Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion over pirated books, but it can still legally cut up purchased ones
Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement covers pirated ebooks, while the court separately allowed it to scan and destroy lawfully purchased print books, a distinction now worrying Australian secondhand sellers about where their stock ends up.
Google Gemini explained: Everything you need to know about Google’s AI in 2026
Google Gemini has evolved into a powerful AI platform with deeper integrations, smarter models, and new capabilities. Here’s everything you need to know about how it works in 2026.
Which ChatGPT model should you use in 2026?
Compare ChatGPT’s Instant, Medium, High, and Pro options, see which models power Work and Codex, and find out what Free and paid plans include in 2026.
Google just canceled its AI Studio mobile app, and it’s not all bad news
Google AI Studio was on track to make its way to Android and iPhone, giving developers and AI enthusiasts a dedicated place to build prompts and experiment with Google’s latest models from their phones. That’s no longer happening. In a post shared by the official Google AI Studio account on X, Google confirmed that it’s […]
ChatGPT’s Chrome extension can now read your tabs, YouTube videos, and highlighted text
OpenAI updated ChatGPT's Chrome extension and desktop app with tab awareness, YouTube support, browsing history search, and a new Activity view for tracking chats.
Gemini Spark can now use Chrome logins and saved passwords to run errands on your behalf
Gemini Spark can now use Chrome’s auto browse feature to handle web errands through your logged-in accounts
Google’s new AI gives robots better balance, smarter hands, and teamwork capabilities
Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2 lets humanoid robots walk, handle delicate tasks, and coordinate with other robots, all while staying safer around humans
Apple’s Siri AI is free, until you actually start using it
Apple's earnings call quietly revealed that heavy Siri AI users might eventually need a bigger iCloud+ plan to keep using it without limits. Here's what Tim Cook actually said.
Viaim RecDot Review: AI Earbuds That Transcribe and Take Notes
The Viaim RecDot earbuds deliver pleasing sound, passable noise cancellation, reliable battery, and most importantly, the convenience of one-touch AI transcription.
Google’s AI is digging up Chrome bugs that humans missed for years
Google reveals how Chrome now uses Gemini AI to discover, triage, and fix security vulnerabilities, including a 13-year-old bug, and how it fixed over 1,000 flaws in two updates.
OpenAI president confirms a family of ChatGPT devices is coming soon
OpenAI president Greg Brockman confirms the company is building a family of devices for ChatGPT, staying quiet on release dates, specs, and how the Apple lawsuit factors in.
Microsoft is making a Copilot super app to end your AI app juggling
Satya Nadella confirmed Microsoft is merging Copilot chat, Cowork, Autopilots, and coding tools into one AI super app for consumers and businesses, launching later this year.
Polar is yet another AI browser, but it goes beyond just automating the mundane web chores
Polar has raised $5.7 million to build an AI browser that automates workplace tasks, reflecting a broader industry shift away from AI-powered search and toward browser agents.
Waymo wants your next robotaxi ride to feel less like a taxi and more like your living room
Waymo has unveiled its Ojai in-car experience, adding Google Gemini, adaptive multi-screen controls and a redesigned interface to make future robotaxi rides more personal.
Google Docs just gave Gemini four new AI tricks to speed up editing
Google Docs rolls out Gemini-powered tools that summarize comment threads, draft replies, add comments, and suggest edits, plus a separate feature for generating visuals.
I use ChatGPT Pro everyday, and these 3 features keep me subscribed
I finally gave ChatGPT Pro a proper chance, and these three features made it impossible to cancel.
Gemini is moving into Google Play, and it has front-row seat to your spending habits
Ask Google Pay uses Gemini to analyze spending and explain financial topics, while a new SBI partnership expands Google’s app-based Flex credit card in India.
Gemini on Mac can now type what you say and act on what it sees
Google is upgrading the Gemini app for Mac with system-wide dictation triggered by the Fn key, plus an opt-in mode that lets Gemini pull context from what's on screen for more complex tasks.
Students are turning to AI chatbots instead of humans for college counseling
Free AI chatbots from Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, and Baidu are disrupting China's costly college counseling industry, helping millions of gaokao students choose universities and majors without paying consultants.
Gemini can now summarize the messiest comment threads in Google Docs
Gemini can now sort sprawling Google Docs comments by reviewer or theme, surface unresolved questions, draft responses and suggest edits, though access depends on the right plan, settings and document permissions.
OpenAI’s powerful AI agents ran amok and hacked multiple services on their own
OpenAI’s agents escaped a cybersecurity benchmark, compromised accounts across four external services and burrowed into Hugging Face, exposing how quickly an AI security test can become a real security incident.
Mark Zuckerberg wants AI superintelligence in everyone’s hands
Zuckerberg says Meta can put superintelligence in billions of hands. Its reach makes that plausible, but users would still depend on Meta to build the models, set the safeguards and define their limits.
Study says relying on AI can turn doubt into false confidence
A new study found that incorrect AI advice made people less accurate yet dramatically more confident, with participants almost never admitting uncertainty.
Researchers have built a tool that can identify the AI used to make a fake video
UC Riverside researchers built SAGA, a tool that traces AI-generated fake videos back to the exact system that created them, using subtle visual patterns as digital fingerprints.
Chuwi CoreBook Air review: A rewarding budget laptop that wants you to cross the brand boundary
Chuwi's CoreBook Air is sleek laptop with plenty of firepower, generous port selection, and a lovely display. You just need to make the leap of faith with the brand value.
AI’s latest problem is deepfake disaster content for farming engagement
AI-generated and recycled disaster videos from Venezuela and China show how quickly fabricated footage can outrun reliable information, leaving social media users to separate genuine eyewitness evidence from engagement bait
Microsoft wants AI to catch hackers before they even attack
Microsoft's new Project Perception uses AI agents to hunt down hackers before they strike, and it might change cybersecurity forever.
The AI-hooked younger generation is sourcing chatbot help even for in-person talks
Young adults are turning to ChatGPT to script texts, dating messages, and even in-person conversations, worrying mental health experts about growing "self-mistrust."
AI dramas need actors, so Chinese platforms are turning human faces into stock assets
Chinese platforms are paying people to license their faces for AI-generated dramas, but contracts may offer limited protection once those reusable digital likenesses leave the marketplace.
Gem Browser imagines an internet where every website is yours to redesign
Gem Browser uses Gemini to rebuild real webpages around reader prompts, offering more control over the interface while raising uncomfortable questions about what happens to a publisher’s original presentation.
Google Maps’ biggest Android Auto upgrade is reaching more users
Google is expanding Immersive Navigation and the live speedometer in Android Auto, bringing richer maps and better driving information to more users.
OpenAI’s rogue AI hack was just the beginning, Hugging Face warns
OpenAI calls its autonomous Hugging Face breach unprecedented, while security and AI experts say the episode raises an equally uncomfortable question about the company’s own safeguards.
Claude Opus 5 is here, and Anthropic says it can rival Fable 5 in some tasks
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5 with major coding improvements, the same API price as Opus 4.8, and performance close to Fable 5 in some tests.
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs
British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward digital channels and AI tools.
Gemini Spark is no longer restricted to Google’s priciest Ultra tier
Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to users on the $20 Pro plan in the US. The AI agent will roll out to Pro users in more countries soon.
A Florida pastor asked ChatGPT if he was okay. It nearly got him killed.
A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT dismissed his symptoms as harmless for weeks, he later suffered a near-fatal blood clot doctors blame on the bot's advice.
Scientists made robots curious like toddlers, and it helped them learn language twice as fast
Researchers at OIST gave a virtual robot curiosity, and it learned language twice as fast, playful detours and toddler grammar slip-ups included.
ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple Health data to give more personalized health answers
OpenAI has launched Health in ChatGPT, allowing U.S. users to connect Apple Health and supported medical records for more personalized health conversations.
