AI Tool Rips Off Open Source Software Without Violating Copyright
A satirical but working tool called Malus uses AI to create "clean room" clones of open-source software, aiming to reproduce the same functionality while shedding attribution and copyleft obligations. "It works," Mike Nolan, one of the two people behind Malus, who researches the…


Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace
Google brings Gemini-powered 'auto browse' capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

Google's new AI tools put film scouting in Street View and promise to cut weeks of satellite analysis to minutes
At Cloud Next, Google unveiled three new AI imaging tools. Creatives can drop AI-generated images into real Street View locations, Google says city planners will be able to analyze satellite imagery in minutes instead of weeks, and developers get new models that can identify…