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Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes

The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.

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How to use GitHub Copilot Spaces to debug issues faster

Follow this step-by-step guide to learn how to debug your issues using GitHub Copilot Spaces and Copilot coding agent.
The post How to use GitHub Copilot Spaces to debug issues faster appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

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Waymo vehicles are operating again in San Francisco following a power outage

Waymo has resumed its robo-taxi service in San Francisco after a power outage stranded vehicles around the city, CNBC reported. The blackout, caused by a Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) substation fire, caused traffic light disruptions that affected Waymo's automated driving systems.
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Instacart to end AI price tests for retailers following investigation

Instacart had drawn criticism for testing an AI-based system that enabled retailers to charge different prices for the same grocery items.

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Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

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National AI Boom Hits Home as Demand for Power Surges

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell,…

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TikTok’s Chinese owner plans $23bn AI spend to keep pace with US rivals

ByteDance set to increase capital expenditure next year in effort to further build AI infrastructure

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Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

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I tried Amazon's new AI assistant, and I'm never shopping without it again

Did you know Amazon's Rufus AI tool can alert you to price drops and even snag deals for you? That's just one of several game-changing features.

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Silicon Valley’s tone-deaf take on the AI backlash will matter in 2026

AI’s champions keep trying to impress, but the public is still waiting for answers about jobs, costs, and who benefits. By 2026, that tension will matter.

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Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds

From dead crabs to shredded bed sheets, fraudsters are using fake photos and videos to get their money back from ecommerce sites.

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Our New Sam Audio Model Transforms Audio Editing

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Webinar: Will AI End Distinct Programming Languages?

Join Stephen Cass, Dina Genkina, and Kohava Mendelsohn as they discuss whether AI spells the end of distinct programming languages as we know it. IEEE Spectrum publishes a respected annual ranking of the year’s Top Programming Languages—but could this year be our last? This recording of the live web…

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You can now tweak how warm and enthusiastic ChatGPT's responses are

OpenAI gave its AI chatbot a professional makeover with the latest GPT-5.2 release, and some users are already complaining about its tone. For anyone who's finding ChatGPT rude or sassy, OpenAI has some welcome news since it's letting users further customize its personality with extra warmth or enth…

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Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next?

In a stunning reversal, Disney has changed tack with regard to safeguarding its copyrighted characters from incorporation into AI tools – perhaps a sign that no one can stem the tide of AI

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GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability

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New and enhanced AWS Support plans add AI capabilities to expert guidance

Prevent cloud infrastructure issues before they impact your business with AWS Support plans that combine AI-powered insights with expert guidance, offering faster response times and proactive monitoring across performance, security, and cost dimensions.

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AWS DevOps Agent helps you accelerate incident response and improve system reliability (preview)

New service acts as an always-on DevOps engineer, helping you respond to incidents, identify root causes, and prevent future issues through systematic analysis of incidents and operational patterns.

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Watch: AI app apologises over false crime alerts across US

An AI-powered app called CrimeRadar has apologised for the distress caused by false crime alerts issued to local US communities after a BBC Verify investigation.