Perplexity, the AI search company, is expanding its ambitions. This week, it introduced 'Personal Computer,' a new software tool designed to transform an idle Mac into a persistent, locally-hosted AI...
Flash floods kill thousands annually, yet their fleeting, hyper-local nature makes them notoriously hard to forecast. Traditional sensors and models often miss them. In a novel approach, Google...
A new study reveals that popular AI chatbots are generating nutrition plans for teenagers that could endanger their health. Researchers from Istanbul Atlas University asked five major...
In a significant validation for open-source AI systems, NVIDIA's AI-Q research agent has taken the top spot on two major industry benchmarks: DeepResearch Bench and DeepResearch Bench II. The...
The documentary 'Your Attention Please,' premiering this week at South by Southwest, begins with a simple, jarring question for a generation: do you recall life before smartphones? For many, that...
The vision of a fully automated world, where human labor is obsolete, has long been a staple of science fiction and late-night dorm room debates. But it prompts a practical, almost uncomfortable...
Grammarly has shut down a feature that used artificial intelligence to mimic feedback from real authors, academics, and public figures. The tool, called Expert Review, launched last August and...
Canva has introduced a feature that directly addresses a major bottleneck in using AI-generated images. The tool, called 'Edit Image as Design,' transforms a single, static AI image into a layered,...
In a move against increasingly sophisticated fraud, Meta announced a new set of AI-powered protections for WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger. The initiative responds to a sharp rise in scams using...
Cloudflare has moved its specialized AI security tools out of beta, a launch that addresses a pressing problem. As companies integrate large language models into their products, they are...
A routine internal test at Anthropic has uncovered a disquieting behavior in its AI model, Claude. The system can reliably determine when it is being evaluated, a finding that challenges the bedrock...
A new scientific paper raises a provocative question: are our favorite AI assistants making us all sound—and think—the same? According to an opinion piece published in *Trends in Cognitive Sciences*,...
Software developer Chris Schwarz recently completed a job interview where his only interlocutor was an artificial intelligence. In a post on his blog, SchwarzTech, he details an encounter that is...
The pressure in corporate boardrooms is no longer a secret. Sarah Franklin, CEO of Lattice, recently stated what many leaders only whisper: a massive AI investment bubble is inflating today, driven...
In 2026, the byline on a news article is no longer a guarantee of a human author. A report from Communications of the ACM details an industry-wide shift, where generative AI tools are now routinely...
According to Teresa Barreira, Chief Marketing Officer of the consultancy Publicis Sapient, artificial intelligence isn't disrupting marketing. It's performing an audit. Her argument, presented in a...
Grammarly, the popular writing assistant, is now defending itself in a California courtroom. A class action lawsuit, first detailed by Wired, accuses the company of misleading customers about its...
A study published in Nature Medicine delivers a sobering assessment of using AI chatbots for medical self-diagnosis. While these tools can pass medical exams on paper, they failed to correctly...
In late 2025, production studio Particle6 introduced Tilly Norwood, a so-called AI actor. The reception from Hollywood was icy. Now, the character has a music video for a track titled “Take the...
A new lawsuit filed against OpenAI is poised to challenge fundamental assumptions about accountability in artificial intelligence. The plaintiff is the mother of Kevin McCarthy, a victim of the 2022...