Apple’s 'Just Right’ Goldilocks MacBook Is the One Most People Should Buy
…You can dip your toe as a hobby and not be limited by the computer. Professionals know those limits are real, which is what the MacBook Pro is for. The Neo Problem…
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OpenAI Enters Its Focus Era by Killing Sora
…This includes Sora, as well as a browser, a family of hardware devices, robots, and Codex, its AI-powered coding agent. These efforts have had varying levels of success, and Sora's…
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
…Just as you subscribe to a writer on Substack, you can subscribe to an AI doppelganger of a celebrated expert, called an “Onix.” These bots are trained to conduct conversations with subscribers…
Tim Cook’s Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription
…launched in 2011, has been plagued by errors, limitations, and general haplessness. In 2024 the company announced “Apple Intelligence,” a new moniker for AI features that would be embedded into products like…
Google Shakes Up Its Browser Agent Team Amid OpenClaw Craze
…By comparison, browser agents now seem somewhat limited as a stand-alone product. Kian Katanforoosh, CEO of the AI upskilling platform Workera who lectures about AI at Stanford, says part of the…
Zest Maps Is the AI-Powered ‘Spiritual Successor to Foursquare’
…The app’s AI tools analyze your dining history and tailor a map of nearby recommendations with photos and descriptions of each spot’s vibe. Zest also aggregates this user data to…
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
…While you may consider chatbots to be practical financial assistants, it's always worth keeping the limitations of these AI tools in mind. Beyond miscalculations, here are five additional reasons to approach…
The AI Era Is Creating a Bug-Hunting Arms Race
As agentic AI models become more adept at both autonomously identifying software vulnerabilities and developing exploits for them—in other words, identifying weaknesses and creating hacking tools—vulnerability disclosure programs are being…
Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex
…Now they only spend two or three hours a day immersed in AI role-play after finding the all-day experience “too consuming.” They began limiting their use after noticing entire evenings…
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
…LLMs have powered viral products such as ChatGPT and Claude Code, but LeCun has been one of the AI industry’s most prominent researchers speaking out about the limitations of these AI…