A California jury has rejected all of Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft, and other defendants after a three-week trial in Oakland. The jury reached its unanimous verdict in under two hours. The case centered on Musk’s claim that Altman and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman had “stolen a charity” by transforming OpenAI …
If you want to use a tool effectively, it is important to first understand its capabilities and limitations. AI is no different. I even find it exciting to learn more about these systems that are able to do so many things but also fail at other tasks completely. It is often less than obvious what …
Anthropic has launched Claude for Small Business, a package of software integrations and ready-made workflows supposed to bring its AI assistant into the daily operations of small and mid-sized companies. The product runs inside Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s task-automation platform, and connects to tools many small businesses might already use. The launch includes integrations with Intuit …
Google has announced a set of new features for Android 17, grouping several artificial intelligence capabilities under the name Gemini Intelligence. The company says the features are designed to help users complete everyday tasks with less manual effort. According to Google, Gemini Intelligence will begin rolling out on Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones, with …
The people training AI systems are not anonymous tech workers. Many are experienced professionals from industries decimated by the very technology they now help build. Ruth Fowler writes for Wired about her experience as a Hollywood screenwriter and showrunner who spent eight months working for AI training companies to pay her bills. Fowler describes a …
Gen Z is increasingly frustrated with artificial intelligence. New polling data and a growing number of firsthand accounts suggest that young people are not embracing AI as enthusiastically as tech companies have claimed. Instead, many are angry, anxious, and skeptical about where the technology is headed. A Gallup survey released by the Walton Family Foundation …
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5 Instant as the new default model for ChatGPT, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant for all users. The company says the update focuses on three areas: fewer factual errors, more concise responses, and better personalization. According to OpenAI, internal evaluations show that GPT-5.5 Instant produced 52.5% fewer hallucinated claims than GPT-5.3 Instant on sensitive …
Artificial intelligence is generating music at a scale that is reshaping the streaming industry. French streaming service Deezer reports that 75,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded to its platform every day, accounting for around 44 percent of all daily uploads. Spotify removed more than 75 million spam tracks in a single year. The surge is driven …
AI tools want to lure you to the dark side of content creation. They are not evil. They are just misguided. The root cause: AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and others have been trained to be as helpful as possible. Because of this, they love to rush ahead and do way more than you …
OpenAI has identified the root cause of an unusual behavior in its latest AI models: a tendency to spontaneously mention goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, and pigeons in otherwise unrelated conversations. The company traced the problem to a flaw in how it trained models to adopt different personality styles. The issue first appeared after the …