NYTIMES (Kalley Huang) - Apple Reveals New A.I.-Powered Version of Its Siri Digital Assistant
The iPhone maker revealed its new artificial intelligence products at its developer conference, the last with Tim Cook as the company’s chief executive.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Instagram algorithm pushes users toward antisemitic content, study finds
The study created two accounts, one interested in wellness and a second that was interested in fitness. Both personas were guided toward explicit antisemitic content, according to the study.
NYTIMES (Tripp Mickle, Kate Conger and Brian X. Chen) - Powered by A.I., Google Changes Its Search Box for the First Time in 25 Years
Powered by a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box to answer longer queries, introducing a video-generation and video-editing tool and simplifying online shopping.
NYTIMES (Catherine Pearson) - Bumble Is Killing the Swipe Feature. What’s Next for Dating Apps?
Bumble is losing the feature that reshaped how we look for love. Daters may be ready for something more intentional.
AXIOS (Natalie Daher) - Bumble CEO reveals it's killing off the swipe on "The Axios Show"
Bumble's swipe feature — responsible for countless connections , breakups and everything in between — will soon be no more, founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd announced Wednesday on "The Axios Show." Why it matters: Wolfe Herd, who returned to the dating app as CEO last year, is making a big bet: ditching core features to pivot toward AI-driven matchmaking and attract new users ahead of a relaunch this year. - It's a ripe time for a product overhaul as Bumble deals with a sagging business, Gen Z dating app fatigue and stiff competition from Tinder and Hinge. Driving the news: "We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category," Wolfe Herd told Axios media…
AXIOS (Madison Mills) - Anthropic's AI downgrade stings power users
Anthropic users across online forums are raising the same complaint: Claude suddenly feels… bad. Why it matters: The backlash lands just as Anthropic is testing a more powerful model, Mythos — raising questions about whether cutting-edge AI is becoming less accessible even as it gets more capable. Driving the news: Over the past few weeks, users on X, GitHub and Reddit have been swapping anecdotes, benchmarks and prompts in an effort to pinpoint what changed and why. - "Claude has regressed to the point it cannot be trusted to perform complex engineering," an AMD senior director wrote in a widely shared post on GitHub. - Others have posted side-by-side outputs and benchmarks they say show Claude generating answers that are less…
NYTIMES (Sopan Deb) - Goodbye ‘Geeky Hunk’? Gmail Users Can Now Change Their Usernames.
Users who have been saddled with now-cringe email handles since the mid-2000s can now change them without losing any data under a policy Google announced on Wednesday.
NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - Your Suck-up Chatbot
We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic.
BITCHUTE - TOP 10 Tips for Improving Your Internet Experience!
Remember when the internet was fun? If you're under the age of 30, you probably don't. Yes, all internet websites, services and applications are getting worse year after year. That is by design. But there are things we can do about it! Today on Solutions Watch, James presents 10 simple tips for de-enshittifying your internet experience. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THE ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND WEBSITES MENTIONED? HOW ABOUT COMMENTS? THEY’RE AT THE CORBETT REPORT WEBSITE! JUST FOLLOW THE “SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS” LINK BELOW TO GO THERE DIRECTLY. SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/10-tips-for-de-enshittifying-the-internet-solutionswatch/
AXIOS (Erica Pandey) - Clean your feed: Dodge TikTok's powerful algorithm
Your social media feed is designed to keep you scrolling. Most platforms rely on black-box algorithms to study what captures your attention and drum up more of it. - What keeps your attention? Typically content that makes you laugh, cry or rage — because that keeps you locked in. Your brain is exhausted from hours of high-octane content. And with the advent of AI , it's getting harder and harder for all of us to tell the difference between truth and fiction. - Platforms don't make it easy to sidestep their algorithms. But if you're committed to keeping the apps, you can get much closer to the experience you actually want. - That might mean seeing more posts from friends, family and trusted news sources, and fewer random…