Meta AI has more than 500 million users, Google’s CEO says a quarter of the company’s new code is already AI generated, and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot can now pick car parts on its own. It's Thursday, October 31st and this is Engadget News.
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Today
Anthropic's Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel, Trump's Genesis Mission aims to build a centralized AI platform, and OpenAI can't use the term 'Cameo' in Sora
-Now at version 4.5, the new system offers state-of-the-art performance in coding, computer use and office tasks.
-President Donald Trump has issued a new Executive Order that launches the “Genesis Mission,” an AI-focused initiative that will be led by the Department of Energy. ... Show More
8m 38s
Yesterday
YouTube is the most popular social media platform among US adults, Microsoft isn't releasing a diversity report, and a decision about breaking up Google's adtech monopoly is on the horizon
-In a 2025 report that looks at social media usage with American adults, the data-driven think tank revealed some nitty-gritty details like year-to-year changes, age gaps and most importantly, frequency of use. At the number one spot, YouTube holds a dominant position.
-Microsof ... Show More
7m 42s
Jul 2025
Why Meta Is Offering $100 Million for AI Geniuses
In the battle for AI supremacy, Meta’s models have lagged. Now CEO Mark Zuckerberg is racing to hire new AI talent to close the gap with rivals. He’s dangling huge pay packages to lure experts away from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. WSJ’s Meghan Bobrowsky explains how Meta’s AI ... Show More
17m 43s
Oct 23
Samsung Galaxy XR, ChatGPT Atlas, AWS outage fallout + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 don't ya hate when that happens 0:13 Samsung Galaxy XR 1:33 ChatGPT Atlas web browser 3:03 AWS outage fallout, Amazon robot workers 4:26 Odoo! 5:20 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 First Nvidia Blackwell GPU made in U.S. 6:14 YouTube rolls out AI 'likeness' detection 7:06 S ... Show More
10m 44s
May 2024
Inside the Google algorithm
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss Google's algorithm leak, OpenAI content deals, and more tech news from this week. Further reading: Google won’t comment on a potentially massive leak of its search algorithm documentation Google confirms the leaked Sea ... Show More
1h 32m
Aug 11
EP 586: OpenAI releases GPT-5 in ChatGPT, Google’s impressive Genie 3 and more AI News That Matters
<p>OpenAI released GPT-5, and it's.... polarizing?<br/><br/>Google dropped something kinda outta this world.<br/><br/>And Anthropic picked a bad week to drop a new model.<br/><br/>This week was one of the busiest in AI of the year. If you missed anything, this is your one-st ... Show More
53m 23s
May 2025
Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on Living in an A.I. Future
<p>This week, we take a field trip to Google and report back about everything the company announced at its biggest show of the year, Google I/O. Then, we sit down with Google DeepMind’s chief executive and co-founder, Demis Hassabis, to discuss what his A.I. lab is building, the ... Show More
1h 13m