2026-06-11
Deezer’s new free tool scans your Spotify and Apple Music playlists for AI slop
Deezer has built a free tool that will tell you how much of your music was made by a machine, even if you stream it somewhere else. The French service has opened its AI-music detector to the public, letting anyone scan their playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and around 20 other platforms for AI-generated tracks. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
Upriver raises $14M to fix the unglamorous layer where enterprise AI quietly breaks: the data
Most enterprise AI projects do not fail because the model is bad. They fail because the data feeding it is a mess: broken pipelines, mismatched systems, and context locked in one engineer’s head. Upriver, an Israeli startup, has raised $14M to automate the cleanup, betting that this dull but critical layer is where the AI […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
Google is funding 300,000 electricians and welders, because the AI boom is running out of them
The AI boom has a problem no amount of capital can solve on its own: there are not enough electricians, welders, and pipefitters to build it. Google’s answer is to pay to train them. Its philanthropic arm, Google.org, said it is committing $50M to prepare more than 300,000 skilled-trade workers across over 20 US states, […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
The US-Philippines AI hub now has a price tag, $10bn, and a 99-year lease on the table
The US-backed plan to build an AI and supply-chain hub in the Philippines now has a number attached: about $10bn in initial investment, with more to follow, according to the official leading the Philippine side. It also has a striking term on the table, a lease to the United States of up to 99 years. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-11
ExpressVPN becomes an official supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in biggest sports deal yet — and gives away over 50 premium tickets
ExpressVPN has announced its biggest sports partnership ever, becoming the Official Tournament Supporter for the FIFA World Cup 2026. With cyber threats expected to spike, your digital defense matters more than ever. [...]
2026-06-11
'Wait... what?' — Lionel Messi’s new ChatGPT World Cup partnership feels like marketing written by AI for people who don’t watch soccer
OpenAI's first major football marketing campaign stars Lionel Messi, but it feels more like a corporate AI pitch than a celebration of the world's most popular sport. [...]
