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Simply put: No field in computing is as hot or heavily hyped right now as artificial intelligence. Once a science fiction dream, A.I. is now a big part of our everyday lives; whether it’s commonplace tech like fraud prevention systems, online recommendations, or the speech recognition tools driving smart assistants — all the way through to innovative new technologies like self-driving cars and autonomous delivery robots. Want to know why A.I. matters? In need of a primer on the difference between deep learning and reinforcement learning? Scared at the possibility of machine superintelligence? Helpfully, we’ve rounded up all our news, guides, and assorted other A.I. coverage in one central location.

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Apple Intelligence on the Apple iPhone 16 Plus.

Apple Intelligence may get an M4 upgrade

Apple is looking for someone to build more AI servers to power its Apple Intelligence features and is planning to power new servers with the latest M4 chips.
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Siri better watch out. Samsung just launched its biggest Bixby update in years

Apple's Craig Federighi discussing Apple Intelligence at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024.

How to use Apple Intelligence on your Mac

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OpenAI’s robotics plans aim to ‘bring AI into the physical world’

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The humble bumblebee just messed things up for Meta

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Perplexity unveils an AI-powered ‘election information hub’

Apple Intelligence on iPhone 15 Pro.

iOS 18’s best AI tools arrive in December, but Siri has a longer wait

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The Plaud NotePin is the AI assistant everyone needs

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Runway brings precise camera controls to AI videos

The ChatGPT Search icon on the prompt window

ChatGPT Search is here to battle both Google and Perplexity

Elon Musk at Tesla Cyber Rodeo.

Elon Musk reportedly will blow $10 billion on AI this year

ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode Desktop app

ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode just came to PCs and Macs

ChatGPT chat search

Your ChatGPT conversation history is now searchable

ChatGPT chat histories are now searchable within the web app so you can quickly find and surface relevant information from previous conversations.
iPhone 16 Pro Max in Desert Titanium.

iOS 18.2: How to use Genmoji and Image Playground

The fun second phase of Apple Intelligence, which features Apple's Image Playground and Genmoji tools, has arrived in the first iOS 18.2 betas.
Siri offloading user query to ChatGPT.

iOS 18.2: How to use ChatGPT with Siri

Siri has now gained the reason and multimodal capabilities of ChatGPT. Here are the simple steps you need to take in order to enable the perk on your iPhone.
AI Overviews being shown in Google Search.

Google expands AI Overviews to over 100 more countries

Google announced on Monday that it is expanding its AI Overview feature to search result pages in seven languages and more than 100 countries.
A MacBook Pro on a desk with ChatGPT's website showing on its display.

GPT-5: everything we know so far about OpenAI’s next frontier model

GPT-5 is expected to be the next major iteration of OpenAI's large language model. Here's everything we know about it so far.
ChatGPT giving a response about its knowledge cutoff.

OpenAI could release its next-generation model by December

A report says OpenAI plans to release its next-generation Orion LLM in December, but CEO Sam Altman is already pushing back.
the Perplexity desktop app

One of the hottest AI apps just came to the Mac (and it’s not ChatGPT)

Perplexity released a native app for Mac, allowing users to access the answer engine from their desktop rather than a web browser.
The new web UI for Midjourney.

Midjourney’s AI image editing reimagines your uploaded photos

Midjourney users finally have the ability to edit uploaded images directly, rather than use them as reference for newly generated pictures.
Gemini running on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.

Google’s AI detection tool is now available for anyone to try

Google's DeepMind division announced Wednesday that is releasing its SynthID AI content authentication system for general public use.
Perplexity on Nothing Phone 2a.

‘Massive copyright violation’ threatens one of the world’s hottest AI apps

News Corp announced Monday that it is suing AI startup Perplexity over allegations of copyright infringement on a massive scale.
Thom Yorke on stage.

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke among thousands of artists who issue AI protest

Leading artists have put their name to a statement calling for a halt to the unlicensed use of creative works to train generative-AI tools.
Bing Chat shown on a laptop.

The best AI chatbots to try: ChatGPT, Gemini, and more

The rise of AI chatbots has been staggering to watch, led by ChatGPT and a host of clones.
Apple Intelligence update on iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Apple’s internal tests show Siri isn’t quite ready to beat ChatGPT

According to Bloomberg, Apple's internal research exposed the wide gulf between Siri and ChatGPT when it comes raw AI intelligence and accuracy.
The Figure 02 robot looking at its own hand

AI-controlled robots can be jailbroken, and the results could be disastrous

Penn University researchers have developed an algorithm that can jailbreak a number of popular robotics platforms, often with a 100% success rate.
Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition front view showing display and keyboard.

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition review: the Intel comeback continues

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition matches an efficient Lunar Lake chipset with a quality build and a very nice display. And it's competitively priced.
An abstract image showing floating squares used for a Perplexity blog post.

Perplexity’s two new features take it beyond just a chatbot

Perplexity AI announced a pair of new features, Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces, for its Perplexity Pro and Enterprise Pro subscribers.
Man using Windows Copilot PC to work

Microsoft Copilot: how to use this powerful AI assistant

Dive in to unlock the full potential of Microsoft's Copilot and transform the way you work.
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Microsoft is backtracking on its Copilot key

Microsoft is giving users more control as to what they can do with the Copilot key on keyboards and might even let users have it open other apps.
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Boston Dynamics gave its Atlas robot an AI brain

Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute are combining their expertise in robotics and AI to build a better bipedal bot.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces updates to the company's Copilot artificial intelligence (AI) tool.

Microsoft Copilot ‘spews data all over the floors,’ says influential CEO

The CEO of Salesforce had some strong words for Microsoft Copilot, comparing the AI assistant to the long-retired Microsoft Clippy.
Google Gemini on smartphone.

What is Gemini Advanced? Here’s how to use Google’s premium AI

Gemini Advanced suite brings AI features to the entire ecosystem of Google apps. Here's how to use it.
Four nuclear power plants.

Seven nuclear reactors to power Google’s AI ambitions

Google is joining the nuclear AI race with the purchase of power from seven Small Modular Reactors from Kairos Energy.

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