AI & Bots
‘AI companies shouldn’t leave American ratepayers to pick up the tab’: Anthropic says it will cover electricity price increases caused by its data centers
President Trump has urged Big Tech to absorb rising energy bills, not consumers Anthropic says it →
‘We believe the people responsible for defending the country should have access to the best tools available’: OpenAI is giving the US military access to ChatGPT
The US military given access to ChatGPT’s full power It can use the AI chatbot for →
In 1998, Larry Ellison said we’d rent all our software, not own it, and he was right
In the late 1990s, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison came up with an outlandish sounding idea that →
‘We have to learn to embrace the imperfect nature of human solutions…’ — what we lose when AI starts doing all our thinking at work
The AI work dream we were sold went like this: use AI and work gets easier, →
AI malware, Gemini lures and more: Google reveals how hackers are actually using AI
GTIG finds threat actors are cloning mature AI models using distillation attacks Sophisticated malware can use →
Barely any EU data centers are actually ready for AI – and upgrading could be a costly challenge
European data center supply doesn’t meet rising demand for AI, report finds Unsuitable power density and →
From curiosity to culture: Advocating for AI
Companies have poured significant investment into AI tools, yet many employees remain hesitant. Concerns about job →
Claude just made its most powerful tools free — from file creation to app integration, all without ads
Anthropic has opened Claude’s most advanced features to all free users Claude’s file creation, Connectors and →
Disney just shut down AI image prompts for its characters — and it might mark the end of the Wild West era of AI image creation
Google AI image-making tools are now blocking many Disney character prompts The shift follows a cease-and-desist →
Why 2026 is the year AI finally understands the work behind the work
For most of us, the technology we use at work has followed a familiar rhythm. The →
Consent is broken. How do we fix it?
Most people encounter “consent” through a banner that interrupts their first click on a website. If →
Fitbit’s Gemini-powered AI health coach is rolling out to iOS users – here’s how to get it
Fitbit has just expanded its AI health coach to iOS users The feature was previously only →
Officially the best Hostinger deal: Save 88% with this deal stack
Hostinger continues to make it easier (and cheaper) than ever to launch a website in 2026. →
OpenAI hails 1 million Codex downloads, but warns limits may be coming – but ChatGPT Deep Research users get a whole load of upgrades to boost their work
Codex has been downloaded over a million times, users are up 60% in a week It’ll →
“I’m losing one of the most important people in my life” — the true emotional cost of retiring ChatGPT-4o
On February 13, 2026, the day before Valentine’s Day, OpenAI will shut down GPT-4o, a version →
‘ChatGPT is done’: OpenAI is rolling out ads to free and paying users, and not everyone is happy
OpenAI has started showing ads to ChatGPT users in the US It only affects users on →
Employees are wasting thousands of hours a month on admin – so is AI the answer?
Emails are the biggest time drain when it comes to employee admin Only 41% of US/UK →
ChatGPT now includes ads — and that subtle shift could reshape the emotional bond users have with the world’s favorite AI chatbot
OpenAI rolling out advertising inside free-tier ChatGPT conversations is more than just an experiment in AI →
Claude surprised researchers by running a vending machine business better than its rivals and bending every rule to win
Claude Opus 4. 6 beat all rival AI models in a simulated year-long vending machine challenge →
Intel and SoftBank are betting billions of yen on Z-Angle Memory to challenge Samsung and SK Hynix by 2029
Intel and SoftBank are collaborating to develop next-generation stacked Z-Angle Memory Prototypes are expected in 2028, →
Microsoft spent billions on Copilot, but only 3.3% of users are actually paying for the AI tools
Only 3. 3% of Microsoft 365 users actually pay for Copilot Microsoft reports 15 million paid →
Safer Internet Day – How the VPN industry is reacting to the rising risks of AI
Safer Internet Day is a global event dedicated to promoting a more positive digital world, and →
Authentication in 2026 – moving beyond foundational MFA to tackle the new era of attacks
Over the past year, there has been a significant shift in enterprise security. Organizations are moving →
Microsoft researchers crack AI guardrails with a single prompt
Researchers were able to reward LLMs for harmful output via a ‘judge’ model Multiple iterations can →
When machines remember us: Rethinking privacy in the age of humanoids
As policymakers race to regulate AI, a more intimate form of artificial intelligence is emerging quietly, →
Will Smith eating spaghetti was peak AI chaos in 2023 — now it shows how fast the tech has evolved
Few could have predicted that a warped, glitchy video of Will Smith attempting to eat spaghetti →
Google redeems Gemini after awkward Olympics ad in a Super Bowl spot among many sentimental AI contenders
For sixty seconds during Super Bowl LX, Google Gemini managed to seem like a tool the →
Digital technology, the solution to U.K. manufacturing’s workforce challenges
A skills shortage continues to plague the United Kingdom’s manufacturing sector, where about 49,000 jobs lay →
How to take AI from pilots to deliver real business value
AI is no longer just experimental technology; it has become a competitive advantage for organizations. Across →
Biggest ever website domain deal sees AI.com bought by Crypto.com founder
AI. com just got bought by Crypto. com’s founder for $70 million The deal was funded →