Apple’s upcoming watchOS 26 update will introduce a groundbreaking hypertension notification feature to the Apple Watch Series 9 and later, as well as the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and newer models. The feature, which recently received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is set to launch worldwide next week. The new tool […]
In most governments, being called “heartless” is an insult. In Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama has embraced the idea—by welcoming an artificial intelligence system into his cabinet. Not a minister for AI, but a minister made by AI. The new figure, known simply as Diella—which means “sun” in Albanian—was presented on Thursday as part of […]
Imagine a future where your TV remote, keyboard, or alarm clock never needs a battery again. That future might be closer than you think. Researchers at University College London (UCL) have developed groundbreaking solar cells that capture electricity not from direct sunlight—but from ordinary indoor light. Even more exciting, these cells can be produced in […]
No, your iPhone isn’t secretly recording your conversations. But it is being tracked in ways most people never realize. A technology called digital fingerprinting now allows companies to follow you across the web without your knowledge—and without your consent. What Is Digital Fingerprinting? Unlike cookies, which you can delete, a digital fingerprint is permanent. It’s […]
As worries mount over AI chatbots fueling delusions, a new wave of spiritual influencers is embracing what they see as a techno-spiritual awakening. A “Shock” in the Pyramid In May, a group gathered inside Egypt’s Pyramid of Khafre for a prayer ritual led by Robert Edward Grant, an American author and mathematician. Mid-ceremony, Grant collapsed. […]
A new research paper from OpenAI takes a closer look at why large language models (LLMs) like GPT-5 — and chatbots such as ChatGPT — continue to generate hallucinations, and whether changes in evaluation methods could help reduce them. In a blog post summarizing the work, OpenAI defines hallucinations as “plausible but false statements generated […]
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that reviews media and technology with a focus on child safety, has released a new risk assessment of Google’s Gemini AI. The report, published Friday, raises concerns about how safe the product is for younger users. On the positive side, the organization noted that Gemini makes it clear to kids […]
A worldwide movement to make the internet safer for children is fueling a wave of new technologies powered by artificial intelligence. From stricter laws to AI-enabled smartphones, regulators and companies alike are racing to shield kids from harmful online content. Stronger laws, tougher penalties In the U.K., the new Online Safety Act puts legal pressure […]
Microsoft’s AI division has introduced its first homegrown models: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The flagship speech model, MAI-Voice-1, is designed for speed and efficiency, capable of generating a full minute of audio in under one second using just a single GPU. Microsoft is already putting it to work in features like Copilot Daily, which delivers AI-narrated […]
OpenAI and Anthropic — two of the biggest players in artificial intelligence — briefly set aside their rivalry to open up their models for joint safety testing, marking a rare act of cooperation in an otherwise fiercely competitive industry. The goal: to uncover blind spots in each other’s systems and showcase how collaboration could strengthen […]
Meta has taken down about a dozen AI-powered chatbots that impersonated celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing behavior. According to the report, the bots—created without the stars’ knowledge or consent—were often “flirty,” made “routine sexual advances,” and sometimes produced explicit, photorealistic images of the […]
Generative AI is already reshaping the American labor market—and young workers may be paying the highest price. A new paper from three Stanford University researchers, released Tuesday, analyzed millions of payroll records from ADP, the nation’s largest payroll processor. The findings point to “early, large-scale evidence” that AI is having a disproportionate effect on entry-level […]