Thousands of gig workers are earning money by having recorded conversations with strangers. The recordings are then sold as training data to artificial intelligence companies. Issie Lapowsky reports for Bloomberg Businessweek that the work is emotionally demanding, technically strict and raises serious questions about privacy and the future of human labor. The platform at the …
Perplexity has recorded a 50 percent revenue jump in a single month, driven by its expansion into AI agents. Cristina Criddle reports for the Financial Times that the company’s estimated annual recurring revenue (ARR) climbed to over $450 million in March, following the launch of a new agent tool and a switch to usage-based pricing. …
Meta has released Muse Spark, a new proprietary artificial intelligence model built by its internal division Meta Superintelligence Labs. The model is available through the Meta AI app and website, with a private API preview for select users. Unlike Meta’s previous Llama models, Muse Spark is not open source. Muse Spark can process text and …
Anthropic is rolling out a set of organizational controls for Claude Cowork, its AI-powered collaboration tool, making it available across all paid plans. A post in the official Claude Blog states that the update brings role-based access controls, group spending limits, expanded observability, and new usage analytics to help companies deploy the tool company-wide. Claude …
OpenAI has launched a new $100 per month version of its ChatGPT Pro subscription, mainly targeting users of its Codex AI coding tool. Zac Hall reports for 9to5Mac that the new tier sits between the existing $20 per month Plus plan and the original $200 per month Pro plan, which remains available. The new Pro …
Google is adding a notebooks feature to the Gemini app, giving users a dedicated space to organize chats, files, and documents around specific topics or projects. The company describes notebooks as personal knowledge bases that will eventually work across multiple Google products. Users can create a notebook from the side panel in the Gemini app. …
The companies behind AI-powered search tools like Google’s AI Mode and ChatGPT are increasingly shaping which brands consumers discover. The SEO industry is racing to exploit that influence, and some of the tactics are already working. The Verge reports on a growing wave of manipulation attempts targeting AI search systems. One widespread tactic involves companies …
Two recent studies paint a concerning picture of how artificial intelligence tools are changing the way people think, reason, and express themselves. Taken together, the research suggests that widespread AI use is not only reducing users’ critical engagement with information, but may also be narrowing the diversity of human thought on a broader scale. Researchers …
Anthropic has introduced a new AI model it considers too dangerous to release publicly. The model, called Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and exploit security vulnerabilities in software. Instead of making it widely available, Anthropic is sharing access with a coalition of more than 40 organizations as part of an initiative called Project Glasswing. …
Microsoft markets its Copilot AI assistant as a productivity tool for consumers and businesses alike. However, the product’s terms of use tell a different story. According to these terms, which were last updated in October 2025, “Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely …