Everyday AI · Page 7
the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live
Clipto: The AI Helping You Find Lost Files Worth $250M
Clipto wants to be the search engine for files already on your computer, and it just raised $15M to prove there's a business in that.
Circleback Now Has a Free Plan. Here Is What You Actually Get.
The AI meeting note-taker is opening its doors to free users for the first time, hoping word-of-mouth does the marketing work that paid ads never did.
Insurance Claims Adjusters Are America's Biggest AI Haters, and They Have Good Reasons
New Glassdoor research shows 98 percent of claims adjusters who mention AI in their reviews are negative about it. Here is why, and what it means for anyone who has ever filed an insurance claim.
Meta's Pocket App Lets Anyone Build Apps by Typing. But Meta Keeps What You Make.
A new mobile app from Meta turns plain-English prompts into working mini-apps and games, no coding needed. The catch: everything you build lives inside Meta's platform and can't easily leave.
EDM Producers Are Fighting Back Against AI-Generated Music Flooding Their Scene
Two producers are publicly calling out tracks they believe were made by AI tools, and paying a personal price for it. Here is what is actually at stake for working musicians.
Meta patches its Ray-Ban smart glasses to stop secret recordings after public backlash
A software update will cut off the camera if someone covers the recording light mid-shoot, closing a loophole that let wearers film strangers without any visible warning.
Microsoft's AI meeting assistant keeps missing its own launch date
Teams Facilitator, the AI that jumps into video calls to answer unresolved questions, has slipped from June to December. Here's what the delay means for the millions of people who use Microsoft Teams at work.
Google's Notebook AI Can Now Read Your Books With You
A new feature called Expert Intelligence lets Gemini Notebook pull from books you've bought on Google Play, so you can chat with them, build recipe collections, or prep for a tough work conversation.
Google's AI Mode becomes a travel agent: flight tracking, hotel booking, and points searches now built in
Google has added real booking and price-tracking tools to AI Mode, its conversational search feature, moving it closer to a full trip-planning assistant.
Google is forcing Android apps to use less memory, and AI chip shortages are why
A global shortage of memory chips, driven by AI data centres gobbling up supply, is about to change the rules for every app on your Android phone.
Plaud's New Earbuds Want to Be Your Always-On AI Assistant, Case and All
The AI note-taking company is betting that earphones with a built-in SIM card slot can replace your phone as the way you talk to AI agents throughout the day.
Young Workers Are Ditching Screens for Sawdust and Copper Wire
As AI quietly eats away at entry-level office jobs, a growing number of younger workers are trading spreadsheets for bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding.
Adobe Photoshop Gets a Dedicated AI Toolbar and a Smarter Way to Edit Without Typing
A new beta interface bundles all of Photoshop's AI tools in one place, and a drawing-based editing mode lets you sketch what you want changed instead of describing it in words.
These AI Earbuds Record and Summarise Every Conversation You Have
Plaud's new One Explorer Edition looks like ordinary earbuds but quietly transcribes everything around you, then lets an AI agent book meetings and send emails on your behalf.
This London Startup Wants to Kill Your Keyboard With a $150 AI Microphone
Relay's voice-to-text app is live now for Mac users. The hardware arrives in early 2027, and the founders think you'll barely touch your keyboard after that.