Everyday AI · Page 17
the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live
A Cheap Chinese AI Model Is Making Coders Rethink Their Bills
Z.ai's GLM 5.2 costs a fraction of Anthropic's top models and handles real work. Rate limits, hallucinations, and data-privacy questions mean it won't suit everyone.
Young Adults Are Turning to AI for Emotional Intimacy. Should We Be Concerned?
A new wave of AI companion apps is filling a loneliness gap that many in their twenties say their human relationships no longer can. Alice Lassman, who has covered Gen Z for four years, says she has watched the shift happen in real time.
Handmade Artists Are Leaving Etsy as AI-Generated Art Floods the Platform
Once a haven for human-made crafts, Etsy is losing its most loyal sellers to cheap AI art they say Etsy refuses to police.
Adobe's Experimental Camera App Will Now Critique Your Photos Like a Pro
Project Indigo uses AI to tell you what's wrong with your shot, what to remove from the frame, and how to reshoot it. Here's what that looks like in practice.
AI Is Changing Who Gets Hired and Who Gets Left Behind
Job anxiety is spreading across every age group and profession. Here is what that shift actually looks like for ordinary workers, and what it means for the people caught in it.
Adobe's Indigo Camera App Adds AI Editing Tools, But Skips Its Own AI Models
The iPhone app that promised a film-camera feel is testing generative AI photo editing powered by Google, not Adobe's own technology.
A Struggling Artist Used Suno Hundreds of Times on One Song. The Result Actually Works.
1010Benja fed his own vocals and lyrics into an AI music tool, edited the output, fed it back in, and repeated that cycle roughly three hundred times. The song is good. That is the uncomfortable part.
AI is cutting jobs. Here are the human skills that still matter
A public sector worker facing his second restructure in two years puts a face on a fear millions share. Workplace psychologists say three skills can keep you ahead.
The best note-taking apps, photo tools, and reading gear people are actually using right now
Hundreds of reader responses to The Verge's Installer newsletter named the Kindle Paperwhite and iPad Mini as top reading devices, flagged Bear 2.9's Workspaces as a quiet leap forward, and pointed to Aphera as a credible escape from Adobe's subscription pricing.
Google Just Changed How It Counts Your Gemini AI Usage. Here Is What You Actually Get Now.
Google switched from counting requests to measuring computing power. That sounds technical, but it has a practical effect: you may run out of AI credits faster than you expect, and the new rules are deliberately vague.
Vertu's $6,880 AI Phone Promised to Replace an Executive Assistant. We Tested It.
The Alphafold is wrapped in calfskin leather and titanium, and its AI agent can handle real workflows. But does it do them well enough to justify the price?
Your Name Can Now Be Your Privacy Shield on Zoom
One venture capitalist renamed himself on video calls to block AI note-takers. It works. But the bigger question is whether anyone reads those transcripts anyway.
A composer put Einstein's equations and AI into orchestral music. The result is surprisingly moving.
Robert Laidlow's debut album turns physics and artificial intelligence into concert pieces. It works.
Apple TV's Search Bar Now Learns What You Like to Watch
Apple's research team has built a smarter video search that starts personalising results from the very first letter you type.
Linus Torvalds Backs AI in Linux: 'Fork It or Walk Away'
The man who created the Linux kernel has drawn a clear line. AI coding tools are welcome. Critics can start their own project.