2026-08-13
Suno Studio 2.0 Turns Played MIDI Into a Prompt for AI-Generated Audio
Suno released Studio 2.0 on August 13, 2026, a major upgrade to its browser-based generative audio workstation that adds MIDI recording and editing, a wavetable synth, a session-aware chat collaborator, custom user-built effects plugins, track automation, and higher-fidelity stem separation. The update, detailed in a post by Studio product manager Henry Phipps, is available now to Premier subscrib [...]
2026-08-13
Israel Sets 100,000-Accelerator Target in National AI Plan
Israel has published its National AI Strategic Plan, a five-year program committing the government to a national computing base of at least 100,000 advanced AI accelerators, a domestically built quantum computer, and an advanced chip fabrication facility at 5-nanometer technology or below. The National Artificial Intelligence Directorate, the body inside the Prime Minister's Office charged wi [...]
2026-08-13
Gemini 3.7 Flash lands with coding gains and undercuts its three-week-old predecessor's price by 50%
Google shipped Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after 3.6 Flash. The new model is supposed to be Google's most capable workhorse yet for coding and AI agents, and according to the company's own benchmarks, it beats Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra at half the price.<br /> The article Gemini 3.7 Flash lands with coding gains and undercuts its three-week-old predecessor's pric [...]
2026-08-13
I'm a professional photographer and I have zero regrets that I simply enjoyed the solar eclipse with my family, and a colander
Tonight's solar eclipse, August 12, promises to be a spectacular celestial event, just make sure your camera gear (and your eyes) are suitably protected [...]
