Everyday AI · Page 6
the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live
AI models get mushroom ID dangerously wrong. Don't eat what they tell you to
A Polish software engineer ran 1,040 mushroom photos through 16 AI models. Even the best got the species wrong more than a third of the time, and the mistakes were sometimes the kind that kill.
Two AI Bots Walked Into a Job Interview. Neither Was Human.
A frustrated job seeker let ChatGPT take his AI recruiter calls. What happened next says a lot about where hiring is heading.
MrBeast Signs Multi-Year Google Deal to Feature Gemini and Fitbit in His Videos
The world's most-subscribed YouTuber will use Google's AI assistant to survive extreme climates on screen, kicking off a partnership that spans several upcoming videos and a wider ad campaign.
Freelancers Are Drowning in AI Slop Cleanup Work, and Now They're Walking Away
A graphic designer in Spain spent most of 2024 fixing broken AI-generated logos for low pay. Her story captures a quiet crisis spreading across the freelance economy.
The 24-Person Brooklyn Startup That Can End a Book Deal
Pangram says it can tell whether writing is human or machine-generated. Publishers are listening. Writers are furious. The question is whether the tool is actually reliable.
Google's August AI Blitz: Gemini 3.7 Flash, Pixel 11, and a Billion-User Chatbot
From a cheaper coding model to a phone built around AI, Google spent August pushing Gemini into every corner of daily life.
Google's Five New Android Features: Motion Sickness Help, a Blind-User Guide, and Smarter Item Tracking
Android 17 gets a screen overlay that fights travel nausea, a camera-and-AI tool for blind users, and a way to tell your phone where you left your passport. Here is what each update actually does.
Google launches an AI image tool for Workspace, you describe what you want, it builds it
Google Pics is coming to Docs and Slides now, with Drive to follow. It is not Canva. It is not Photoshop. It is a prompt-and-get tool, and that distinction matters.
Gemini's new video mode watches long clips like a human would, and costs a lot less
Google DeepMind's 'agentic' video setting lets Gemini skip around inside a video instead of watching every frame, cutting token use by up to 88% and improving accuracy by up to 7%.
Google Pics puts AI image editing inside Docs, Slides and Drive
The new tool from Google Workspace uses the Nano Banana model to generate and edit images without leaving the apps most offices already run on.
Amazon Alexa will now nudge you to shop before you even think to ask
A new Alexa feature called 'Update Me When' sends personalised alerts when a favourite brand, artist or author does something new. It is the clearest sign yet that Amazon wants its AI assistant to prompt purchases, not just answer questions.
Australian University Replaces Psychology Classes With an AI Chatbot
Macquarie University has swapped in-person lectures for an AI-driven 'Virtual Peer' in two mandatory psychology subjects, reigniting a debate about what students are actually paying for.
Fambot wants to be the AI assistant that actually helps parents survive the school-year chaos
A new startup is building an AI tool that reads your family emails, WhatsApp groups, and calendar so you can stop drowning in school newsletters and start kicking a ball around with your kids.
Sonos Launches AI Voice Control, New Headphones and a Soundbar, But Older Hardware Gets Left Behind
The smart speaker maker wants to be your home's 'audio operating system.' Here is what that means for your wallet and your existing kit.
John Deere Gives Farmers an AI Chatbot That Knows Their Own Fields
A new tool called JD lets farmers ask plain-English questions of their own historical farm data, for free, through John Deere's Operations Center platform.