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Tag: AI Technology
With Prompted Playlist, Spotify Wants AI to Understand the Moment, Not Just the Genre
Sitting down to write this article, I found myself thinking about the music that would put me in the right frame of mind to tell this story. My usual go-to playlist often does the job, but sometimes the moment calls for something more tailored. I know the feeling I’m chasing—but pinning it down by artist, […]
Adobe Acrobat Now Turns PDFs into Presentations, Podcasts
Adobe is doubling down on artificial intelligence in Acrobat, aiming to expand what’s possible with PDFs. Using natural language prompts, users can now turn these digital documents into entirely new formats, from presentations to podcasts. This update builds on Adobe’s broader push to modernize PDFs for the AI era. Last summer, the company introduced Acrobat […]
JWX Acquires AI Video Startup Aug X Labs, Folding Augie Studio Into Its Enterprise Media Stack
Aug X Labs, the creator of AI-powered video app Augie Studio, has been acquired by video technology firm JWX. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the deal includes the full retention of Aug X Labs’ team, with co-founders Jeremy Toeman and JT White moving into executive roles once the deal closes. In addition, because JWX […]
A More Human Way Into Vibe Coding—and Chris Pirillo Is Testing It Live
When Chris Pirillo showed his 11-year-old daughter Google Gemini one day, it didn’t take her long to have it code a game to help her learn multiplication. “She wasn’t weighed down with the idea that she couldn’t do it. She just assumed she could—and she did. She identified her problem, and she solved it,” he […]
Vibe Coding Is Here to Stay, but Human Oversight Remains Critical
The tech industry embraced vibe coding in 2025, as software development became one example of how artificial intelligence can disrupt professions. Instead of traditional line-by-line hand coding, developers can now instruct a bot to code an application through an intent-driven prompt. Vibe coding startups like Lovable have attracted tremendous investor interest, reaching unicorn status in […]
Slack’s New AI Slackbot Is Less About Chat and More About Running the Workplace
Slack bills itself as “where work happens.” Lately, the Salesforce-owned company has been working hard to make that slogan more literal, rolling out features designed not just to speed up how work gets done, but also to keep workers in the app for longer periods. On Tuesday, Slack reinforced that positioning with the general availability […]
Shopify and Google Develop New Open Protocol That Could Make AI Shopping Ubiquitous
Shopify and Google are betting on agentic commerce, and to make it work, the two have jointly developed a new protocol that lets AI agents discover products, browse options, and complete purchases on a user’s behalf—all from a chat. The new Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) is an open-source standard that permits agents to connect with […]
Ai2 Releases Molmo 2, an Open Video Model That Outperforms Qwen 3, GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro While Knowing Where the Action Happens
Ai2 has unveiled Molmo 2, the latest iteration of its open-source vision-language model (VLM). Arriving over a year after the original, this state-of-the-art update brings the most notable upgrades yet: support for multiple images and video, and grounding. The next-generation Molmo can now count and track objects or actions within videos. And just like its […]
Adobe Firefly Adds Video Tools, FLUX.2 Model, and Unlimited Generations Through Jan. 15
Adobe is closing out 2025 with a fresh slate of AI upgrades designed to make video creation and editing easier for creators. On Tuesday, the company is upgrading the availability of its Firefly video editor, along with announcing new tools for precise edits and camera-motion control, a video upscaling feature in Firefly Boards, and support […]
How Shopify Is Turning AI Into a Strategic Advantage for Merchants
Shopify’s Winter 2026 release is here with over 150 new features for merchants, but the centerpiece is a sweeping suite of AI tools designed to do more than automate tasks. From a rebuilt Sidekick AI to agentic storefronts that help sellers control how their brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Microsoft Copilot, Shopify is betting […]