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How to make your houseplants multiply using water cuttings

Learn how to grow 9 stunning large houseplants from cuttings in water with this easy propagation method that turns small cuttings into lush, thriving indoor plants perfect for decorating your home, ...
Reuters

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different outfits, speeding up the production process as part of an ...
ZDNet

Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more (and which I avoid)

Different AI models win at images, coding, and research. App integrations often add costly AI subscription layers. Obsessing over model version matters less than workflow. The pace of change in the ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft debuts Fara-7B, a small ‘computer-use’ model that runs natively on PCs

Microsoft Corp. today showcased its vision of an agentic artificial intelligence future for everyday consumers with the launch of its newest model Fara-7B, which can run locally on personal computers ...
CNET

Google Says New Gemini 3 AI Model Will Better Understand Your Requests

Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...
9to5Mac

Apple’s new Siri will secretly use Google Gemini models behind the scenes

Via Mark Gurman, Apple has landed on its strategy for the new Siri update coming as soon as iOS 26.4 in the spring of next year. Behind the scenes, much of the new Siri experience will use Google ...
CNBC

OpenAI introduces safety models that other sites can use to classify harms

OpenAI announced two so-called open-weight reasoning models. Developers can use the models to classify a range of online safety harms based on their specific policy needs. OpenAI developed the models ...
Seeking Alpha

Anthropic confirms expanded deal with Google for cloud, chip use

Following a report earlier this week, Anthropic (ANTHRO) confirmed on Thursday that it has widened the scope of its deal with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). The newly expanded deal will see ...
Colorado Public Radio

As AI data centers multiply across the Mountain West, so do fears over water use

"Directions to 255 USA Parkway," Brian Armon asked his phone's AI assistant, which responded with a virtual map and a traffic report. Armon, a commercial real estate broker, was driving to the Tahoe ...
ZDNet

This new Google Gemini model scrolls the internet just like you do - how it works

Google's new AI model can interact directly with website UIs. It joins similar tools from OpenAI and Anthropic. The company also admitted its weaknesses, including hallucinations. Google DeepMind has ...