Everyday AI · Page 19

the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live

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Apple's Revamped Siri Arrives in iOS 27 Public Beta. Does It Finally Work?

After years of broken promises, a new Siri built around reading your screen and connecting your apps is out for anyone to try. Early tests show real promise and real limits.

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AI Is Watching Both Sides of the Job Interview Now

Candidates use AI tools to answer coding questions in real time. Employers use AI to catch them doing it. The people caught in the middle are software engineers trying to find work.

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Meta Pulls Its New AI Image Tool After Users and a Hollywood Union Call It a Privacy Problem

A feature that let anyone generate images using photos from public Instagram accounts lasted just days before Meta quietly shut it down.

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Which jobs are hardest for AI to replace, and how do you land one?

From classrooms to courtrooms, some careers look a lot safer than others. Here is what workers and experts told The Guardian about building a future the algorithms cannot easily automate.

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Christopher Nolan thinks AI panic is overblown, but he is still watching closely

The director of Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight says big-budget, location-shot filmmaking will outlast the AI wave. Not everyone in Hollywood agrees.

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A critic who hates chatbots tried dating one. Here is what she found.

Writer Lauren Oyler went in sceptical and came out with something stranger than a verdict. Her essay, adapted for audio, is a rare honest look at what it actually feels like to talk to an AI.

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Lorde told a festival crowd to skip the AI glasses. Then a Meta ambassador walked on stage.

At a Madrid music festival sponsored by Ray-Ban, the pop star called AI smartglasses 'fucked up' and urged fans not to buy them. Moments later, Blackpink's Jennie, a paid Ray-Ban Meta ambassador, took the stage.

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Waze Adds Google Gemini AI So You Can Say 'Find Me a Cheap Gas Station' and Actually Get One

Four new features are rolling out to Waze, two of them powered by Google's Gemini AI. Here is what changes for your daily drive.

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Meta quietly killed an Instagram AI feature after users pushed back

The company said the tool was meant to give creators control. Users disagreed, and Meta pulled it.

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OpenAI Is Building ChatGPT for the Whole Household, Not Just the Individual

A new product manager hire and shifting user data signal that OpenAI wants ChatGPT in family life, not just on work desks.

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