Topic: experimental features
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Windows 11's New AI Agent Raises Security Concerns Over Personal Data
Microsoft is testing "Agent Workspace" in Windows 11, allowing AI agents to access user directories like Desktop and Pictures, which raises privacy and security concerns. The feature operates in a separate session with its own user profile and permissions, enabling AI agents to perform tasks auto...
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Microsoft tackles new security threats in Windows 11 AI tools
Microsoft is integrating advanced AI into Windows 11, introducing experimental agentic features that enable Copilot Actions to autonomously perform tasks like organizing files and scheduling appointments. These AI agents can make errors and pose novel security risks, prompting Microsoft to implem...
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Run Linux Desktop Apps on Your Android Phone
Running Linux desktop applications on Android is becoming practical due to a shift from software rendering to GPU acceleration, enabling mobile devices to function as portable workstations. The key advancement is GPU-accelerated rendering, which uses technologies like gfxstream to offload graphic...
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Adobe's AI Can Edit Entire Videos From a Single Frame
Adobe previewed experimental AI tools at its Max conference, designed to simplify complex editing tasks for photos, videos, and audio, enhancing creative workflows. Key innovations include Project Frame Forward for automated video object manipulation, Project Light Touch for dynamic lighting adju...
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Google's AI Aims to Replace Your Morning Social Media Scroll
Google is launching "CC," an AI-powered personal assistant that creates a personalized daily briefing by analyzing your emails, calendar, and documents to provide a more productive morning alternative to social media. The "Your Day Ahead" service summarizes schedules and tasks, can draft emails a...
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Microsoft's AI-Powered Windows Update: What's New
Microsoft is integrating advanced AI features like Copilot and AI agents into Windows to boost productivity, though many are exclusive to Copilot+ PCs, raising accessibility concerns. New AI capabilities include taskbar-accessible agents, voice activation with "Hey, Copilot," and tools for summar...
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Google Ads Tests Twitter Creatives for PMax Campaigns
Google is testing a feature that automatically suggests video content from X (formerly Twitter) for use in advertisers' Performance Max campaigns, indicating a move toward cross-platform ad integration. Advertisers must confirm they have legal rights to these videos, which are sourced via third-p...
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Microsoft's AI security flaw sparks data theft fears
Microsoft has issued a security warning about its experimental AI agent, Copilot Actions, due to risks that it could be exploited to infect devices and steal sensitive user information. The vulnerabilities are linked to inherent flaws in large language models, including AI hallucinations that pro...
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Google's AI Now Books Events and Beauty Appointments
Google has upgraded its AI Mode to enable direct booking of event tickets and wellness appointments through search, allowing users to make multi-step requests and receive curated, real-time options. These agentic features are available to U.S. users in Search Labs, with higher usage limits for Go...
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YouTube Music Tests AI DJs That Interrupt Your Playlists
YouTube Music is testing AI DJs that interrupt playlists with commentary as part of its new Labs program to enhance user engagement. The feature, called "Beyond the Beat," provides AI-generated hosts that share stories and trivia during personalized mixes, mimicking traditional radio. Unlike Spot...
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Google Upgrades Gemini 2.5 Pro & Deep Search for Premium Users
Google has launched Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Search, two AI-powered search upgrades for premium subscribers, offering advanced tools for research, problem-solving, and technical tasks. Gemini 2.5 Pro handles complex queries like math and coding with step-by-step solutions, while Deep...
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