thenextweb

2026-07-07

AI writing tools can subtly steer public opinion, Oxford study finds

You ask an AI to polish your post. It keeps your point, but tilts it. New Oxford research says those tiny tilts can move public opinion. AI writing tools that tidy up social media posts can quietly shift what they say, and those shifts can spread, according to a new study from the Oxford Internet […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]

Destination

2026-07-07

The FCC wants to make easier for ISPs to hide junk fees

The FCC is set to defang rules around ISP junk fee reporting. [...]

Destination

2026-07-07

Copilot goes cheap as Microsoft phases out OpenAI and Anthropic models to cut costs

Microsoft is replacing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its own MAI models in products like Excel and Outlook. Tens of thousands of queries per week already run through them. AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wants to "ultimately eliminate" the cost of external models. For Copilot customers, that could mean less performance for the same price.<br /> The article Copilot goes cheap a [...]

Destination

2026-07-07

Sick of trying to find a USB and Windows key? Microsoft has just made reinstalling Windows 11 less painful

Windows 11 reinstallations will be available via the cloud, which includes appropriate drivers and doesn't require a USB drive. [...]

zdnet

2026-07-07

Your Windows 11 PC might be hiding a 500GB storage bug - how to check

A glitch in Windows 11 causes a specific system file to keep growing in size, though a patch is available. Here's what you need to know about it. [...]

qz

2026-07-07

Meta is launching its first in-house AI image generator for consumers and advertisers

Muse Image, developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs, will power image creation across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta's ad tools [...]

qz

2026-07-07

AI tools are giving inconsistent financial advice — and some may show racial and gender bias

A new study tested 7 generative AI platforms on emergency savings, retirement withdrawals, and portfolio allocation — with notable differences by race and gender [...]

qz

2026-07-07

20 famous paintings with secrets hiding in plain sight

Hidden figures, coded messages, scientific anomalies, deliberate anachronisms — the details that painters embedded in famous works and that most viewers walk straight past [...]

Destination

2026-07-07

Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland are taking their bromance to the World Cup stage

The internet is revisiting Bellingham and Haaland’s friendship before the England vs. Norway World Cup match. [...]