Everyday AI · Page 4
the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live
Apple wants to prove your iPhone photo is real with a new hardware-level authentication feature
The iPhone 18 Pro will 'sign' every pixel its camera captures, creating a tamper-evident reference image you can compare against edited versions.
Apple Built the Hinge in Its First Foldable Phone Using AI and 3D Printing
The Duo's most critical moving part was matched, scanned and printed by machine, a sign of how far AI has moved beyond software and into physical manufacturing.
Google DeepMind helped a 92-year-old couple 'see' the day they met, 70 years later
A new short film uses generative AI to rebuild a memory that was never photographed. The result is moving, and it raises real questions about what counts as a real memory.
Shipt's New AI Assistant Turns a Text Prompt Into a Ready-to-Buy Grocery Cart
Ask Shipt joins Instacart's Clementine and tools from Uber Eats and DoorDash in a sudden rush of AI shopping helpers hitting delivery apps in 2026.
Instacart's new AI assistant Clementine turns a recipe idea into a ready-to-buy cart
Ask it for a week of budget lunches, snap a photo of a handwritten list, and Clementine does the rest. Instacart's shopping assistant is live now in the US and Canada.
Amazon Prime Video Now Syncs Actors' Lips to Dubbed Audio Using AI
A new feature on Prime Video matches on-screen mouth movements to translated dialogue. It starts with one German show, but Amazon plans to roll it out more widely.
Students Who Use AI to Study Tend to Score Lower, Global Report Finds
A 760,000-student OECD study found that AI use generally hurt academic performance, but the picture changes when students are taught to question what the AI tells them.
ChatGPT Can Now Turn Your Doodle Into a Photo
OpenAI's new Sketch tool lets you scribble inside ChatGPT and watch the AI turn your rough drawing into a polished image. A faster image engine comes along for the ride.
Adobe Premiere Now Lets You Generate Video and Audio Without Leaving Your Edit
A new Generative Media tool brings AI video and sound generators directly into the editing timeline, so professionals can fill gaps and fix audio without switching apps.
OpenAI's most powerful model, GPT-6 Astra, is landing for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, but not where you'd expect
Astra is appearing in the Work section of ChatGPT first, not the usual chat window. Here's what that means for people paying $20 a month.
Dolly Parton's Sister Calls Out 'Fake AI Garbage' Flooding Social Media After Singer's Death
Stella Parton has asked fans to stop sharing AI-generated images and videos of her late sister, joining a growing list of celebrity families fighting back against synthetic fakes.
South Korea's AI Chip Boom Is Changing Who People Date, Watch, and Study
Record bonuses at Samsung and SK Hynix have made chip engineers the most wanted partners in Korea's dating market. Dating shows, Netflix, and university enrolment figures are all moving in the same direction.
AI wrote my dad's unfinished story in seconds. Here's what parents actually need to know
A researcher and father of three used an AI chatbot to finally tell a childhood story he and his dad never got around to writing. The result was charming, instant, and a little unsettling.
I Fell for the New Siri AI, Then Quietly Went Back to My Old Habits
Apple's overhauled Siri is genuinely better. So why did one tester stop reaching for it by September?
Three hikers rescued from Mount Shasta after Google Gemini told them to bring too little food and water
The Siskiyou County sheriff's office says the AI chatbot gave dangerously light supply advice. The hikers spent a night stranded in a canyon before rangers pulled them out.