Google is pitching Gemma 4 12B as a multimodal AI model powerful enough for agentic workflows while still being lightweight enough to run locally on consumer laptops with 16GB of memory. The company’s encoder-free design could make this one of its more interesting AI releases yet.
The Looki L1 AI wearable is now available on Amazon for $249.99, combining proactive scene-adaptive intelligence, AI-generated comics, local storage, and wearable camera functionality.
Bloomberg Industry Group is betting that AI agents can help businesses track changing laws and regulations before humans even notice them. With its acquisition of Regology, the company is pushing deeper into automated compliance, raising questions about how much legal and regulatory work companies are willing to hand over to artificial intelligence.
Sport Clips is deploying thousands of AI agents to automate customer review responses and local marketing tasks across its franchise locations, raising fresh questions about how much human interaction businesses are willing to replace with software.
A new survey from Pelgo suggests AI is reshaping how unemployed workers think about education and career stability. Many now favor trade schools, entrepreneurship, and faster workforce entry over traditional four-year college degrees.
Boston Consulting Group says AI is rapidly reshaping the workplace, with many employees now spending more time managing AI tools than doing traditional work. While workers report higher job satisfaction, many also say AI is making work mentally exhausting.
Google is finally giving publishers visibility into how their content performs inside AI Overviews and AI Mode. New Search Console reports reveal impressions, pages, devices, and countries tied to generative AI features, while new controls let site owners opt out entirely.
Microsoft has launched Intelligent Terminal 0.1, an experimental open-source fork of Windows Terminal that brings AI agents directly into the shell with contextual assistance, automatic error detection, and background task handling.
Microsoft finally announced a Surface device that feels genuinely exciting again. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box combines NVIDIA Blackwell graphics, 128GB unified memory, and local AI development power in a compact desktop design that could appeal to developers, AI researchers, and even Linux enthusiasts.
A new security audit claims several popular AI image generation models, including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, can produce realistic fake passports and driver licenses. Researchers say some systems even generated IDs depicting minors.
Realtor.com has launched RealAssist AI, a new Google Gemini-powered platform that lets buyers search for homes using natural conversation instead of traditional filters. The company says the tool can help with affordability, neighborhoods, commutes, and more, but some buyers may still be cautious about trusting AI with major financial decisions.
The HighPoint Rocket 1604L pairs with Hailo AI accelerators to deliver compact edge inference performance without relying on giant GPUs.