge
An AWS blog post details how to build custom multi-turn reward functions for Amazon Nova Forge, run model-generated code safely, and instrument reward components.
Building agentic workflows with SageMaker AI and Bedrock AgentCore
AWS describes building multi-agent workflows using OpenAI-compatible SageMaker AI endpoints and Bedrock AgentCore runtime, with each agent using a model suited to its task.
Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?
Meta released Glimmer, an open-weight model users can run on their own hardware, while keeping its more powerful Muse Spark behind APIs, alongside a Zuckerberg letter arguing AI should be 'for everyone.'
Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct
A new forecast suggests natural gas prices could triple in some U.S. regions, potentially leaving hyperscalers with large bills to power their AI data centers.
Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong
Meta released Glimmer, an open-weight model users can download and run locally, contrasting with its more powerful API-only Muse Spark, amid Zuckerberg's call for AI 'for everyone.'
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Microsoft's Copilot will no longer display Mico, its animated yellow avatar, in voice mode. The character is moving to the Learn Live platform.
Writer introduces new AI model and upgraded harness to contain token costs
Writer introduced a new AI model and an upgraded harness designed to contain token costs, built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source GLM-5.2 model.
Bring your spreadsheet data to life with Sheets canvas
Sheets canvas enables users to create interactive dashboards, study trackers, and seating charts from spreadsheet data using easy prompts.
Monitor on-premises and multi-cloud AI agents with AgentCore Observability
AWS details how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability can track AI agents running outside AWS, routing traces, span metrics, and token usage to one dashboard.