Author HubMatthias Bastian

Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the relationship between humans and computers.

AI and society

Oct 19, 2025

The long-predicted deepfake dystopia has arrived with Sora 2

AI and society

Sep 27, 2025Sep 27, 2025

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Anthropic settles landmark AI copyright lawsuit for at least $1.5 billion

AI and society

Aug 23, 2025Aug 23, 2025

Google downplays AI's environmental impact in new study

AI in practice

Jul 28, 2025Jul 30, 2025

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Starting August 28, 2025, Anthropic will roll out new weekly usage limits for Claude subscribers. Alongside the existing 5-hour limit - which resets every five hours - users will face two additional restrictions: a general weekly cap for all models and a separate weekly limit for Claude Opus 4. Both reset every seven days.

For Claude Sonnet 4, Anthropic estimates weekly usage will fall between 40 and 80 hours, depending on project size and settings like auto-accept mode. Users running multiple Claude Code instances at once will hit the new limits sooner.

Anthropic says fewer than five percent of users will be affected. The company cites abuse prevention - including account sharing and continuous use - as well as overall system performance as reasons for the change.

AI in practice

Jul 28, 2025Jul 28, 2025

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Microsoft is rolling out a new Copilot mode for its Edge browser. Mustafa Suleyman describes it as a streamlined, AI-powered interface with voice control that can automatically recognize URLs, search terms, and chat commands. Copilot analyzes the context of multiple open tabs, making it easier to compare travel plans or find the right restaurant without switching between windows.

Video: Microsoft

Copilot now sits at the top left of the Edge browser and is available for free. Microsoft says upcoming features will include project-based history sorting and contextual recommendations.

via X

AI in practice

Jul 28, 2025Jul 28, 2025

Google waited over two years to admit its earthquake alerts failed in Turkey's 2023 quakes

AI in practice

Jul 28, 2025Jul 28, 2025

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Imoliver, Suno’s most streamed AI music creator, landed a record deal with independent label Hallwood, marking a new moment for the music industry. Imoliver, a human artist who makes all his tracks with AI, has already racked up more than three million streams for his song "Stone" on Suno. The track will see a wider release on August 8, ahead of a full album in October.

Hallwood’s decision to sign Imoliver signals a shift in how the industry views collaboration between humans and generative AI. "This is a milestone - not just for Oliver, Hallwood and Suno, but for the future of music," said Mikey Shulman, CEO of Suno.

Meanwhile, Suno is facing lawsuits from major music companies and GEMA over alleged copyright infringement.

Hollywood Reporter

AI in practice

Jul 27, 2025Jul 27, 2025

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Google's AI systems processed over 980 trillion tokens in June—more than double the amount in May, according to Google product manager Logan Kilpatrick and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Tokens are short text chunks used by AI models to understand or generate responses.

The increase may not only reflect higher use, but especially more use of so-called reasoning models like Gemini Flash 2.5, which process many more tokens to give more accurate responses. Artificial Analysis reports Flash 2.5 uses about 17 times more tokens than its previous version and is 150 times more expensive for reasoning tasks.

Kilpatrick via X

AI in practice

Jul 27, 2025Jul 27, 2025

Microsoft aims to become an "intelligence engine" for eight billion people

AI in practice

Jul 26, 2025Jul 26, 2025

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Midjourney is adding new AI video features that let users generate clips with custom start and end images. This allows for seamless loops or smooth transitions that morph one image into another.

Video generation is now available directly inside Discord, though the web interface still offers a better experience. The company recently launched version 7 of its image generation model and introduced a new draft mode. Midjourney has also been in the spotlight after Disney and others filed copyright lawsuits against it.

Midjourney via X

AI in practice

Jul 26, 2025Jul 26, 2025

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Meta has hired Shengjia Zhao, a key developer of ChatGPT, as Chief Scientist of its new Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Zhao worked at OpenAI since 2022, helping build ChatGPT’s first training pipeline, core GPT-4 training methods, and the "o-model" series—AI models focused on logical reasoning. Meta has not yet released a reasoning model.

Zhao will report to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and work with Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO and now Meta’s Chief AI Officer. The hire is part of a large-scale recruitment effort led by Zuckerberg to advance long-term AI research. Zuckerberg called the hire part of building an "elite, talent-dense team that has the resources and long-term focus to push the frontiers of superintelligence research."

Mark Zuckerberg via Threads