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Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine |

For a year now, the AI safety testing firm Andon Labs has given frontier models various real-world tasks to determine how well they do as…

SEO tools marketers rely on (free & paid options)

SEO might feel like it’s under threat with the rise of AI. But the data tells a different story — SEO tools are still a…

Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners |

Martha Stewart is entering the AI software era in the most Martha Stewart way possible: She has joined the co-founding team at Hint, an app…

It’s Frighteningly Easy to Jailbreak Some Frontier AI Models

I recently got to watch what happens when you jailbreak some of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence models. Don’t worry—this AI manipulation wasn’t used…

‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generation |

7:00 AM PDT · July 29, 2026 29 min With theLight Phone,Kaiwei TangandJoe Hollierhave spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our…

Elon Musk's X settles multiyear legal battle with the World Federation of Advertisers |

8:36 AM PDT · July 29, 2026 Elon Musk’s X has settled its multiyear legal battle with advertising trade group the World Federation of Advertisers…

Perplexity employee who worked on Comet launches an AI browser aimed at knowledge work |

AI browsers were all the rage in 2025. Companies large and small tried to build browsers that baked in AI in an effort to own…

‘If this isn’t addiction, I don’t know what is’: Light’s founders get real about screen time

With theLight Phone,Kaiwei TangandJoe Hollierhave spent over a decade exploring the value of simplicity in our relationship to technology, partnering along the way with players…

Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents |

In Brief Posted: 5:09 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, announced…

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls |

Encore AI, a startup that studies companies’ customer interactions to train and deploy AI voice agents that can work alongside customer support and sales teams,…