5 Ways Search’s AI Mode Helps You Enjoy the Real World
On 28 July 2026 Google introduced conversational “AI Mode” in Search, a feature the company says will act as a planner, booker and local guide and that matters because it shifts routine friction from screen to street…
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EU’s AI Transparency Guide Arrives as August Enforcement Nears : What Firms Must Do Now
The guide operationalises a set of core transparency duties already present in the AI Act by naming concrete artifacts and data types that will count in supervisory assessments. The practical keywords regulators use are: model documentation (model cards), dataset provenance, training logs and metadata, prompt and chain‑of‑thought records (situational), output labelling and user information, and pe…
Monday.com Blames AI for Latest Layoffs : A Reverse-Chronological Look at 20 Major Tech Firms
Monday.com is the latest company to link workforce reductions to AI-related strategy shifts, appearing at the head of a reverse‑chronological rollup of similar announcements compiled by TechCrunch on 2026-07-25/26. That running list documents roughly 20 major tech firms this year whose layoff notices, filings or internal communications explicitly referenced AI, automation, product consolidation or…