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…

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 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…

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’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…

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 Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore

AI agents are everywhere. Every briefing I’ve attended for software companies over the past year has involved some mention of agents—using generative AI tools to…

Submit Your Questions: AI Is Changing Your Job—Now What?

Whether you like it or not, AI is embedded in every aspect of every industry that matters. Employers are demanding employees become “AI native,” while…

I Am Begging AI Companies to Stop Naming Features After Human Processes

Anthropic just announced a new feature called “dreaming” at the company’s developer conference in San Francisco. It’s part of Anthropic’s recently launched AI agent infrastructure…