The hidden labor of modern tech support is turning us all into unpaid employees
I recently tried to cancel an order from a popular food delivery app and somehow ended up playing a tiny,…
Turns out, teaching games like Battleship can make small AI models a whole lot smarter
Small AI models just got a surprising boost from a very old game. MIT researchers used a Battleship-style setup to…
ChatGPT is getting better at memorizing your life so your chats don’t sound strange
ChatGPT has long had the ability to remember things about you between conversations, but keeping those memories accurate over time…
Google will comb through your Gmail inbox if you ask it while working in Drive
Google is expanding the reach of Gemini inside Workspace by allowing users to pull Gmail conversations directly into Ask Gemini…
HP and Ferrari made a dreamy red laptop, and I can’t stop ogling at it
HP has just collaborated with Ferrari to make a special edition laptop that borrows from the car maker’s racing DNA.…
Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it
Google has been quietly reaching out to Android developers with an offer to buy access to their code. As reported…
You can literally save the planet by being less polite to AI bots like ChatGPT and Gemini
Here is something that will make you think twice before typing a long, detailed prompt to ChatGPT or Gemini. Every…
Google wants to kill your expensive voice transcription subscription
If you have been paying for a voice transcription app, you might want to hold off on renewing that subscription.…
Photoshop is being eaten by the prompt box
Coming back from a recent trip, I found myself sorting through a pile of photos that needed a little cleanup.…
As AI spills everywhere with quick answers, research finds that the internet’s soul is dying
A new collaborative study by UC Riverside computer and social scientists has found that as people increasingly rely on AI…
AI models have a religion favoritism problem, and new research exposes it
A new research consortium has found something worth paying attention to: when you ask AI about grief, love, loss, or…
AI bots are a hit across the hotel biz, and if they feel creepy, you’re not alone: Study
If you have ever tried to book a hotel online and found yourself unsettled by the AI chatbot trying to…
Pope says AI must be disarmed and shouldn’t dominate humanity. We’re going the opposite way.
Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical on May 15, the 135th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum. The…
I built an offline Grammarly alternative and turned it into a Mac app without any coding
I wrote this entire article while seated on an airplane experiencing unusually high turbulence. The software I used to spell-check…
Microsoft will let you uninstall Copilot app as Windows 11 clean-up moves ahead
Microsoft appears to be softening its aggressive AI push in Windows 11 by making it easier for users and organizations…