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New research from OpenAI has revealed a transformation in how people interact with ChatGPT. Between July 2024 and December 2025, work-focused conversations on the consumer version of the platform steadily declined, while personal inquiries surged. The company analyzed 100,000 anonymized conversations from both free and paid consumer accounts to identify these broad usage patterns. This … Read more

When James Smith of London-based Palliser Capital penned a letter to the board of Toto Ltd., he wasn’t writing to praise the company’s famous heated bidets or revolutionary Washlet technology. Instead, he called the Japanese manufacturer “the most undervalued and overlooked AI memory beneficiary” currently trading on public markets. It’s a provocative claim about a … Read more

Former NPR host David Greene never expected to hear his own voice come back to him through a machine. When a colleague emailed asking if he had licensed his voice to Google, Greene’s response was immediate: “I was like completely freaked out.” Sources state that Greene described the discovery as unsettling. “It’s this eerie moment … Read more

This year, Unitree’s humanoid machines stole the spotlight during the Monday night’s Spring Festival Gala on CCTV as they performed fully autonomous kung fu routines, launched themselves off trampolines, and sprinted at high speeds. Chief executive Wang Xingxing revealed to domestic tech outlet 36Kr that Unitree plans to ship between 10,000 and 20,000 humanoid robots … Read more

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis have revealed that modern artificial intelligence systems are developing capabilities their creators never explicitly programmed. During an interview, Hassabis explained how contemporary AI systems learn independently from vast amounts of data, much like humans do. “We have theories about what kinds of capabilities these systems will … Read more

When OpenAI quietly began restricting access to its GPT-4o model earlier this month, thousands of users discovered that they weren’t just losing a chatbot. They were losing a companion. Across forums and social media, a wave of grief and anger erupted from users who had developed emotional bonds with the AI system. A Reddit community … Read more

A federal court case in New York has established a precedent that could reshape how Americans interact with artificial intelligence tools. According to the ruling, conversations with AI chatbots are not protected by attorney-client privilege, even when users seek legal guidance. The ruling emerged from United States v. Bradley Heppner, where prosecutors sought access to … Read more

Microsoft AI executive Mustafa Suleyman recently made a startling prediction about artificial intelligence’s impact on professional work, stating that most white-collar tasks will be fully automated within 12 to 18 months. According to sources, Suleyman stated: “I think that we’re going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks.” He explained … Read more

Scientists at Anthropic have finally uncovered why artificial intelligence systems can become unstable and unreliable during conversations. The discovery reveals a fundamental flaw in how AI assistants maintain their helpful persona, and more importantly, offers a solution that doesn’t compromise performance. Every AI assistant operates under an assumed identity as a helpful assistant. However, researchers … Read more

Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary recently stated that simply adding “AI” to a project proposal has opened doors that traditional filmmaking routes kept firmly shut. During a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, Avary described the contrast between his struggles to secure funding through conventional channels and the immediate success he experienced when pitching … Read more