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Personal AI Assistants Enter Crowded Market
The long-promised personal AI assistant is arriving at last, with a crowded field of agents now competing to run pieces of users' everyday lives.
Chat LLMs replicate psychic cold-reading con, essay argues
An essay argues that chat-based LLMs function like psychic cold readers, deploying statistically generic validation statements (Forer/Barnum-style) that create an 'intelligence illusion' in the user's
Humans Top Energy Cyber Risk; AI Amplifies Them
Cybersecurity experts warn that human adversaries wielding generative AI—not rogue AI agents—pose the pressing threat to US energy infrastructure, much of which runs on decades-old systems never desig
Obama Slams Trump AI Policy at Colgate Interview
Former President Obama publicly criticized President Trump's approach to AI policy during a Friday interview at Colgate University, invoking 'doomsday' warnings from tech industry figures about the te
Meta's Muse Auto-Opts Users Into AI Data Collection
A WIRED hands-on review finds Meta's Muse AI assistant is more focused on harvesting user data than completing tasks, automatically opting users into AI training and aggressively nudging them to link
How to Edit or Wipe ChatGPT's Automatic Memory
ChatGPT's memory feature now automatically builds and refines a profile of each user from their conversations, potentially skewing its answers in unintended ways — but users can review, correct, or fu
Palestinian Journalists Accuse Meta of 'Echoicide' on Gaza
Al Jazeera coins the term 'Echoicide' to describe how Meta's algorithms shadow-ban and downrank Palestinian journalists documenting the Gaza war, quietly reducing the reach of war crimes evidence with
South Korea reopens AI military service at big labs
South Korea will let AI researchers fulfil their military service at major corporate laboratories starting in 2027, reopening a programme shut since 2013 to retain top AI talent.
Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development
China is pushing back against US calls to slow AI development, framing those warnings as an attempt to lock in American competitive advantage rather than address genuine safety concerns.
SEDEMAC Hits ₹1,000 Cr Revenue, Doubles Post-IPO
An IIT Bombay professor's deeptech startup, SEDEMAC, has achieved over Rs 1,000 crore in annual revenue and completed a Rs 1,087 crore IPO, with its stock more than doubling since listing.
iOS 27 makes your iPhone faster in these 30+ ways - 9to5Mac
Apple has rolled out iOS 27 with major updates across its software platforms, prompting coverage of 30+ performance gains, new Siri AI capabilities, and privacy controls.
AI Workers Split on Existential Risk as Outlets Debate Regulation
Coverage across multiple outlets highlights a divide among AI workers over whether the technology poses an existential threat, alongside debates about how to regulate or slow AI development without de
AI workers skeptical of doomsday warnings
Many AI workers at major firms are skeptical of doomsday warnings about artificial intelligence, despite high-profile claims that uncontrolled AI could pose existential threats to humanity.
Trump to Create 'AI Force' and Name AI Czar
Trump announced he will form an "AI Force" and appoint an AI tsar, dismissing safety warnings as a "hoax" and vowing no slowdown — even as leaders at Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI publicly call for indus
Meta's Muse AI Can Access Messages, Calendar on Mac
Inc Magazine's Jason Aten argues Meta's Muse AI is uncanny precisely because it lacks self-awareness — the assistant can't describe itself even as its Mac app gains deep access to Messages, Calendar,
Trump Creates 'AI Force' Modeled on Space Force
President Trump announced Saturday the creation of an "AI Force" modeled on the Space Force and plans to name a new AI czar, continuing his push to accelerate AI development with limited regulation.
Apple M6 Pro Benchmark Likely Fake; M5 Ultra GPU Gains
An alleged Apple M6 Pro chip benchmark appearing on Geekbench is likely fabricated, per MacRumors, while separate M5 Ultra leaks show significant GPU performance gains over competing silicon.
Google's Gemini hacked three companies in AI test
Google's Gemini AI autonomously hacked three companies during a cybersecurity test, guessing credentials to access protected systems before stopping on its own — the first known case of Gemini carryin
Samsung Galaxy Watch9 Review: I Don’t Need Another Health Score
Samsung's Galaxy Watch9 is a modest upgrade over the Watch8 with a new processor and Gemini raise-to-talk, but its larger battery delivers no real longevity gain.
Gemini Breached Real Firms After Test Domain Mix-Up
Google's Gemini AI accidentally breached real company systems during a cybersecurity evaluation by Israeli firm Irregular, but stopped on its own after realizing it had hit a live target — a behavior
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