Jess Weatherbed

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NewsAn AI Mode tab will soon start appearing in Search for a handful of US users. An AI Mode tab will soon start appearing in Search for a handful of US users. May 1, 2025, 4:00 PM UTCImage: The VergeJess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Google is preparing to publicly unleash its AI Mode search engine tool for the first time.

1 week ago | theverge.com | Jess Weatherbed

NewsAI labels are coming to a platform that sorely needed them. AI labels are coming to a platform that sorely needed them. May 1, 2025, 1:42 PM UTCImage: PinterestJess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Pinterest is making it easier for users to identify and avoid AI-generated slop on its platform.

1 week ago | theverge.com | Jess Weatherbed

Posted May 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM UTCJJess WeatherbedPyongyang on payroll. The increase in AI tools, deepfake technology, and fully remote jobs following the covid pandemic has enabled a new kind of scam: workers who take jobs with US and European companies under false identities and send their salaries to the North Korean government. The US government estimates that teams of pretenders can earn up to $3 million each year, and workers can go undetected at companies for many months.

1 week ago | theverge.com | Jess Weatherbed

Posted May 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM UTCJJess WeatherbedThe Gemini app can now edit images. Gemini’s new native editing features allow users to modify both uploaded photographs and AI-generated images. Changes can include adding or replacing objects, changing backgrounds, and more, or generating new images entirely that show what you’d look like with a different hair color.

1 week ago | theverge.com | Jess Weatherbed

Posted May 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM UTCIs GoPro teasing a Max 2? Abe Kislevitz — GoPro’s senior creative director, who frequently shows off what the company’s latest cameras are capable of — posted some fabulous 360-degree photographs to his Threads and Instagram accounts. Kislevitz had previously said that GoPro will be launching a successor to its OG Max action camera this year. How interesting.