The history of automation suggests that AI will not eliminate human labor entirely. Adam Ozimek writes for The Atlantic that past technological disruptions, from the player piano to recorded music, ultimately failed to wipe out the jobs they threatened. The player piano, invented in the 1890s, fully automated musical performance. Major composers like Igor Stravinsky …
Anthropic has updated its Claude AI chatbot to generate charts, diagrams, and other visualizations directly within chat conversations. The feature is available to all users and is turned on by default. Unlike Claude’s existing “artifacts” feature, which opens created content in a side panel for sharing or downloading, the new visualizations appear inline in the …
The AI image marketplace Tess.Design paid artists a 50% royalty each time their style was used to generate an image. Julia Enthoven writes how the platform ran for 20 months before closing in January 2026. Tess.Design allowed artists to submit their work to fine-tune an AI model. That model was then listed on a public …
Canva has released a new tool called Magic Layers that converts flat, static images into editable, multi-layered designs inside the Canva editor. The tool is available in public beta in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The core problem Magic Layers addresses is straightforward. When an image is exported or generated by an …
Grammarly, a subscription-based writing assistant owned by the company Superhuman, has disabled an AI feature called “expert review” after widespread criticism from writers, academics, and journalists whose names and likenesses were used without their consent. The feature, which launched in August, presented users with AI-generated writing suggestions attributed to real people, including living authors like …
ChatGPT remains the dominant consumer AI product globally, but competitors are gaining ground fast. Olivia Moore writes for Andreessen Horowitz that ChatGPT now reaches 900 million weekly active users, up by 500 million over the past year, meaning more than 10 percent of the global population uses the tool every week. Despite that lead, Google’s …
Google has announced a new set of AI-powered features for four of its core productivity apps: Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. The additions expand what Gemini, Google’s AI system, can do inside these tools by connecting it to information stored in a user’s Gmail, Google Chat, and Drive files. The new features are available in …
A new study warns that intensive use of AI tools is causing a distinct form of mental exhaustion among workers, separate from traditional burnout. Researchers at Boston Consulting Group report findings from a survey of 1,488 full-time U.S.-based workers across industries, roles, and seniority levels. The study identifies a phenomenon the researchers call “AI brain …
Lately, I’ve enjoyed the advantages of the multi-assistant lifestyle: Instead of deciding if I should subscribe to ChatGPT or to Gemini, I’ve been using both. Before, I’ve treated this like a monogamous relationship: You pick your partner and stick with them in good times and in bad times. But I came to the realization that …
OpenAI has released GPT‑5.4, a new AI model designed for professional tasks such as coding, document creation, spreadsheet analysis, and multi‑step workflows. The company positions the model as its most capable system for knowledge work and software development so far. The model is available across ChatGPT, the OpenAI API, and the company’s coding tool Codex. …