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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the company lost more than one million Google search referrals per week in October. He blamed AI Overviews and AI Mode, raising a potential structural risk for sites that depend on Google traffic. Huffman said demand for Reddit had not changed, but Google was sending fewer users. Reddit shares fell more than 25 percent despite strong earnings.
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IBM announced Granite Speech updates for transcription, translation and speaker attribution. Different models address speech-language tasks, fast transcription and identifying who spoke when.
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Open-source Bark can generate speech, music, laughter, and sound effects from a single text prompt. The source says it supports 13 languages and more than 100 voice presets, but it may alter wording or add unexpected sounds. Bark generates audio clips of about 13–14 seconds and is released under the MIT license. The source reports about 12 GB of GPU memory for the full models, with smaller variants available for lower-memory use.
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OpenAI’s Images 2.6 model lets ChatGPT create animated GIFs from text prompts or uploaded photos. The feature is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex users across web, desktop, and mobile apps. Users can adjust animation speed and edit individual frames. In OpenAI’s example, a prompt for a dancing cat produces a GIF that keeps the character recognizable across frames.
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OhMyGame combines game design, asset creation, coding, and playtesting in an open-source Electron app. It is available for macOS (Apple silicon) and Windows x64 under Apache 2.0; model-provider usage charges may still apply. Developers can ask its AI agent to draft a design document, create art, write code, and run the game to check for visible failures. Web games can use Three.js, R3F, or Phaser, and workspace files use standard formats that can be opened in other editors.
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