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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge As much of the potential legislation around AI requires reviews of models‚ groups have begun offering certification programs to AI companies to show how their work doesn’t violate copyright. Bloomberg reported Fairly Trained — founded by former Stability AI vice president for audio Ed Newton-Rex — adds a label to companies that prove they asked for permission to use copyrighted training data. Newton-Rex started Fairly Trained after he quit Stability AI in November‚ citing generative AI was “exploiting creators.” Its first accreditation‚ which it calls the Licensed Model certification‚ will be awarded to companies that license protected data to train its models. Fairly Trained claims it will not issue the certification to developers that... Continue reading…

This is Hot Pod‚ The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. We’ve got some podcast news to cover today‚ but first‚ I am very excited to finally share what we have in store for Hot Pod Summit. The invite-only event is just over a month away‚ and I can’t wait to see everyone there. Without further ado… Ira Glass is coming to Hot Pod Summit My favorite part of Hot Pod Summit is bringing podcast leaders together to talk frankly about the challenges and possibilities shaping the industry. It’s been a year of dramatic change‚ so we thought it best to bring in someone who has been there from the very beginning. Who better than the man who kicked off the podcast revolution? I will be talking to Ira... Continue reading…

Notion Calendar is just Cron‚ reskinned and deeply integrated with Notion. | Image: Notion Notion users have been asking for an integrated calendar system for years. Now‚ Notion is delivering: it’s launching Notion Calendar‚ a standalone app that integrates with all of your databases and notes in Notion. It’s yet another way Notion is attempting to be the only app your company needs to do pretty much everything. If you’ve ever used Cron‚ the calendar app Notion acquired in 2022 and has been operating ever since‚ you basically already know the deal with Notion Calendar. It’s just a redesigned‚ Notion-ified version of the app. Cron was always a fast‚ simple‚ nice-looking calendar with some clever features like Calendly-style booking tools and a command bar you can use for quickly setting up recurring meetings and the like. One... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Google is testing changes to some of its most important services including Search‚ the Chrome browser‚ and its Android operating system ahead of the European Union’s tough new antitrust rules coming into force in March‚ the company has announced. The changes come as a result of the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA)‚ a sweeping piece of legislation under which Google has been designated as a “gatekeeper” and given new rules for how it can operate important “core platform services.” On Android‚ it’s introducing a new browser choice screen during initial device setup‚ similar to what it already offers to let users pick between different search engines. (This search engine choice screen’s roots lie in a €4.3 billion fine from the EU over... Continue reading…

Amazon is taking $290 off of the Yeedi Vac 2 Pro robot vacuum. | Image: Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge From an AI-powered robot vacuum that can suck up milk to a robovac with an actual arm‚ we saw some pretty cool (and downright weird) gadgets launch during CES last week. But unless you have nearly two grand just lying around to spend‚ those fancy features don’t come cheap. Luckily‚ there are significantly more affordable options on the market like the Yeedi Vac 2 Pro‚ which is down to just $159.99 ($290 off) at Amazon when you clip the on-page coupon. If all you need is a decent robot vacuum that’ll clean your floors well enough‚ this top-notch budget robovac nails the essentials. It doesn’t come with the kind of advanced obstacle avoidance tech found in the longer-lasting Roomba j7‚ but it does avoid most obstacles over an inch tall.... Continue reading…

Circle a fake plant and find it on sale at Walmart‚ just like that. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge It’s hard to think of a more self-explanatory feature than Circle to Search: it does exactly what it sounds like it does. You circle something on your phone screen‚ tap a button‚ and voila! A page full of Google search results telling you about the thing you circled. Easy‚ right? The new feature is launching on five phones to start — the three members of Samsung’s brand-new Galaxy S24 series‚ as well as Google’s Pixel 8 and 8 Pro — before it comes to other “select‚ premium” Android phones. Well‚ maybe it does need a little explaining. If the feature sounds familiar‚ you might be thinking of Google Lens‚ which is similar. But instead of opening up the Google app‚ you can use Circle to Search anywhere on your device. Just long-press the... Continue reading…