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A $899 AI Litter Box Couldn't Tell Two Very Different Cats Apart
Whisker's Litter-Robot 5 Pro promises AI health tracking and facial recognition for your cats. After six months of testing, the facial recognition failed, the waste sensor misfired, and one cat mysteriously lost two pounds overnight.
Midnight Job Interviews Are Real, and AI Is Why They Exist
Millions of job seekers are now completing AI-run video interviews at 1 am. It solves a real scheduling problem. It also raises questions nobody is ready to answer.
Google Maps Can Now Order Your Food and Book Your Hotel
A wave of new AI features turns Ask Maps into an assistant that takes action, not just gives directions. Here is what changed and what it means for your daily life.
Emma Raducanu Asked ChatGPT to Profile Her Own Personality. She Found It Uncomfortably Accurate.
Tennis players are using AI chatbots to scout opponents, manage schedules, and apparently learn a little too much about themselves.
Google Assistant Is Gone From Your Phone in September. Here Is What Replaces It.
Google has set a firm date: starting September 4, the voice assistant millions rely on will stop working on Android phones, tablets, smartwatches, and headphones. Gemini takes over whether you want it to or not.
Are We Already Addicted to AI Chatbots? One YouTuber's Confession Opens a Bigger Question
Hank Green admitted his AI use felt 'not healthy.' Researchers say he probably isn't alone, and the science to explain why is only just beginning.
The AI Sob Stories Flooding X Are a Business. Here Is Who Is Getting Paid.
Fake first-person melodramas, written by AI and posted for clicks, are earning their creators hundreds of dollars a fortnight through X's own payment programme. The platform is struggling to stop it.
AI 'Personalised' Children's Books Are Flooding Family Bookshelves. Kids Are Not Impressed.
Grandparents are gifting AI-generated storybooks starring their grandchildren. Researchers and parents say the books are poorly written, raise real privacy questions, and children are simply choosing other books over them.
Canadian politician accidentally reads out his AI chatbot's instructions during a floor speech
A New Brunswick legislator spoke a line meant only for the AI out loud, on the record. It's a small embarrassing moment with a bigger lesson about who is actually doing the work.
Claude Gets a Voice Upgrade: Pick Your Model, Connect Your Apps
Anthropic has updated Claude's voice mode so it can use smarter AI models and reach into Gmail, Slack and Notion, going further than OpenAI's voice feature currently does.
Meta Is Testing an AI App That Writes Bedtime Stories for Your Kids
StoryKit lets parents generate personalised children's stories at the tap of a button. But is handing the world's oldest human tradition to a chatbot actually a good idea?
He Lost a $2,000 Ebike. Then the Chatbots Took Over.
A missing delivery turned into a months-long loop of automated dead ends. His story reflects a growing shift in customer service that is leaving real people stranded.
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.