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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've 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. What happens when millions of people have AI agents doing exactly 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.
Elon Musk's AI Wikipedia Rival Grokipedia Hasn't Updated in Three Months
xAI launched Grokipedia with six million articles and big promises. Now it appears frozen, with no accepted edits since late April.
MacPaw teams up with Liquid AI to run its assistant directly on your Mac
The company behind SetApp wants its AI tools to work offline, keep your data on your device, and eventually let developers plug into the same system.
This free app whispers the hidden history of wherever you're standing
Wrinkles uses your phone's location to play audio stories about the buildings, streets and landmarks around you, so you can look up instead of down.
Friend 2.0 Gets a Voice and a $249 Price Tag. But What Does It Actually Do?
The AI necklace designed to fight loneliness just added a built-in speaker and more than doubled its price. Its creator says it might be a confidant or a god. He's less certain about everything else.
Friend Is Back at Nearly Double the Price, Now With a Speaker
The AI companion pendant that papered New York City's subway with ads has relaunched as 'Friend 2.0', same concept, new voice feature, and a price tag that jumped from $129 to $249.
Friend AI Pendant Gets a Voice: Version 2 Can Now Speak Out Loud
The controversial AI companion necklace has a new speaker, a higher price tag, and a founder who admits the whole thing is 'inherently egomaniacal.'
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta's AI Agents to Work for Everyone, Not Just Coders
On Meta's Q2 2026 earnings call, Zuckerberg sketched out a vision of personal AI assistants that handle your health, finances and relationships. The product doesn't exist yet, but the infrastructure bill is already enormous.
Martha Stewart co-founded an AI app that manages your home for you
Hint launches as a free iPhone app that builds a profile of your house from public records, tracks maintenance tasks, and answers questions about your insurance and energy bills.
Pangram raises $9 million to catch AI-written text and images before they fool you
A New York startup says its detector is over 99% accurate at spotting AI-generated writing. Substack already uses it. Here's what that means for everyday readers.
Fantasy Premier League Gets an AI Companion to Help You Pick Your Squad
Microsoft's new FPL Companion tool answers your team questions, surfaces player stats, and updates in real time, but it will not pick your team for you.