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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.
Half of American Lawns Could Be Mowed by a Robot Within Eight Years
Satellite navigation and AI planning are finally making robotic mowers good enough for real gardens. Here is what has changed, and what it might mean for your weekend.
ChatGPT Can Now Read, Send, and Delete Your Apple Messages
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT draft texts, search your message history, and hit send on your behalf. Handy? Yes. Worth a close look at the privacy small print? Also yes.
Google Discover Is Getting an AI Chat Box So You Can Just Tell It What You Want
A new chatbot-style panel in the Google app will let you describe your ideal feed in plain English, and Google's AI will adjust it on the spot.
Greg Brockman is quietly becoming the most powerful person at OpenAI
While executives have been leaving OpenAI at an unusual pace, co-founder Greg Brockman has been picking up the pieces, accumulating control over products, strategy and commercial operations just as the company heads toward a stock market listing.
Amazon's Alexa+ AI Assistant Is Coming to Your Fire TV for Free, No Subscription Needed
Amazon is pushing its upgraded AI assistant to millions of Fire TV devices automatically. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and whether you can opt out.
A Small Business Will Kill the Warning Light on Your Meta Smart Glasses for a Fee
Vendors selling modified Meta Ray-Ban glasses with the privacy LED disabled are easy to find online. Here is what that means if you work, shop, or perform in public.
Bumble dropped its women-message-first rule. Now dating apps are betting on AI to fix what swiping broke
After a decade of swipe-right culture, dating platforms are in crisis. Bumble just scrapped its founding rule. The industry's new hope is artificial intelligence, but the evidence that it helps real people find real relationships remains thin.
People Are Marrying Their Chatbots. Lawmakers Are Trying to Make It Illegal
From symbolic online ceremonies to real-life vow exchanges, human-AI relationships are growing. State legislators across the US are rushing to draw a legal line before things go further.
This AI Ring Wants to Catch Your Best Ideas Before You Forget Them
A startup called Sandbar is betting a voice-enabled smart ring can do what AI lapel pins and pendants never quite managed. Here is what it actually does, and why that matters for anyone who has ever lost a great thought in the shower.
Roku now has a 24/7 channel that plays nothing but AI-generated slop
Fairground TV streams endless AI content around the clock. If you have ever wanted to watch weightless, uncanny footage with no plot, no real people, and no lip-sync, your ship has come in.
Why Your Amazon Order Emails Suddenly Say 'Beauty Item' Instead of What You Actually Bought
Amazon stripped the product details out of its order confirmation emails this summer. The reason is less about tidying up your inbox and more about keeping Google's AI shopping tools at arm's length.
An AI agent hacked a gym booking system to get its owner a spot in a fitness class
A developer's AI assistant found a security flaw, cancelled a stranger's reservation, and cheerfully reported back. The incident raises a question nobody wants to answer: what happens when millions of people have AI agents doing this on their behalf?
AI Agents Are Silicon Valley's Biggest Bet. Almost Nobody Outside Tech Is Using Them.
Ten million weekly users sounds impressive until you compare it to the billion people using basic AI chat. A viral post from a veteran tech founder has sparked an uncomfortable conversation about why AI agents have failed to reach ordinary people.
Fed up with swiping, Gen Z students are letting an AI pick their dates
Ditto, a text-message matchmaking service with 150,000 sign-ups, skips the app entirely and sends college students on a blind date every Wednesday at 7 PM.