Google’s NotebookLM readies ‘Lecture’ mode to expand Audio Overviews
TL;DR Leaked interface images show Google testing a new "Lecture" format for NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, offering configurable lengths and a…
Google updates Gemini overlay to let minimized conversations be resumed
TL;DR Google is testing a change to the Gemini overlay that preserves an active conversation when the overlay is minimized…
MIT symposium explores how generative AI might evolve and be governed
TL;DR Hundreds of researchers, industry leaders, and students gathered at MIT on Sept. 17 for the inaugural Generative AI Impact…
MIT’s generative AI diversifies virtual training grounds for robots
TL;DR Researchers at MIT CSAIL and the Toyota Research Institute built a generative system that assembles realistic 3D indoor scenes…
MIT researchers develop speech-to-reality system that fabricates objects
TL;DR MIT engineers created a workflow that converts spoken prompts into physical objects by combining speech recognition, 3D generative models,…
Data-Driven Medical Forecasting: Slowing Age-Related Illness by Predicting Risk
TL;DR Eric Topol argues that 2026 will mark the start of precision medical forecasting, using large-scale data and models to…
How to Track Santa Claus on Christmas Eve: AI Features from NORAD and Google
TL;DR NORAD and Google both run Santa-tracking sites that simulate Father Christmas’s progress on Christmas Eve, and NORAD recently added…
Pinterest Users Say AI-Generated ‘Slop’ Is Flooding and Frustrating the Site
TL;DR A WIRED report describes a growing volume of AI-generated posts on Pinterest that many users find low-quality or nonsensical,…
The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here — Private Data at Risk
TL;DR AI development that once relied on scraping public webpages is shifting toward agentic systems that may seek far more…