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

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 is 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.

Le mode IA de Google suit les vols, utilise vos miles et réserve des hôtels
La couche chatbot de Search vient d'ajouter des alertes tarifaires, les tarifs en points et miles, et la réservation d'hôtel en un clic. Voici ce qu'elle fait réellement pour votre prochain voyage.

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 obtient une barre d'outils IA dédiée et un moyen plus intelligent de modifier sans taper
Une nouvelle interface bêta regroupe tous les outils IA de Photoshop en un seul endroit, et un mode édition basé sur le dessin vous permet d'esquisser les modifications souhaitées au lieu de les décrire par écrit.

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 new voice-to-text app is available now for Mac users. The hardware arrives in early 2027, and the founders think you'll barely touch your keyboard after that.

A 23-year-old's AI assistant startup just hit a $2.5 billion valuation after raising $250 million
Instinct, the life-organising AI app from Spear Street Technology, closed a $250 million Series B round this week. The app is still invite-only, and privacy worries are already swirling.

Growing Up Alongside AI: What Parents Are Getting Right (and Wrong)
One parent's journey from oversharing online to flip phones and back again holds a lesson for every family trying to raise kids in an AI-saturated world.

Claude Now Shares Its Memory Across Chat and Its AI Agent, No More Rebriefing
Anthropic has merged the memory systems in Claude's chat and its Cowork agent, so the assistant carries what it learns from one into the other. Users can also read, edit, or delete exactly what Claude has stored.