The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful laptops sporting this new "superchip." RTX Spark is designed to be…
AI NewsMIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.
AI NewsMeta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from…
AI NewsWatch an exclusive clip from Super Scam Me where a victim tracks down her scammer.
AI NewsYou’ve recorded a video you can’t wait to share. But before anyone sees it, you have to trim clips, choose music, add subtitles, and maybe even dub it into another language. Suddenly…
AI NewsCharacter.AI collected millions of users, making it a very appealing acquisition. Google took a unique route to "acquiring" it, hiring away its founders and licensing its technology. Now…
AI NewsA network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.
AI NewsMeta says Muse excels at ‘multi-step reasoning’ and ‘complex software engineering’ as it races to catch up to Chinese rivals Meta on Thursday launched a new open-weight AI model which it…
AI NewsOpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser is gone, but now ChatGPT's Google Chrome extension is getting some upgrades that allow it to use the browser tabs you already have open. With the extension…
AI NewsSega is removing Total War: Shogun 2 - Complete Edition from storefronts following a disastrous launch where users complained about issues like bugs and upscaling that appears to have been…
AI NewsThough movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our…
AI NewsThis week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
AI NewsPresident Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House - but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an…
AI NewsPowerful AI models continue to cause chaos, but their targets aren’t widely seeking justice. Instead, they’re being encouraged to adopt those same tools.
AI NewsA new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell engineering, improve disease models, and inform therapies.
AI NewsBluesky's Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make "small" social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that…
AI NewsMeta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it's the "most capable US open-weight model to date." But the company also says that it's the "the first model in its class"…
AI NewsFrom chat-up lines to social coaching, we’d like to hear from people who use AI to assist them navigating the online dating world We’d like to understand more about the different ways that…
AI NewsThere's a growing trend in the consumer tech world: gadgets designed to spy on everything and everyone around you, regardless of whether or not anyone else actually consented to it. Now…
AI NewsFTC may fine AI firms on par with companies that delay data breach reports.
AI NewsThe AI music labels are rolling out now in YouTube Music and will come to YouTube soon.
AI NewsAnthropic has identified an enzyme system associated with repeating DNA sequences through an AI-assisted research programme, according to the company and The Verge. The finding has prompted…
AI NewsMicrosoft and Nvidia held a launch party for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops last week in San Francisco, where a new wave of AI PCs took center stage amid a packed crowd and a lively…
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