AI Reading for Tuesday July 29

Meta, Google and Microsoft cut roles but hire AI specialists, keeping overall headcounts steady - Business Insider

As Microsoft reports earnings, analysts wonder about AI edge amid OpenAI deadlock - Yahoo Finance

Microsoft is the latest company to add AI agent features to browser with Edge Copilot Mode. Edge, order two tons of creamed corn...' - The Register

Microsoft Edge add experimental 'Copilot Mode' with agentic features - Windows Central

With rumors about an OpenAI GPT-native browser, search is shifting from finding information to fulfilling tasks. No more links, no more scrolling. - VentureBeat

Altman: I’m scared of GPT-5 - TechRadar

Google Chrome will offer an AI-powered feature that can inform consumers about the store's reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns. - TechCrunch

Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says - Ars Technica

Maximum damages in a copyright lawsuit over pirated books are potentially ‘business-ending’ for Anthropic - Fortune

Runway Launches New Aleph Model That Promises Next-Level AI Video Editing. Can remove objects and people from scenes, generate new camera angles, change objects in a scene and much more. - CNET

Imax and Runway to screen AI film festival selections - Deadline

How Hertz AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Turned Into an Epic Disaster - Futurism

AI embarrassed them at work. Don’t let this happen to you - Fast Company

Senior execs explain how they actually use AI to help do their jobs - Fast Company

“CEOs are extremely excited about the opportunities that AI brings… I’m extremely excited about it. I’ve laid off employees myself because of AI. AI doesn’t go on strike. It doesn’t ask for a pay raise. These things that you don’t have to deal with as a CEO.” - Gizmodo

Seriously, Why Do Some AI Chatbot Subscriptions Cost More Than $200? - WIRED

Julius raised $10 for data scientist AI assistant - Fast Company

China's latest AI model claims to be even cheaper to use than DeepSeek - CNBC

Paralyzed for 20-years, Neuralink patient is able to write her name with her thoughts - NewsBytes

A pope for an algorithmic age? Pope Leo XIV and artificial intelligence - National Catholic Reporter

AI-Powered Crypto Scams Are Exploding - Gizmodo

New Study Finds That The Best AI Generated Deep Fakes Are Nearly Impossible For People Even Advanced Detection Tools To Spot - TwistedSifter

Flaw in Gemini CLI AI coding assistant allowed stealthy code execution and data exfiltration - Bleeping Computer

The Amazon Q Developer Extension for VS Code version 1.84.0 was compromised by a hacker who inserted data-wiping malicious code, which Amazon unknowingly published on July 17. Amazon released a clean, fixed version 1.85.0 on July 24, users are urged to update immediately to avoid potential risks. - TechRadar

Salary advice from AI low-balls women and minorities: AI models hand out negotiation tips with a side of social bias - TechRadar

RunLLM’s multi-agent AI support engineer reads logs, code and docs to resolve complex support issues, cut mean time to resolution by 50%, deflecting most tickets for Databricks and others - Product Hunt

Six Principles for Production AI Agents - App.Build

AI improves Lyme disease testing - Medical Xpress

How the video game industry, which has used AI since the 1980s, is embracing AI-enhanced gameplay, worrying some developers as major studios cut employees - The New York Times

OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test - Ars Technica

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A long essay on using AI for a writing class at UVA. What happens when computers can write as well as most freshmen? - Literary Hub

Robot Hand Could Harvest Blackberries Better Than Humans - University of Arkansas News

A bed that makes itself and folds your clothes? - X

giving Titanic a new ending with AI - Reddit

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