A color space is perceptually uniform if a change of length in any direction X of the color space is perceived by a human as the same change. Non-uniform perceptual color spaces like RGB and RYB can have stark contrasts when transitioning from one hue to another hue. In data visualization, these contrasts can be mistaken as changes in the data rather than as transitions in the color palette.
OpenAI is reportedly developing a generative music tool. While no release date has been announced, it would allow users to create music for videos or vocal tracks based on text and audio prompts, according to a report in The Information. For founders, marketers, and ad pros, this could mean creating demos for a catchy jingle or moody soundtrack to reflect the voice and tone of their brand in minutes. Think the next "I'm lovin' it" or "Nationwide is on your side."
AI is reorienting the global economy in radical ways, and the effects are spreading from consumers to companies, says Bill McDermott, CEO of ServiceNow, an enterprise software giant. McDermott, a veteran of the software industry who previously led European tech giant SAP, chatted with me as his company reported third-quarter results on Wednesday. We spoke about AI disruptions to the job market, the AI spending boom, and the threat of generative AI to the software industry.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) reported a stellar third quarter, achieving its first-ever $100 billion revenue quarter, signaling that the company's aggressive "full stack" approach to AI is now translating into significant financial gains across its core businesses. Check out GOOG's stock price here. AI Backlog Explodes To $155 Billion The standout performer was Google Cloud, which saw its AI-driven backlog surge by an astonishing 46% sequentially to $155 billion.
Hello, and welcome to Decoder. This is Sarah Jeong, features editor at The Verge. I'm standing in for Nilay for one final Thursday episode here as he settles back into full-time hosting duties. Today, we've got a fun one. I'm talking to Cory Doctorow, prolific author, internet activist, and arguably one of the fiercest tech critics writing today. He has a new book out called Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.
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The FBI has not been as quick to adopt AI in its day-to-day operations because it handles sensitive data that requires stringent protections and oversight to maintain security and legal standards, he said. "We're trying to catch up in many ways, and part of that is because we have very sensitive datasets that we have to make sure we protect because of the authorities that we have," Leatherman said.
Reddit took a victory lap on its Q3 earnings call on Thursday. For the first time, the social platform achieved its pre-IPO profitability goal of 40% adjusted EBITDA, said CEO Steve Huffman. Reddit is also the No. 3 most-visited site on the internet for US-based users, according to Semrush - trailing behind only YouTube and Amazon.com. And Reddit touted some impressive numbers for its advertising business, including $549 million in Q3 ad revenue and a 74% YOY growth rate.
Even if you don't go looking for AI bots, they're being integrated into virtually every product and service. And for what? There's a lot of hand-wavey chatter about agentic this and AGI that, but what can "gen AI" do for you right now? Gemini for Home is Google's latest attempt to make this technology useful, integrating Gemini with the smart home devices people already have.
According to some estimates, tech debt, or the costs incurred when having to constantly fix aging or clunky software systems, has ballooned to more than $1.52 trillion in the U.S. alone. With technology like agentic AI being heavily embedded on top of companies' aging technology systems and operations, this rising cost of tech debt makes sense. Many organizations are quickly implementing new technologies without addressing underlying systems first.
"AI games are going to be amazing (sound on)." That's the only context provided for the latest viral clip of a video game produced with generative AI tools. It's trash, a bizarre real-time hallucination of someone's idea of an on-rails Tom Clancy game that's revolting to witness but hard to turn away from. The clip was shared yesterday on X by Matt Shuman, the CEO of "rare Long Island AI startup" HyperWrite, as a tease for an upcoming project.
AI is reshaping the media and marketing industries at warp speed - whether consumers like it or not. Adtech and martech startups are raising millions of dollars from venture capital firms on the back of the AI wave. Many of these companies are developing under-the-hood tech, like agentic AI tools designed to streamline marketers' workflows and boost productivity. Others are working on creative platforms that let marketers create ads and even virtual influencers using generative AI.
We live in an astonishing technology-based world, fueled by and dependent on software. That software provides our networks, our security, our financial transactions, our supply chain management, and, of course, the generative AI systems that are top of mind for just about everyone. But where does that digital infrastructure come from? Nearly all of it is based on free and open source software, what the industry calls FOSS.
As you can see in this example sequence, using IG's updated Restyle options, you can now more easily edit your images via conversational prompts in-stream. As explained by Instagram: Whether you want to simply remove an unwanted detail from your story, include a playful element, change the vibe using a whimsical effect, or start a trend with your friends with Add Yours stickers, now you can. Restyle your photos and videos in Instagram Stories to make edits, big or small using Meta AI.
"AI fluency is no longer a "nice-to-have," I was told in an email from GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council), the leading body globally that determines whether you can enter a top business school and study master's degrees like the MBA. Within just one year, the share of employers valuing AI skills in graduate hires jumped from 26% to 31%, one of the biggest year-over-year shifts witnessed to date, according to GMAC's Corporate Recruiters Survey.
Red Hat launches Developer Lightspeed, a set of generative AI tools that support developers in their daily work. The solutions integrate directly into development tools and are designed to reduce context switching. The AI assistants are available via Red Hat Developer Hub and the migration toolkit. Via the chat interface in Red Hat Developer Hub, Developer Lightspeed assists with non-code-related tasks, such as creating documentation, developing test plans, and troubleshooting applications.
Generative A.I., once an uncanny novelty, is now being used to create not only images and videos but entire "artists." Its boosters claim that the technology is merely a tool to facilitate human creativity; the major use cases we've seen thus far-and the money being poured into these projects-tell a different story. On this episode of Critics at Large, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz discuss the output of Timbaland's A.I. rapper TaTa Taktumi and the synthetic actress Tilly Norwood.
In the past year, the rapid democratization of AI has opened the door for a new class of haunting threats. Malware creation, once a domain requiring deep expertise and significant time, can now be automated in mere seconds. It's no longer about who has the most sophisticated tools, but who can leverage AI the fastest - and the current advantage favors the bad actors. It's like a haunted house gone wrong, and the monsters are in control.
