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Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’

Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as "Skills" in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run them across any tabs you select. "Until now, repeating an AI task - like asking for ingredient substitutions to make a recipe vegan - meant re-entering the same prompt as you visited different pages," Chrome product manager Hafsah Ismail said in the announcement. "...

The Verge AI Apr 14
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Claude Code Routines

77 points • 40 comments on Hacker News

Hacker News Apr 14
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Has Google’s AI watermarking system been reverse-engineered?

A software developer claims to have reverse-engineered Google DeepMind's SynthID system, showing how AI watermarks can be stripped from generated images or manually inserted into other works. A claim that, according to Google, isn't true. The developer, going by the username Aloshdenny, has open-sourced their work on GitHub and documented his process, claiming all it required was 200 Gemini-generated images, signal processing, and "way too much free time." A little weed also seemed to help. "...

The Verge AI Apr 14
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Coming soon: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now

Each year we compile our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list, featuring our educated predictions for which technologies will have the biggest impact on how we live and work. This year, however, we had a dilemma. While our final picks encompass all our core coverage areas (energy, AI, and biotech, plus a few more), our 2026 list…

MIT Technology Review AI Apr 14
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Can Claude Fly a Plane?

87 points • 85 comments on Hacker News

Hacker News Apr 14
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Daniel Moreno-Gama is facing federal charges for attacking Sam Altman’s home and OpenAI’s HQ

Daniel Moreno-Gama is now facing federal charges after allegedly traveling from Texas to California with the intent to kill OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. On April 10th, he was arrested after throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and attempting to break into OpenAI's headquarters. According to prosecutors, at the HQ, "Moreno-Gama attempted to break the glass doors of the building with a chair and stated that he had come to burn down the location and kill anyone inside." His char...

The Verge AI Apr 14
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Trusted access for the next era of cyber defense

OpenAI expands its Trusted Access for Cyber program, introducing GPT-5.4-Cyber to vetted defenders and strengthening safeguards as AI cybersecurity capabilities advance.

OpenAI Blog Apr 14