When I'm interviewing execs at AI-driven tech companies, which I do almost daily, I often feel like a parent forced to tell my child the Tooth Fairy isn't real. The CEO or founder will ask me, eyes hopeful, whether I've "seen anyone else doing anything like we're doing" - but I don't think they're ready to hear an honest response.
At a hearing in Oakland, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers stated that there was "plenty of evidence" suggesting that OpenAI leaders had promised that the organization's original nonprofit structure would be maintained. She ruled that those disputed facts should be evaluated by a jury at a trial in March rather than decided by the court at this stage, as noted in a Reuters report.
Even if you have the world's best personal assistant, they don't, they can't remember every word you've ever said in your life, they can't have read every email, they can't have read every document you've ever written, they can't be looking at all your work every day and remembering every little detail, they can't be a participant in your life to that degree. No human has like infinite, perfect memory,
Twelve months after Labour's 50-point plan of action to stimulate the UK's artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled economy, a new report shows billions of pounds are being invested in UK AI startups. The AI Index report from the Startup Coalition, sponsored by Coreweave, analysed funding of the UK's top 1,000 firms according to the amount of private capital they have raised, in collaboration with data provider Beauhurst.
Gmail's version lets you ask questions about your messages in the search bar, using natural language. Google uses the example of, "Who was the plumber that gave me a quote for the bathroom renovation last year?" It's hard to imagine that saving much time over a basic search for "plumber quote" or "plumbing estimate," but maybe it could help in some situations.
Merriam-Webster named "slop" its 2025 word of the year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence." In its announcement, Merriam-Webster noted that, like " slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don't want to touch." Similarly, The New York Times observed that slop, in graphic terms, "conjures images of heaps of unappetizing food being shoveled into troughs."
Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, wrote on X, "We're hiring a very Senior Product Manager!" He added that "spam is killing trust in AI & search." "Own the fight: reduce spam across Copilot, Bing & the web using AI/ML at internet scale. Protect millions of users, brands & the AI ecosystem. Join us & build a cleaner future," he added.
For the past two weeks, X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images, created by the Grok AI chatbot. An alarming range of women have been affected by the non-consensual nudes, including prominent models and actresses, as well as news figures, crime victims, and even world leaders. A December 31st research paper from Copyleaks estimated roughly one image was being posted each minute, but later tests found far more.
Last year, one of the better performers among the Magnificent 7 was Meta Platforms Inc. ( NASDAQ: META). But its third-quarter earnings report raised investor concerns about the company's massive capital spending on artificial intelligence initiatives. In addition, Meta said it planned to make significant cuts to the budget of its Reality Labs metaverse division in the coming year. The stock is down 13.6% since the quarterly report was released.
Alphabet Inc. has overtaken Apple Inc. to become the second-most valuable company by market capitalization, a reflection of how the Google parent has emerged as one of the most significant winners of artificial intelligence. Shares of Alphabet rose 2.4% on Wednesday, closing with a valuation of $3.89 trillion. That allowed it to surpass Apple, which closed with a market cap of $3.85 trillion on Wednesday, following a six-day slump that erased nearly 5% and almost $200 billion off its value.
Scheduled actions are only available to paying Gemini Pro and Ultra users. Since I upgraded to the Pro plan last month, I now have access to scheduled actions. Also: Stop using ChatGPT for everything: I use these AI models for research, coding, and more You know what that means: It's time to test it out. TL;DR, this feature is currently very limited and fairly disappointing. But it has enormous potential -- see if you don't agree.
On a somewhat surprising note, Intel ( NASDAQ:INTC) really delivered at this year's CES (Consumer Electronics Show), with a big chip unveiling that helped power the stock to a gain of more than 12% year to date. Indeed, we've only had a handful of trading sessions in 2026, but shares of Intel are certainly not wasting time powering back, adding to the big momentum the shares experienced in the back half of 2025.
If you're like most Americans, you've already set all manner of goals and resolutions for the New Year. And likewise, if you're like most Americans, you'll have entirely abandoned them by February 1. Studies have found that 23% of people quit their New Year's resolutions within a week, and almost half drop them by the end of January. Only 9% of Americans actually complete anything from their list in a given year.
Nvidia's H200 GPUs could begin trickling into China as soon as this quarter, but there's a catch. Due to all the geopolitical turmoil that's ravaged US-China trade relations over the past year, buyers may need to pay up front for the coveted AI accelerators. And they won't get a refund if China decides to block the imports! On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that authorities in Beijing could green-light shipments of H200s - currently the most powerful GPU Uncle Sam has ever allowed Nvidia to sell in China - as soon as this quarter.
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is being used to flood X with thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors wearing minimal clothing. Some of this content appears to not only violate X's own policies, which prohibit sharing illegal content such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), but may also violate the guidelines of Apple's App Store and the Google Play store.
While many assume formal learning is limited to a bachelor's or master's degree, both the CEO of VC firm General Catalyst, Hemant Taneja, and McKinsey's top executive, Bob Sternfels, say that's not the case anymore. Employees must skill and re-skill constantly to stay afloat, said Taneja, whose VC firm has invested in companies such as Anduril and Anthropic. Taneja discussed this during a live taping of the All-In podcast, hosted by entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis Tuesday at CES 2026,
