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Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly LinkedIn newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. If a friend or colleague shared this newsletter with you, you can sign up to receive it every week here.Intel’s quiet role in the AI boom Intel isn’t often mentioned as one of the main players in the generative AI boom. While Intel made the chips that drove the personal computing revolution, it’s rival company Nvidia that has supplied the graphics processing units (GPUs) that power the models…

Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say execs made the decision based on free speech considerations — Company weighed free-speech considerations in changing its policy last year Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: In 2022, Meta quietly began letting ads say past US elections were “rigged” or “stolen”; sources say execs made the decision based…

UK shipyard MMS has added a new member to its fleet of floating-debris collection vessels. The latest Envirocat is the first to clean up waterways without releasing engine fumes into the environment.A 2015 study undertaken by The Ocean Cleanup in 2015 found that two thirds of the plastic waste entering the world's oceans could be traced to just 20 rivers. As well as tackling this suffocating waste problem out at sea, the non-profit also launched a bunch of river Interceptors to stem the tide at its source.While the…

Marvel Studios has been too good at its job. After 15 years of building up the MCU as the ultimate interconnected saga, audiences have really taken to heart the idea that they need to see everything in order to catch the latest release. This was always going to be a concern — 15 years is a long time! Teenagers that saw Iron Man in theaters are now paying mortgages, spry adults circa 2008 now have to schedule “regular colonoscopy screenings.” It’s a different world, man! But when taken in conjunction with the wider…

service. Instead of $11.99 a month, the upgraded experience will now cost $13.99 a month for Android users and $18.99 for iOS users (up from $15.99 a month). The price of an annual subscription jumped as well, from $120 to $140. Also: The best VPNs for streamingThe family plan, which increased in price last fall, remains unchanged for now at $22.99 per month. For the increased price, YouTube Premium allows users to download videos, watch ad-free, play videos while using other apps, and other features. The ad-free part…

Google has quietly increased the price of YouTube Premium by a significant $2 from $12 to $14, according to the updated signup page spotted by 9to5Google. The annual price jumped to $20, from $120 to $140 per month, a savings of about $28 over paying month-by-month. YouTube also increased the price of Music Premium from $10 to $11 per month, matching similar increases by Apple and Amazon. The price increases weren't accompanied by any kind of official announcement. On top of eliminating ads, YouTube Premium offers…

The feature was spotted by a few users, including a Redditor and YouTuber M. Brandon Lee, reports Android Authority. Google-owned YouTube has quietly rolled out a new ‘Stable Volume’ feature to some users.The feature was spotted by a few users, including a Redditor and YouTuber M. Brandon Lee, reports Android Authority.The feature will appear under the Ambient mode option on the video settings page.The new mode is expected to control and even out volume across different videos.“This could help YouTube users…

For the major studios, 2023 has proven to be a year to forget, with all of the usual suspects enduring at least one major misfire before we’d even reached halfway on the calendar. Warner Bros. has watched The Flash go down in a ball of flames to wind up as one of the biggest box office bombs in the history of the industry, while Disney has sat by and been unable to prevent Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny from failing to keep its head above water. Screengrab via YouTube/Angel Studios Not even the mighty Marvel has…

Kid Laroi has also been removed as an opening act, with no explanation Lil Baby is making some changes to his upcoming It’s Only Us tour. The rapper appears to have quietly canceled a slew of shows from the upcoming trek, set to kick off on July 26 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX. On Friday, Lil Baby posted an updated tour poster to his Instagram, with seven dates missing from the lineup. Shows in Phoenix (Aug. 1), Sacramento (Aug. 9), Salt Lake City (Aug. 14), Denver (Aug. 15),…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNetflix is about to quietly add one of the best films of the year so far to its library.Already this month, the streaming service has released many high-profile titles, including season two of The Lincoln Lawyer, a documentary about Wham! and a stand-up show from comedian Tom Segura.But those who haven’t rifled through the forthcoming new titles that are set to be made available this…