July 24, 2025

Google's new AI feature lets you virtually try on clothes: The feature is launching in the United States today, letting users try on apparel items in Google's Shopping Graph across Search, Google Shopping and product results on Google Images. Read More

A new AI coding challenge just published its first results — and they aren't pretty: A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers.  Read More

Google's AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India: Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings. Read More

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Sundar Pichai is 'very excited' about Google Cloud's OpenAI partnership: The comment came shortly after analysts peppered Pichai and other Google executives with questions about how AI would affect its core search business and why Google is spending an extra $10 billion on capital expenditures this year to catch up in the AI race. Read More

SoftBank-backed LegalOn lands $50M to streamline legal workflows with AI: LegalOn, which provides AI-powered contract review software for legal teams, has raised $50 million in a Series C round. Read More

Former Y Combinator, a16z experts hold invite-only summit for founders: An invite-only startup event hosted by former YC and a16z staff will help founders learn to pitch press and run their own social media. Read More

India expands its e-commerce crackdown with a new $200M case against Walmart's fashion arm Myntra: India's financial crime watchdog filed a complaint against Walmart-backed Myntra, alleging the company violated foreign investment rules by channeling over $191 million through a related-party scheme. Read More

Google Photos adds AI features for 'remixing' photos in different styles, turning pics into videos: Google announced a handful of new features that will allow users to get more creative with their photo memories, including an option to turn photos into videos and "remix" photos into different styles, like anime, comics, sketches or 3D animations. Read More

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Trump's 'anti-woke AI' order could reshape how US tech companies train their models: An executive order signed Wednesday by President Donald Trump that bans "woke AI" and AI models that aren't "ideologically neutral" from government contracts could disrupt a delicate balance. The order calls out DEI, terming it a "pervasive and destructive" ideology that can "distort the quality and accuracy of the output." Experts warn it could create a chilling effect on developers who may feel pressure to align model outputs and datasets with White House rhetoric to secure federal dollars for their cash-burning businesses. Read More

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