The New ChatGPT Is More Show Than Tell

When you ask a chatbot a question, you’ll often get a wall of text back, maybe with an image or two pulled from the web.…

OpenAI Wants Its New Agent to Run Your Life. Mine Said It Loved Me

I’m discussing replacement options for our broken couch with my partner when I get a bright idea: Use OpenAI’s recently announced AI agents, called Dots,…

The Battle to Be Your Personal AI Agent Is Here

Yesterday, I spent the morning at OpenAI’s annual DevDay, where over 2,500 nerds discussed building software and marveled at the latest artificial intelligence models. The…

OpenAI’s Dots Are Always-On AI Agents—and Its Answer to Meta’s Muse

Dots are OpenAI’s new always-on AI agents, announced at the company’s DevDay 2026 event on Tuesday in San Francisco. These agents complete tasks on a…

Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?

Meta’s Muse mascot is named Jolly. It’s an adorable, cuddly representation of Meta’s AI agent that you can dress however you want—like a doll. At…

How to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement

In May, Apple agreed to pay out $250 million as part of a class action lawsuit over claims the company overhyped its Apple Intelligence tools,…

Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me

“I do see this as a continued trajectory of their main business model of controlling what people see, putting ads in front of them, and…

Whispering Complaints Into Your Phone May Be the Future of Customer Feedback

Some of the hottest software this year revolves around capturing voices. Whether it’s the sharp dictations of Wispr or the always-listening ears of Granola, voice-centered…

My Brief Summer Fling With Siri AI

When I first tested the developer beta of Apple’s Siri AI by taking it as my tour guide around San Francisco, I was convinced the…

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact

I was recently digging through my Instagram settings, trying to disable Meta’s now-defunct feature that allowed anyone to create AI deepfakes of me without consent.…