Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

In early July, Meta rolled out a new feature where anyone using its AI app could tag public Instagram accounts and generate images using their…

Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

Don’t want Siri to use your interactions with a specific app? In your phone’s Settings, go to the Siri AI section and scroll down to…

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI’s GPT Images…

Shut Those Laptops! Anthropic Puts Its Claude Cowork Agent on Your Phone

The era of half-cracking a laptop to keep AI agents running comes to a close. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced that Claude Cowork, its AI agent…

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…