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The AI news for April 25th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Tesla improves queue-length forecasts for the Supercharger network.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Tesla-verbessert-Warteschlangenprognosen-fuer-Supercharger-Netzwerk-11271278.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/24/nothing-introduces-an-ai-powered-dictation-tool/

Youth protection 2025: Significant increase in reported depictions of abuse on the Internet.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Jugendschutz-2025-Hoher-Anstieg-gemeldeter-Missbrauchsdarstellungen-im-Netz-11271890.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI Update Deep-Dive: Hospitals develop their own language models.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Update-Deep-Dive-Kliniken-entwickeln-eigene-Sprachmodelle-11268822.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for April 24th, 2026

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Meta gives parents insight into their children's AI chats.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-gibt-Eltern-Einblick-in-die-KI-Chats-ihrer-Kinder-11269884.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Social courts grapple with AI lawsuits – often over the citizens' income.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Sozialgerichte-kaempfen-mit-KI-Klagen-oft-zum-Buergergeld-11270332.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/917871/anthropic-claude-personal-app-connectors

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/917328/microsoft-agent-mode-vibe-working-office-word-excel-powerpoint

The AI news for April 23rd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

ChatGPT receives a new image AI that thinks along and searches the Web.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/ChatGPT-erhaelt-neue-Bild-KI-die-mitdenkt-und-im-Web-recherchiert-11266931.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Google updates Workspace to make AI your new office intern
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/google-updates-workspace-to-make-ai-your-new-office-intern/

Tiny AI chips made in Germany: Anker announces Thus.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Anker-Thus-Winziger-KI-Speicherchip-verbessert-Geraeuschunterdrueckung-11267979.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/openai-teams-up-with-infosys-to-bring-ai-tools-to-more-businesses/

The AI news for April 22nd, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Three draft bills could enable biometric mass surveillance and AI data analyses in Germany.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/drei-gesetzentwuerfe-koennten-biometrische-massenueberwachung-und-ki-datenanalysen-in-deutschland-ermoeglichen/

Deezer: Almost half of all uploaded tracks are AI-generated.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/deezer-fast-die-haelfte-aller-hochgeladenen-tracks-ist-ki-generiert/

Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/youtube-expands-its-ai-likeness-detection-technology-to-celebrities/

The AI news for April 21st, 2026

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Google Gemini expands access to El Salvador's healthcare system.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/DoctorSV-El-Salvadors-Gesundheitsdaten-landen-in-den-Haenden-von-Google-11264981.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Chancellor Merz: 'Facilitate European AI regulation'
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Bundeskanzler-Merz-Europaeische-KI-Regulierung-erleichtern-11264933.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Adobe Summit: AI agents for personalized marketing.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/adobe-summit-ki-agenten-fuer-personalisiertes-marketing-11264016.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Chronicle for Codex: OpenAI gives its AI assistant a memory through screenshots.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/chronicle-fuer-codex-openai-gibt-seinem-ki-assistenten-ein-gedaechtnis-durch-screenshots/

The AI news for April 20th, 2026

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The NRW Data Protection Officer warns against data usage at any price.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/NRW-Datenschutzbeauftragte-warnt-vor-Datennutzung-um-jeden-Preis-11263297.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

AI influencers in the U.S. election campaign: hundreds of fake accounts support Trump on social media.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-influencer-im-us-wahlkampf-hunderte-fake-accounts-unterstuetzen-trump-in-social-media/

The court allows AI transformation of a photo into a comic, provided that only the subject matter is carried over.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/gericht-erlaubt-ki-umwandlung-von-foto-in-comic-wenn-nur-das-motiv-uebernommen-wird/

Cloud development platform Vercel was hacked
Source: https://www.theverge.com/tech/914723/vercel-hacked

The AI news for April 19th, 2026

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff explains the API for the new user interface for AI agents.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-erklaert-die-api-zur-neuen-benutzeroberflaeche-fuer-ki-agenten/

People who use AI as a pure answer machine lose cognitive abilities the fastest, according to the study.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/wer-ki-als-reine-antwortmaschine-nutzt-verliert-laut-studie-am-schnellsten-kognitive-faehigkeiten/

Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/tesla-brings-its-robotaxi-service-to-dallas-and-houston/

The RAM shortage could last years
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years

The AI news for April 18th, 2026

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More than 'Deep Fake': Draft for the 'Digital Violence' Act submitted.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Mehr-als-Deep-Fake-Entwurf-fuer-Digitale-Gewalt-Gesetz-vorgelegt-11262842.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Google makes it even easier for users to no longer access websites directly.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/google-macht-es-nutzern-noch-leichter-webseiten-nicht-mehr-direkt-aufzurufen/

Dairy Queen is putting an AI chatbot in its drive-thrus
Source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/913928/dairy-queen-ai-drive-thru-presto

Snapchat Messenger: Snap is cutting 16 percent of jobs worldwide.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Snapchat-Messenger-Snap-baut-weltweit-16-Prozent-der-Jobs-ab-11261949.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

The AI news for April 17th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Radiologists & AI often fail to detect manipulated X-ray images.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Radiologen-KI-scheitern-oft-an-der-Erkennung-manipulierter-Roentgenbilder-11260052.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/google-now-lets-you-explore-the-web-side-by-side-with-ai-mode/

DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/deepl-known-for-text-translation-now-wants-to-translate-your-voice/

Canva’s AI assistant can now call various tools to make designs for you
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/canvas-ai-assistant-can-now-call-various-tools-to-make-designs-for-you/

The AI news for April 16th, 2026

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Report: Grok was allegedly about to be kicked out of the App Store.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Bericht-Grok-stand-angeblich-kurz-vor-App-Store-Rauswurf-11259603.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Prompt-injection attacks on Apple Intelligence.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Prompt-Injection-Angriffe-auf-Apple-Intelligence-11257658.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Adobe introduces a new Firefly AI Assistant for complex creative workflows.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/adobe-stellt-neuen-firefly-ai-assistant-fuer-komplexe-kreative-workflows-vor/

Microsoft Copilot in Word can now track changes and manage comments.
Source: https://the-decoder.de/microsoft-copilot-in-word-kann-jetzt-aenderungen-nachverfolgen-und-kommentare-verwalten/