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  • YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists | TechCrunch

    YouTube is expanding its likeness detection technology, which identifies AI-generated deepfakes, to a pilot group of government officials, political candidates, and journalists, the company announced Tuesday. Members of the pilot group will gain access to a tool that detects unauthorized AI-generated content and lets them request its removal if they believe it violates YouTube policy. read more

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    YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists | TechCrunch

  • The US Art Market Is Stabilizing—but It’s a Different Market Now, Per New Bank of America Report

    The US art market showed signs of life in 2025. Auction sales rose 23 percent from the previous year to about $3.17 billion, according toa new reportfrom Bank of America and the analytics firm ArtTactic. But the rebound did not come from a surge in demand. Instead, it was driven largely by major estate consignments, read more

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    The US Art Market Is Stabilizing—but It’s a Different Market Now, Per New Bank of America Report

  • An Animated Look at Noguchi's Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

    “I think of playgrounds as a primer of shapes and functions; simple, mysterious and evocative; thus educational,” Isamu Noguchi said in a pamphlet about his Playscapes. Perhaps best known for his stone sculptures and Akari lamps, the Japanese artist and designer always had an eye on the spaces that define childhood, particularly public playgrounds and read more

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    An Animated Look at Noguchi's Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

  • Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties | TechCrunch

    Electric air taxi developer Archer Aviation responded to a lawsuit Monday with its own counterclaims that rival Joby Aviation allegedly defrauded the U.S. government and its competitors by falsely presenting itself as an American-made company. The counterclaim, filed in federal court, alleges Joby relied on a Chinese manufacturing subsidiary to source critical components from Chinese read more

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    Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties | TechCrunch

  • Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts | TechCrunch

    Meta acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-like “social network” where AI agents using OpenClaw can communicate with one another. The news was first reported by Axios and later confirmed to TechCrunch. Moltbook is joining Meta Superintelligence Labs, a Meta spokesperson told us. Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join the team as part of the read more

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    Meta acquired Moltbook, the AI agent social network that went viral because of fake posts | TechCrunch

  • Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures | TechCrunch

    Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D set to fuel its growth in the U.S. That’s despite growing competition with rival Harvey, but also with Microsoft Copilot and generalist large language models (LLMs). Publicly listed legal software companies saw their stocks drop when Anthropic read more

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    Legora reaches .55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures | TechCrunch

  • Dueling Hares and Leaping Toads Top the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards

    Is there anything more soothing than a sleeping baby swan—known as a cygnet? Or anything more illustrative of the relationship between nature and urban development in the U.K. than the red fox, which are seen in neighborhoods as often as in the wild? For this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA), photographers from around Great read more

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    Dueling Hares and Leaping Toads Top the 2026 British Wildlife Photography Awards

  • Google gives in to users' complaints over AI-powered 'Ask Photos' search feature | TechCrunch

    In a slight capitulation to those who don’t want AI infused into their everyday apps, Google said it’s now offering a toggle that will allow users of its Google Photos app to return to the previous and often faster “classic” search experience instead of the newer AI-powered option known as “Ask Photos.” The Ask Photos read more

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    Google gives in to users' complaints over AI-powered 'Ask Photos' search feature | TechCrunch

  • GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

    People on social media have reported strange events on delivery and navigation apps—drivers appear to be in the middle of the sea, or a 10-minute trip home suddenly jumps up to 30 minutes. For residents of countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, where life has more or less resumed despite Iran’s ongoing attacks, read more

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    GPS Attacks Near Iran Are Wreaking Havoc on Delivery and Mapping Apps

  • $45 M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s

    A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat will head to auction at Sotheby’s this May with an estimate “in excess of $45 million,” the house announced on Monday, poising it to become one of the most expensive works by the artist ever to hit the block. The painting, titled Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown) and dated to 1983, read more

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    M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s

  • Alma Allen, Artist Representing US at 2026 Venice Biennale, Joins Perrotin

    Alma Allen, the sculptor chosen to represent the United States at this year’s edition of the Venice Biennale, has joined Galerie Perrotin, a blue-chip French gallery with locations inParis, London, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai, and Los Angeles. As ARTnews’s Maximilíano Durón and Sarah Douglas reported upon Allen’s selection in November, sources read more

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    Alma Allen, Artist Representing US at 2026 Venice Biennale, Joins Perrotin

  • UK Government Slaps Export Ban on Howard Hodgkin Work After Bonhams Sold It for Record £1.7 M.

    British officials are trying to keep a major painting by the late London-born artist Howard Hodgkin from leaving the UK. Last week, the country’s Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) placed an export ban on Mrs Acton in Delhi (1967–71), giving a British museum or gallery the chance to buy it instead. The move read more

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    UK Government Slaps Export Ban on Howard Hodgkin Work After Bonhams Sold It for Record £1.7 M.

  • Mary, Queen of Scots’ Final Letter on View, French Artist Adds Armor to Dalida Sculpture: Morning Links for March 10, 2026

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines DON’T LOSE YOUR HEAD. The final letter written by Mary, Queen of Scots before her execution in 1587 is now on public display in Scotland for the first time in 30 years at Perth Museum, where it will remain on view until April read more

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    Mary, Queen of Scots’ Final Letter on View, French Artist Adds Armor to Dalida Sculpture: Morning Links for March 10, 2026

  • The MacBook Neo Cuts (Most of) the Right Corners

    I did spin up Oceanhorn 3, a new, graphically-intense game in Apple Arcade that Apple has been touting. Unfortunately, the play experience was pretty rough. It struggled to play smoothly at image quality that I’d call “good enough.” That was disappointing. And yet, as seen in 3DMark Steel Nomad Light benchmark I used, the MacBook read more

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    The MacBook Neo Cuts (Most of) the Right Corners

  • I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak

    Google rolled out multiple new AI features today for its core Workspace products: Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. These apps now include additional tools powered by Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. The features range from generating entire rough drafts in your Docs to finding information tucked away in the recesses of your Drive. This Google read more

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    I Used Google’s New Gemini-Powered ‘Help Me Create’ Tool in Docs. It’s Great at Corporate-Speak

  • Legaltech Legora raises $550M Series D at $5.55B valuation to accelerate US expansion

    Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, today announced it has raised $550 million at a $5.55 billion valuation in a Series D funding round to accelerate its expansion across the United States. The round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, ICONIQ, Redpoint Ventures, and Y read more

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    Legaltech Legora raises 0M Series D at .55B valuation to accelerate US expansion

  • Avvoka secures £14M to expand AI drafting tools for law firms

    UK-based legaltech platform Avvoka has secured £14 million in growth funding in a round led by Valhalla Ventures, founded by Mark and Lindy O’Hare. Avvoka develops AI-powered drafting infrastructure for law firms, helping legal teams convert legal documents into structured templates that can be reused and refined over time. Its automation engine uses large language read more

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    Avvoka secures £14M to expand AI drafting tools for law firms

  • Watson grows up: IBM’s AI platform strategy comes of age

    There was a time when Watson felt like a quiz show champion in search of a business model. When IBM’s AI first dazzled the world on Jeopardy! back in 2011, it became shorthand for machine intelligence itself. Fast forward to 2026, and Watson has now evolved into the far more industrial-sounding IBM watsonx™ and is read more

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    Watson grows up: IBM’s AI platform strategy comes of age

  • Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection Ahead of New Space’s Opening

    Laura Phipps is the new director of the Gochman Family Collection, a New York-based private collection dedicated mostly, though not exclusively, to contemporary Indigenous art. She fills a role most recently held by Zach Feuer, who founded Forge Project with Becky Gochman in 2021, and currently serves as one of the collection’s five curatorial consultants. read more

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    Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection Ahead of New Space’s Opening

  • The thing that everyone expected to happen has happened

    Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all read more

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