AI & Bots
‘Verified By Spotify’ is the music streamer’s new way to help you avoid AI artists, but it doesn’t go as far as I’d like — especially with Deezer, Qobuz and Apple Music making major anti-AI steps
‘Verified by Spotify’ badge will roll out over the next few weeks Certifies that artist is →
I asked ChatGPT to reimagine The Devil Wears Prada 2 ending based on the shocking Runway magazine AI twist in the sequel — and the results aren’t as dreadful as you’d think
Gird your loins, people — The Devil Wears Prada 2 is officially in cinemas globally from →
Zuckerberg blames Meta layoffs on AI costs, says “compute and infrastructure” and “people oriented things” are biggest financial drain right now
Around 8,000 of Meta’s nearly 80,000 workers are set to lose their jobs this month Company →
Apple is overhauling its Photos app with AI — because it has to
Apple is planning a major AI-powered overhaul of its Photos app across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. →
We need a cybersecurity curriculum taught by hackers
Dark web forums are now hosting resumes. Not from seasoned criminals – now, from teenagers and →
‘Most AI in hiring today is making a bad system worse’: Candidates are hitting back at employers using AI interviews – with many prepared to walk out
Candidates are increasingly pushing back on AI interviews Greenhouse study finds workers happy to walk away →
When stability became strategy: the post-upgrade enterprise
There has never been more pressure to upgrade enterprise systems. Vendors set deadlines, analysts warn of →
AI tools have made vulnerability exploitation faster and easier
For many years, security teams have used the same basic approach to assess vulnerability risk. They →
Unlocking science: building AI researchers can trust
Productivity is a pressing problem for many governments, and the UK is no exception. That pressure →
‘This is a real risk, we all could die as a result of artificial intelligence’ — the OpenAI trial took a dramatic turn as Elon Musk and Sam Altman faced off over AI’s real-world danger
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s trial veered into AI extinction debate The judge shut down claims →
Everyone’s switching from ChatGPT to Claude — but new tests say neither is the smartest free AI, and the real winner might surprise you
Testing from OmniCalculator suggests Claude and ChatGPT are not the smartest The report finds Grok 4. →
Cyber Essentials update could put your public sector contracts at risk
From 27 April 2026, any organization that holds Cyber Essentials certification and has not switched on →
Google says it is ‘proud’ to serve the Pentagon – new DoD contract expansion says Gemini will only be used for ‘any lawful purpose’, but what happened to ‘Don’t Be Evil’?
Google is edging into the military/government market New Pentagon contract allows Gemini use for ‘any lawful →
‘They’re building each other’: new X1 Neo robot video shows the humanoids assisting in the robot production process, just as all science fiction foretold
1X robot production facility is now building the Neo robot One factory worker will look especially →
‘A power bank for the AI era’: China begins testing miniature, truck-mounted 10MW nuclear reactor designed to sustain massive data centers for decades without refueling while promising to make traditi
China testing mobile nuclear reactor capable of powering AI data centers Prototype truck-mounted reactor built for →
ChatGPT just made it easier to pick the right model, just like Gemini does — here’s when to use Instant, Thinking, or Pro
ChatGPT’s model picker has moved directly into the prompt box Instant is faster, while Thinking is →
I noticed ChatGPT slowly drifting off topic in long chats — this tiny prompt forces it to reset itself every few messages and keeps the conversation surprisingly on track
ChatGPT conversations can feel quite natural in their movement across topics, especially as OpenAI has improved →
Why businesses are shifting from cloud to on-prem amid the agent boom
Offering speed, flexibility, and the ability to scale without heavy upfront investment, the public cloud has →
How to reliably connect LLMs to real-world data and systems
The model context protocol (MCP), an open-source standard introduced by Anthropic in late 2024, standardizes how →
Gemini can now generate files in Google Docs, PDF, Word with just a prompt
Gemini can create full documents from a single prompt without you having to leave Workspace, Microsoft, →
Why one outage can still take down half the internet
For a few hours recently, global cloud platform Cloudflare went down – and a noticeable chunk →
‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia continues to stress importance of human workers – but how long can we all hang on?
Nvidia exec says compute cost outweighs human workers – for now Fears over AI taking jobs →
Sam Altman just dropped a big hint that GPT-6 is coming soon — ‘with extra goblins’
Sam Altman hinted that GPT-6 is in development The news came in a casual comment during →
The nicest AI in the room is the one you should actually worry about
AI agreeing with you can feel progressive. It feels efficient, aligned and reassuring. It taps in →
‘The era of the pilot is over, the era of the agent is here’: Google Cloud wants you to unlock the power of your data
“The era of the pilot is over,” Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian declared at the company’s →
States push back against rising AI-driven electricity infrastructure costs
Your electricity bill may soon carry hidden costs tied to a technology boom you never asked →
Letting OpenAI win risks ‘losing every charity in America’ Elon Musk says in court, as his lawsuit hearing begins
Elon Musk has taken to the stand in his lawsuit against OpenAI Musk claims the switch →
‘I won’t provide instructions, tactics, or advice that could help someone commit a crime’: ChatGPT claims it won’t assist would-be felons, despite claims to the contrary from Florida AG
I’ve been reading lately about how alleged criminals are using ChatGPT and other AI engines to →
Freepik shifts to all-in-one AI creator platform in major rebrand
Freepik rebrands to Magnific It marks a shift to a more integrated creative platform The company →
‘Claude can’t replace taste or imagination, but it can open up new ways of working’: Anthropic signs up Adobe, Blender and more to push Claude into creative work
Anthropic is announcing a series of new creative connectors for Claude One single Adobe connector opens →