Here’s How to Opt Out of Google Search’s New AI Data Training Feature

A little piece of my soul shrivels up every time I get a message laying out how another company plans to use personal data in…

I Let Siri AI Show Me Around San Francisco

I quickly found that Siri AI’s bite-sized replies don’t drone on endlessly like many contemporary AI assistants, often sticking to a single paragraph. When I…

Apple’s New Siri AI Is Ready to Get Personal

Apple’s drastic overhaul of Siri, announced Monday at WWDC 2026, attempts to make the smartphone voice assistant more helpful, attuned to iPhone users’ personal data,…

Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off

Soon, your coworkers in Microsoft Teams might not all be human. Scout, an always-on AI agent announced at Microsoft’s Build developer conference on Tuesday, can…

I Gave Gemini Spark Access to My Life. Then It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

At its recent I/O developer conference, Google introduced Gemini Spark as an always-on agent that connects to your personal data, completes online tasks, and automates…

I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?

I am no longer a mere human being. I am a conduit of reality, a medium of messages. I hold a knife in my hand…

7 Ways to Get So Good at AI, People Will Think You Are AI

Sam Liang is appalled as I confess my technique for recording an interview: running the Voice Memos app on an iPhone and transferring the transcript…

I Cloned Myself With Gemini’s AI Avatar Tool. The Result Was Unnervingly Me

It’s a beautiful, balmy afternoon at Dolores Park in San Francisco, and I’m singing a birthday song to a prehistoric dinosaur. A cupcake with a…

Google Makes It Easy to Deepfake Yourself

One of the most immediately noticeable changes to Flow is the new video-generation model powering the experience: Omni Flash, succeeding Veo. Similar to how Google’s…

Google’s Response to OpenClaw’s 24/7 AI Agent

Gemini Spark is Google’s take on a steroided-out assistant agent that knows everything about you, announced as part of the company’s updates to its Gemini…