Google Earth’s AI Image Generation Function Pulled in Less Than a Day

Google pulled a brand new AI image-editing characteristic from Google Earth lower than 24 hours after launch. The corporate launched the perform on Thursday, permitting Gemini’s Nano Banana 2 picture mannequin to entry Google Earth and rework areas with textual content prompts. The perform, nevertheless, rapidly received out of hand. AI researcher Henk van Ess,... Read More

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August 1, 2026

Gilead Faces Price Debate Over ‘Miracle’ HIV Drug Lenacapavir

For the primary time within the four-decade struggle in opposition to HIV, there’s a “miracle” drug that may all however remove the chance of an infection, however within the Latin American nations the place it was examined, most individuals cannot afford it. Trials present that lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, is almost 100% effective in... Read More

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Leopold Aschenbrenner Situational Awareness fund: B to fire sale

August 1, 2026

Leopold Aschenbrenner Situational Awareness fund: $45B to fire sale

Leopold Aschenbrenner Photograph: Josh Edelson Two years in the past, Leopold Aschenbrenner argued he was considered one of few folks on the earth who noticed the longer term clearly. In a sprawling, 165-page essay that grew to become required studying in Silicon Valley, the previous OpenAI researcher positioned himself as a sort of prophet for... Read More

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