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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

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

AI and society

Google downplays AI's environmental impact in new study

AI and society

Meta's human-like chatbot personas can mislead users and result in real-world harm

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Ideogram has added its character feature to its API, letting developers create characters with a consistent look without extra training. Characters can be placed in specific parts of an image or applied to existing images using the remix tool, which adapts their style. Users can customize details like hair, clothing, and accessories, and save these settings for future use. Ideogram points to use cases like ad videos, online shops, YouTube thumbnails, comics, and games. More information on how to get started is available at developer.ideogram.ai.

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Google search chief Liz Reid says AI-generated answers are not lowering website traffic. In a blog post, she writes that organic clicks have stayed "relatively stable" over the past year and that Google is now sending "slightly more quality clicks"—meaning users stay on a site instead of quickly returning. Reid argues that AI helps improve questions and results.

"The web has existed for over three decades, and we believe we’re entering its most exciting era yet."

Liz Reid

Her claims conflict with outside reports showing major traffic drops tied to AI answers in search results. Reid rejects those findings, saying they rely on flawed methods, older data, or single examples not tied to AI features. Google has not released detailed traffic or click-through numbers for its AI features.

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Google has officially launched Jules, its AI coding agent that was in testing since May. Jules can handle multiple tasks at once and automate routine developer work, similar to Anthropic's Claude Code. The latest version includes easier controls, lets users reuse previous tasks, and adds visual feedback for web app testing, Google says. Jules runs on Gemini 2.5 and is available through several Gemini subscription tiers.

Google is also rolling out Gemini CLI GitHub Actions, a free AI tool that integrates directly with GitHub repositories, automating routine developer tasks on demand. The agent responds to events like new issues or pull requests, working in the background based on the context of each project. Google says the agent supports authentication without fixed credentials and logs activity via OpenTelemetry. Technically, it builds on Gemini CLI.

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Anthropic has released a new open source tool on GitHub that automatically checks code for security vulnerabilities. The GitHub action "Claude Code Security Reviewer" uses the Claude AI model to scan pull requests for potential security issues.

According to the project description, the tool can spot security vulnerabilities across different programming languages by understanding the context of the code. It automatically adds comments directly in code discussions, filters out likely false positives, and focuses only on files that have been modified. The tool is available under the MIT license on GitHub.

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AI and society

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

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Microsoft presents its first large AI models and signals greater independence from OpenAI

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Google downplays AI's environmental impact in new study

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