AI & Bots

Hinge adds AI-inspired Convo Starters to help daters stop overthinking the first message

Hinge’s new Convo Starters feature uses AI to suggest personalized opening lines between matches The suggestions

McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas ad after backlash over ‘soulless’ visuals and holiday chaos

McDonald’s has stopped running an AI‑generated Christmas commercial Viewers complained about its eerie visuals and chaotic

Corporate leaders and investors enthusiastic about AI – but the public isn’t so convinced

Investors have a moderately high level of optimism surrounding AI They still have concerns about sustainability

Need AI training? CEOs think you should train yourself

AI training is a necessity in today’s business landscape, but who’s responsible? Employees and employers both

DRAM shortages, AI demand, and rising prices: what broke the memory market

RAM used to be one of the easiest PC components to ignore. You picked a capacity

The future of Amazon is here – Alexa+ can now cut you out of the loop and order products for you when the price drops

Alexa+ can now buy discounted items for you Choose your item and set your price in

Amazon and to commit $35bn into AI in India

Amazon will invest $35 billion into India by 2030 The company wants to support more jobs

Smishing’s evolution: from consumer scam to enterprise threat – how industry is fighting back

Law enforcement organizations across Europe, Asia and South America are warning of a surge in criminals

Why disconnected tech stacks are undermining your workforce — and how to fix it

Despite years of aggressive technology evolution, businesses lost an average of $104 million last year due

Instacart brings instant checkout to ChatGPT

Instacart now offers full shopping and Instant Checkout directly inside ChatGPT The integration lets users go

Sam Altman tells Jimmy Fallon that AI is the ‘equalizing force’ the world needs

Sam Altman appeared on The Tonight Show to highlight ChatGPT’s global growth and positive impact He

Salesforce bets on agentic AI platform following cautiously optimistic earnings report

At Salesforce’s World tour event this week at ExcelLondon, the company announced a host of new

The future of coding has a vibe problem: balancing creativity with control

Recently awarded the 2025 word of the year by Collins Dictionary, vibe-coding has caught on as

The UK must build smarter networks to lead in AI

AI tools are reshaping the global economy, and the UK has a chance to lead this

Ads aren’t coming to Gemini, Google says — but OpenAI has shown that the inevitable is coming

As 2026 fast approaches, the world of AI continues to evolve daily, opening up new capabilities

AGI is a pipe dream until we solve one big problem, AI experts say, even as Google celebrates Gemini’s success

AI researchers at NeurIPS 2025 say today’s scaling approach has hit its limit Despite Gemini 3’s

OpenAI races Gemini 3 to the top with GPT‑5.2 drop this week

OpenAI declared a “code red” and fast-tracked the release of GPT‑5. 2 to compete with Google’s

OpenAI walks back ad-like app suggestions in ChatGPT, saying it “fell short” and will improve controls

ChatGPT app suggestions have now been turned off after some users mistook them for ads OpenAI

FBI warns of kidnapping scams as hackers turn to AI to provide ‘proof of life’

FBI warns criminals are using GenAI deepfakes in kidnapping and extortion scams Attackers generate fake “proof

In 2026, sustainability is the new stack

2026 will not reward the quiet or the cautious. It also won’t reward businesses treating sustainability

Gartner advisory states AI browsers are NOT your friend — and they are putting your business at risk

Gartner has warned organizations to block AI browsers AI browsers can threaten data, leak financial info,

Self-healing IT is no longer science fiction – It’s driving businesses forward

For decades, IT teams have lived in a constant state of reaction. Alerts, outages and slowdowns

ChatGPT users are making a Spotify Wrapped for their year in AI — here’s how to do it

Has Spotify Wrapped taken over your social media feed? Well, now the same thing is happening

A new UK AI says it can beat ChatGPT – we tried it and here’s what we found

Britain is known for many things: rainy weather, Paddington Bear, and free healthcare being among the

Why cybersecurity is now a strategic lever for tech firms navigating uncertainty

Cybersecurity has long been viewed as a technical safeguard, something handled by IT teams and compliance

Why are companies not tackling their Windows technical debt?

The much discussed Windows 10 end-of-support deadline finally passed in October. There was, and still is,

5 essential considerations for developers to stay on track

What does it mean to be “on track” as a developer, and as a team? Sadly,

OpenAI beats Google, Meta, and Grok in all-AI poker tournament

OpenAI’s o3 model won a five-day poker tournament of nine AI chatbots The o3 model won