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Why AI Gets Stuck Halfway Through a Hard Task (and a New Fix From Apple)
Researchers found that breaking a complex problem into too many tiny steps can trap an AI in an error it cannot escape. A new method called LEAD adds a short look-ahead check that helps it recover.
Should you use AI for a task? A Harvard professor has a simple test
Bruce Schneier explains why letting AI write for you can be like hiring a personal trainer to do your push-ups.
What is open-source AI and how is it different?
Open-source AI puts the model's blueprints in your hands. Here's what that actually means and why it matters.
What are AI hallucinations and why do they happen?
AI hallucinations are confident-sounding wrong answers. Here is why they slip through and what you can do about them.
What is an AI agent? A plain-English guide
AI agents are programs that can set their own mini-goals and take actions in the world, not just answer a question and stop.
What is a prompt, and does prompt engineering still matter?
Prompts are the instructions you type to an AI. Getting them right still makes a real difference, even as AI gets smarter.
What is a large language model and how does it work?
The plain-English guide to the technology behind ChatGPT, Claude, and every AI that seems to understand you.
Your ChatGPT question uses about as much electricity as a kettle boiled for one second
AI data centres ate roughly 0.5% of the world's electricity in 2025. That sounds small until you look at where those data centres actually are.
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. Whether handing the world's oldest human tradition to a chatbot is a good idea is a different question entirely.
Google Quietly Upgrades to Gemini 3.6 Flash After 3.5 Fell Short on Coding
Google has released three new AI models, including a surprise version bump from 3.5 to 3.6 Flash. Gemini 3.5 Pro, promised for June, still hasn't arrived.
Apple researchers taught AI to practise using apps without needing a real app to practise on
A new technique lets AI agents learn to make software calls by simulating the whole environment inside another AI, cutting one of the biggest bottlenecks in building helpful AI assistants.
Young Adults Are Turning to AI for Emotional Intimacy. Should We Be Concerned?
A new wave of AI companion apps is filling a loneliness gap that many in their twenties say their human relationships no longer can. Alice Lassman, who has covered Gen Z for four years, says she has watched the shift happen in real time.
AI Chatbots Are Giving Voters Wrong Answers About Which Party to Support
A new study tested AI tools during Hungary's 2025 parliamentary elections and found they recommended parties that weren't even on the ballot. What that means if you ever ask a chatbot for voting advice.
Boston Dynamics Is Teaching Its Robot to Behave, Not Just Move
A free webinar on 22 July reveals how animation tricks and AI are making humanoid robots easier for real workers to trust.
Claude Code's Secret Weapon Is the Software Around the AI, Not Just the AI Itself
Anthropic's head of product for Claude Code explains why the smartest move in AI coding tools right now is building smarter wrappers, not just smarter models.