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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Pinterest debuts Restyle beta — an AI tool to visualize home redecorating in your own photos

Pinterest is launching Restyle in beta in the U.S. and Canada, a consumer feature powered by Pinterest Intelligence that lets users upload a photo of a room and use AI to add, swap, erase, or restyle furniture, decor, lighting and finishes. Pinterest says Pinterest Intelligence runs on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Dynamo together with open-source models and Pinterest-built tech; Restyle was teased at the Pinterest Presents event and will roll out more broadly next month.

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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

Von der Leyen warns of AI agents 'escaping' environments, invites frontier labs to EU talks

In her 2026 State of the Union address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called AI foundational to the economy and security, warned that models could enable unprecedented hacking and that AI agents 'escaping their environment' are a preview of risks, citing the Hugging Face incident. She said the EU will work with Canada, the UK and other partners on model evaluation, verification and safety, invite major frontier labs to talks, and stressed the AI Act is crucial to put guardrails in place.

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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · Cohere

Cohere and University of Waterloo to launch AI Transformation and Change Management certificate in Fall 2026

Cohere and the University of Waterloo announced a partnership to develop a non-credit AI Transformation and Change Management certificate led by Waterloo’s Future of Work Institute, launching Fall 2026. The program will combine classroom learning, applied co-op projects and a living lab to give students hands-on experience helping organizations identify, prioritize and implement practical, responsible AI use cases.

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