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Maximilian Schreiner

Max is the managing editor of THE DECODER, bringing his background in philosophy to explore questions of consciousness and whether machines truly think or just pretend to.
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Aug 4, 2025
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Read full article about: Apple is developing its own AI-powered search engine

Apple is working on its own AI-powered search engine, marking a shift away from its previous anti-chatbot stance.

Despite years of skepticism toward ChatGPT-style systems, Apple is now developing an internal generative search feature designed to answer user questions based on context, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The new AI team, called "Answers, Knowledge and Information" (AKI) and led by Robby Walker, is building a system that scans the web and consolidates results into a planned "Answer Engine" product. The team is also working on a standalone app, along with new backend infrastructure for Siri, Spotlight, and Safari.

This change in direction signals that Apple now sees generative search as strategically important in the AI race, and is moving to regain lost ground against Google and OpenAI.

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Aug 1, 2025
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Read full article about: Uber Eats uses AI to turn real meals into picture-perfect dishes

Uber Eats now manipulates food images using generative AI.

Uber Eats is now using generative AI to identify and enhance low-quality food photos on its menus. The technology does more than just adjust lighting, resolution, or cropping. It can move food onto different plates or backgrounds, and even modify the food itself - making portions look bigger or digitally filling in gaps for a more polished look.

This approach goes further than traditional retouching or generic stock photos. The AI is capable of generating convincing images of dishes that, in some cases, never actually existed in this form.

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Jul 31, 2025
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Read full article about: BFL and Krea release FLUX.1 Krea: Open image model designed for realism

Black Forest Labs and Krea AI have released FLUX.1 Krea [dev], an open text-to-image model designed to generate more realistic images with fewer of the exaggerated, AI-typical textures.

The model is based on FLUX.1 [dev] and remains fully compatible with its architecture. It was built for flexible customization and easy integration into downstream applications. Model weights are available on Hugging Face, with commercial licenses offered through the BFL Licensing Portal. Partners like FAL, Replicate, Runware, DataCrunch, and TogetherAI provide API access.

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Read full article about: Google launches Opal: Build AI mini-apps with natural language, no coding needed

Google is rolling out Opal, a new experimental tool that lets users build AI-powered mini-apps with simple natural language prompts, no coding required.

Opal takes descriptions written in everyday language and automatically connects prompts, AI models, and other tools to turn them into working apps, displaying everything as a visual workflow.

Once an app is built, users can share it with others, who only need a Google account to use it. Opal is launching as a public beta in the US, with plans to develop the tool further based on feedback from the community.

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