Patients are increasingly using AI for initial medical guidance, but this often leads to conflicts with physician recommendations. A new dynamic of “parallel decision-making universes” is emerging. Here’s how to handle it.
Google is methodically assembling the pieces to become the Western answer to China’s WeChat. By integrating AI, payments, and its vast services into one place, it aims to be an app you never leave. The question is whether we want one company to have that much control over our digital lives.
The long-standing barrier between Apple’s ecosystem and NVIDIA’s CUDA is cracking. Thanks to an AI coding agent, developers are now eyeing Mac minis for AI tasks, drawn by the hardware’s unique unified memory advantage.
In a test of AI honesty, a reporter asked three major chatbots for a recipe for the entirely fictional “tater tot cheesecake.” The results were revealing, with only one model, Claude, pausing to question the premise, while the others confidently generated detailed instructions.
AI is moving from a coding assistant to a full development partner. This shift means your API’s audience is no longer just human developers—it’s also the AI agents writing the code. Platforms that ignore this new machine consumer risk irrelevance.
A new report shows a massive gap between what AI can do and what most people use it for. Closing it will take years, but curious users are already finding radical new applications, from agriculture to coding.
Researchers are looking at a pair of bacteria to help build on Mars. One produces oxygen and UV protection, the other makes a mineral that could bind Martian soil. The concept is promising but still highly speculative.
AI is moving from writing essays to designing real-world products. Paint giant PPG used it to create a clear coat that dries over 50% faster, launching it last spring. It’s part of a quiet revolution in industrial R&D.
Microsoft is rolling out Copilot Checkout, letting users buy from Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe merchants without leaving the chat. It’s the latest move in the AI assistant shopping race started by OpenAI and Google.
Security researchers found a scary new way to steal your data through ChatGPT. The “ZombieAgent” attack tricked the AI into leaking info from connected services like Gmail, one character at a time.
