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OpenAI’s Bubeck denies trying to cut Anthropic mathematician from credit23m ago 10 of the scariest AI villains in movie history24m ago Maven Robotics wants to steal your robot deployment deal25m ago Agent Security Is Not AI Governance: Why Conflating The Two Is A Risk Enterprises Can't Afford28m ago Positron Valued at $5 Billion in New Funding as Demand for AI Chips Surges35m ago 7 Steps to Become a Forward Deployed Engineer in 202642m ago Ramp eyes $60bn valuation three months after $44bn, Bloomberg reports54m ago Amazon partners with OpenAI to let users of Amazon's DSP run ads in ChatGPT in a pilot program limited to the US; ChatGPT Ads hit $1B in ARR last month57m ago D-Matrix Connects Raptor XPUs to NVIDIA AI Factories via NVLink Fusion1h ago Source: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)1h ago Mother Horrified When Instagram’s AI Scours Social Media for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters1h ago Mach Industries, which makes unmanned military vehicles and weapons, raised $600M in an extension to its $300M Series C, doubling its valuation to $3.7B1h ago Salesforce Unveils Six-Capability Trusted AI Harness for Enterprises1h ago US closes $1.9bn loan to restart the Iowa nuclear plant powering Google1h ago

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Can Google Boost Pixel Photos With AI Horsepower, Not Gimmicks?

CNETPublished Aug 10, 2026

Google's upcoming Pixel 11 series, including a Pro XL and a Pixel Watch 5, is expected to feature enhanced photography capabilities powered by Gemini AI, building on last year's Pro Res Zoom technology that uses generative AI to improve zoomed-in photos. While Pro Res Zoom can enhance distant architectural details, it struggles with people in the frame, and rumors suggest the Pixel 11 Pro will increase zoom up to 120x.

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