Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages
Android is rolling out new scam defense features, including an enhanced protection setting in Google Messages that uses cloud-based Gemini AI to assess scammers' intentions.
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Just 5 years in, interactive chatbot platform Character.AI files for bankruptcy
Interactive chatbot startup Character.AI has filed for bankruptcy after five years and plans to sell some of its assets to Disney for $20 million.
AI agent makers are promising privacy — will they deliver?
AI labs are marketing new agents on privacy promises. At OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman pledged a new privacy standard for its agent Dots, while Meta's Muse made similar claims months earlier.
Instinct was the buzziest AI agent around — can it survive Muse?
Instinct launched a text message-based AI agent in August with an invite-only, low-marketing approach, but now faces similar products Muse and Dots from larger competitors.
ChatGPT’s ‘Intelligent UI’ update fills its responses with pictures, charts, and but…
OpenAI is adding an 'Intelligent UI' feature to ChatGPT that pairs text replies with interactive visuals like charts, forms, and buttons, rolling out to all users alongside GPT-6.
Meta’s Muse launches on iPad just a month after its mobile debut
Meta has brought its AI agent Muse to iPad, roughly a month after its mobile debut, continuing a rapid expansion of the assistant's reach.
ChatGPT is getting college planning tools
OpenAI plans to add a College Planner feature to ChatGPT for Teens, bringing application requirements, deadlines, tasks, and financial-aid steps into one plan.
Helping teens learn, plan, and shape the future of AI
OpenAI is adding a College Planner to ChatGPT for Teens to help manage college applications, along with new flashcards, quizzes, and a teen AI council.
OpenAI will start watermarking ChatGPT’s text in the EU
OpenAI will add watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the EU to meet AI Act requirements, but notes that editing can make the marks harder to detect.
Instinct brings its AI agent to group chats, even for friends without an account
Instinct is adding group chats that let friends collaborate with its AI agent on tasks like trip planning and event coordination, keeping personal accounts separate.
All the AI agents that can live in your text messages
TechCrunch compiles a list of notable AI agents that work within text messaging, including general-purpose assistants and agents tailored for families, travel, and work.
OpenAI’s new agent is a shot at Meta — but can it compete with free?
OpenAI announced Dots, a personalizable AI agent powered by GPT-6 Astra, at DevDay 2026, taking aim at Meta's Muse platform.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design
Grokipedia, an AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, released a v0.3 update featuring a new logo and redesigned homepage and live edits page.
Query claims in natural language with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
AWS details how to build a claims assistant on Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases that answers natural-language questions with citations, using document ingestion, retrieval APIs, and guardrails.
The internet is convinced Elon Musk’s xAI trolled OpenAI’s ‘Dots’ launch
Ahead of OpenAI's launch of its AI agent Dots, xAI had acquired the domain dot.com, now redirecting to the Grok chatbot download page, prompting speculation online.
OpenAI’s latest features take direct aim at the app store model
OpenAI is developing features that position ChatGPT as an alternative to traditional app stores, letting both people and AI agents discover and use software.
OpenAI takes on Microsoft with the launch of what feels a whole lot like ChatGPT’s own office suite
OpenAI has announced a set of office features for ChatGPT, positioning it against traditional software companies such as Microsoft.
OpenAI launches Dots, its Muse competitor
At DevDay, OpenAI announced Dots, always-on AI assistants powered by GPT-6 Astra that work across connected apps in the background, competing with Meta's Muse.
OpenAI DevDay 2026: The biggest news and announcements
OpenAI's DevDay 2026 keynote introduced the Dots AI agent, the GPT-6.1 Sol model, a new $500/month ChatGPT Pro tier, and 1.2 billion weekly ChatGPT users.
Meta’s Muse AI sent a YouTuber’s address to a stranger
Tech YouTuber Matt Robb says Meta's Muse AI agent disclosed his home address to a stranger and agreed a lowball price after being authorized to manage his Facebook Marketplace account.
Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’
Google plans to discontinue Gemini's Gems, a feature for building task-specific agents, in favor of a new 'skills' capability.
I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
A TechCrunch AI writer created an interactive digital avatar of themselves and trained it to discuss venture fraud, reflecting on the trade-offs of AI clones.
Meta makes the Muse filesystem even more accessible
After users discovered Muse would reveal its filesystem, Meta officials said the exposure is intended behavior and a deliberate design choice.
Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar gives Google’s AI a face
Google's Gemini 3.8 Live update introduces Live Avatar, an animated persona that lip-syncs and shows facial expressions in real time, initially limited to Gemini Enterprise customers.
Google tests letting Gemini call businesses for you
Google is testing a Gemini capability that places calls to businesses for users, initially limited to U.S. Pixel 11 owners with a paid Gemini subscription.
Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse
At Meta's annual Connect event, Mark Zuckerberg outlined the company's expanded focus on its AI agent Muse, which is coming to Meta's AI glasses.
Muse is coming to Meta smart glasses
Meta announced it is working on bringing its Muse agent to smart glasses, allowing voice activation for tasks such as guiding workouts, logging meals, and shopping.
Meta is making Muse more powerful and will let you video chat with it, too
Meta announced updates to its Muse AI agent, including dedicated email addresses, computer use in the Mac app, and the ability to communicate via video calls.
Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence
Meta says its Muse AI assistant was built from scratch but admits it was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, extending to some workspace filenames and content.
Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta's AI agent Muse has attracted more downloads and daily active users in the U.S. and Canada than ChatGPT did over a comparable early period, according to Appfigures estimates.
Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
Meta's Muse AI assistant and its new Mac app can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes, but an interaction reported by a writer raised questions about how it accessed message contents.
Snap is launching a new Specs AI tool, and it’s coming to iOS and Mac
Snap is introducing Specs Intelligence, an AI assistant that connects digital accounts to help with tasks and travel, launching alongside its Specs AR glasses and available on iOS and Mac.
Claude comes for Gemini with its own take on Docs and Slides
Anthropic is adding Docs and Slides tools to Claude and unifying its chat experience, making Cowork, Design, and Artifacts available from any conversation.
Helping older adults use AI in everyday life
OpenAI and AARP are hosting free, hands-on ChatGPT workshops for 1,000 older adults in 10 U.S. cities, aiming to build practical and safe AI skills.
With iOS 27, I’m actually using Siri again
With iOS 27, Apple has released its long-delayed Siri overhaul, which the writer says changes how useful the assistant feels day to day.
Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
Meta says it is changing the suggested prompts of its AI chatbot after a viral video showed it asking invasive questions about a user's young children.
Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
OpenAI details how its Habitat storage system grew from a Python library into a globally distributed platform supporting 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22 million requests per second.
Amazon Quick is now generally available on desktop
Amazon has made its Quick AI assistant desktop app generally available on macOS and Windows, and added an activity feed consolidating email, calendar, and CRM on mobile.
Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work
A second mathematician has publicly challenged OpenAI over the origins of the data behind its mathematical results, alleging dishonesty and a lack of transparency.
ChatGPT Sketch turns your bad drawings into detailed AI images
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.5, including a new Sketch feature that converts user doodles drawn inside ChatGPT into AI-generated images based on text instructions.
Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
Meta introduced Muse, a personal AI agent designed to handle everyday tasks such as online shopping, sending emails, and planning trips, as part of a broader strategy to catch up with AI rivals.
Hikers rescued after using Google Gemini for planning
A sheriff's office reported that hikers required rescue after using Google Gemini to plan a trip, saying the tool advised them to bring far less food and water than their group needed.
Deploy a multimodal WhatsApp ordering assistant with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
AWS explains how to build a WhatsApp ordering assistant on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore with Amazon Nova 2, accepting text, voice notes, and real-time calls on one number with shared memory across channels.
Trinity: Agentic AI-powered transition planning for students with disabilities
University Startups and AWS partner g/d/n/a built Trinity, a serverless multi-agent AI on Amazon Bedrock that creates IDEA-aligned transition plans for students with disabilities.
ATV Big Air Tour turned 3 days of work into 3 hours with ChatGPT
ATV Big Air Tour reports using ChatGPT Work to speed up marketing and merchandising, including converting merchandise photos into an inventory website in 15 minutes.
The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok
The Pentagon will add versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok to its central portal for AI tools, where Google's Gemini is already available.
A milestone in expanding access to AI
OpenAI reports that ChatGPT Ads reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate and is expanding globally to support broader access to AI through free and affordable options.
Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI
An opinion piece contends that Google's Gemini and other consumer AI products have branding problems that force users to understand their underlying product architecture.
Claude Cowork finally remembers what you told the app in chat
Anthropic is introducing shared memory between Claude's chat and Cowork, letting the AI retain context on projects and preferences across both.
Democratizing institutional knowledge: Building an AI-powered knowledge management system with AWS
AWS describes how to build a customizable knowledge management system that delivers institutional knowledge via a voice-first AI avatar, using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases for RAG.
Instinct’s powerful AI assistant is raising privacy and security concerns
Early testers praise Instinct's AI assistant, but its sweeping access, broad terms, and capacity to act on users' behalf are prompting privacy and security concerns.
How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom
An MIT Technology Review newsletter piece looks at how schools, caught off guard by chatbots, can foster smarter use of AI tools in the classroom.
Over 1 million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button
LinkedIn's chief product officer says its "Seems like AI slop" button, launched July 30th, has been clicked by over a million users, alongside new AI-detection classifiers.
ChatGPT can now send texts for you with new Apple Messages plug-in
ChatGPT is being offered as an automated text-writing tool through a new Apple Messages integration, allowing it to compose and send texts for users.
Google Discover is getting an AI chatbot-tuned feed
Google will let users customize their Discover feed by describing what they want to see through a chatbot-style interface, with the feature rolling out to the Google app in the coming days.
Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps
Meta has launched a new Mac app that utilizes its Muse Spark model to enable voice dictation, improving user interaction with applications.
Customize Amazon Quick embedded chat into your application
AWS details how to customize Amazon Quick embedded chat within a web application, covering styling, branding removal, and a custom agent persona to match a brand.
Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
After Perplexity's free AI offer through Airtel ended for new users in India, its revenue in the country rose roughly 60% while downloads fell.
ChatGPT is getting a dedicated mode for teens
OpenAI is launching ChatGPT for Teens, a dedicated mode that bundles existing youth safeguards with new safety features and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17.
We still don’t know how people are really using AI
AI companies publish reports on how people use tools like Claude and ChatGPT, but researchers note the data is self-selected and lacks independent verification.
Have a laugh at AI’s expense by roleplaying as a chatbot
A web project called Your AI Slop Bores Me lets humans roleplay as a chatbot, responding to another person's text or image prompts within a time limit.
Microsoft’s Clippy-like Mico character is no longer the face of Copilot
Microsoft's Copilot will no longer display Mico, its animated yellow avatar, in voice mode. The character is moving to the Learn Live platform.
Microsoft is combining its Copilot apps ahead of a ‘super app’
Microsoft is combining its Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into a single unified interface, moving both personal and work accounts to one app ahead of a planned 'super app.'
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
Google's Gemini reached 1 billion monthly users, following ChatGPT, which passed the same mark weeks earlier according to OpenAI and external data.
Google’s Gemini app surges to 1 billion users
Google's Gemini app has reached 1 billion users, with the company reporting 63% of users engage via voice and more than 150 million images generated daily.
Testing ads in ChatGPT
OpenAI has begun testing advertisements in ChatGPT, aiming to support free access while promising clear ad labeling, answer independence, privacy protections, and user control.
Ford’s new AI assistant can check your fuel levels and tire pressure
Ford is rolling out an AI-powered chatbot in its Ford and Lincoln apps that answers vehicle-specific questions such as fuel levels, cargo capacity, and towing limits.
ChatGPT brings unlimited text chats to free users
OpenAI has announced that free users of ChatGPT will now have access to unlimited text chats and a new functionality called the 'think button' for complex queries.
OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats
OpenAI says ChatGPT free and Go tier users will get unlimited text chats starting next week, along with a new 'Think' button for higher reasoning.
Improving GPT‑5.6 Sol in ChatGPT—and expanding access to GPT-5.6 Luna for free users
OpenAI has improved GPT-5.6 Sol in ChatGPT and expanded access to GPT-5.6 Luna, offering unlimited everyday chats for free users.
Elon Musk’s attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn’t been updated in months
A Lawfare report says xAI's AI-generated encyclopedia Grokipedia has not updated any entries in over three months, despite its ambitions to rival Wikipedia.
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is introducing Rules Hub, a suite of LLM-powered moderation tools that let mods automate rule enforcement, with expanded access now and a full launch planned later this year.
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google announced it will start removing access to Google Assistant on Android phones, tablets, and paired devices from September 4th, following the arrival of Gemini.
The latest AI news we announced in July 2026
Google AI has announced a series of updates regarding their advancements in AI technologies as of July 2026.
Apple finally fixed Siri. So why does it feel anticlimactic?
Apple's AI update finally makes Siri the assistant it was meant to be, but the launch feels anticlimactic amid AI agents that already handle complex tasks.
Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT
According to House spending records, OpenAI's ChatGPT is the most-used paid AI tool among congressional offices, applied to drafting memos, summarizing legislation, and constituent communications.
Siri AI could come with a paywall for power users
Apple CEO Tim Cook has floated the idea of letting Siri AI power users buy more compute via the company's existing iCloud+ subscription plans.
Univé builds an AI-ready workforce
Univé used ChatGPT Enterprise to develop an AI-ready workforce, pairing leadership and responsible governance with employee-led innovation to change how work is done.
Tim Cook hints at iCloud Plus tier for AI power users
During an earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that iCloud Plus could let users pay to raise their Apple Intelligence and Siri AI usage limits.
Friend re-launches its AI pendant with a speaker that talks to you, for twice the price
Friend has relaunched its AI pendant, adding a speaker so the device can talk aloud rather than only messaging back, now sold at double the previous price.
Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed a Copilot 'super app' that unifies chat, coding, and agentic capabilities across consumer and commercial experiences, launching this year.
Hint, a new AI startup co-founded by Martha Stewart, offers an AI assistant for homeowners
Hint, co-founded by Martha Stewart, is a new startup offering an AI assistant for homeowners that unifies property records, maintenance schedules, and home documents in a single app.
Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
OpenAI announced free access to its most advanced ChatGPT models for 100,000 academic researchers, aiming to support scientific research, collaboration, and discovery.
How AI is expanding what people do at work
New OpenAI research reports that AI is broadening the tasks workers handle, with ChatGPT users taking on activities across roles and shifting job boundaries.
Why Cognition bought Poke: AI personality is becoming a competitive advantage
Cognition has acquired AI assistant Poke in a deal valuing it in the low nine figures, bringing Poke's conversational interaction model to Cognition's coding agent Devin.
Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistant
Meta is adding productivity features to its AI chatbot, including calendar integration, daily briefings, and steerable research, powered by its new Muse Spark 1.1 model.
OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app
OpenAI has added voice mode to the ChatGPT desktop app. ChatGPT Voice can operate alongside ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents.
Alexa Plus is getting an AI update to handle more complicated instructions
Amazon is updating Alexa Plus so it can connect to smart home devices in new ways and route complex requests to the correct device across brands like Bosch, Whirlpool, and iRobot.
Google closes in on another billion- user product with Gemini
Google's Gemini surpassed 750 million monthly users as of February, positioning it to potentially become another billion-user product for the company.
Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI has introduced a ChatGPT for Small Businesses program aimed at helping entrepreneurs develop AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work.
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was ‘silencing an entire generation’
Author Dave Eggers, invited by Sam Altman to speak to about 200 OpenAI staffers, reportedly criticized ChatGPT, saying its effect on educators is catastrophic.
Why teens deserve access to safe AI
OpenAI describes its approach to safer AI for teenagers, including age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls, and collaboration with experts.
Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
Apple has released the iOS 27 public beta, letting iPhone owners try its revamped AI-powered Siri and other new features before the software's official launch this fall.
Spotify expands its AI push with a ChatGPT-like music assistant
Spotify is introducing an AI-powered conversational feature that lets Premium subscribers chat with the app to find music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.
How data science teams use ChatGPT Work
Data science teams can utilize ChatGPT Work to generate reports and specifications, enhancing their efficiency in data analysis tasks.
Siri AI is already changing how I use my iPhone
The Verge tested iOS 27, now in its first public beta, highlighting Siri AI changes alongside performance and Messages improvements in what it calls a maintenance-focused update.
Waze is getting a bunch of new AI-powered features
Waze is gaining four new updates, two of which use Google's Gemini assistant, including conversational voice reporting and a new Destination Search feature.
AI Voice Agents in Call Centers: What Works, What Frustrates
AI voice agents can now hold a real phone conversation. Here is where they genuinely help in call centers, where they backfire, and how to roll them out so customers don't revolt.
The ChatGPT browser is already dead
OpenAI is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas, its browser feature, less than a year after its launch as part of a strategic shift to enhance productivity.
AI in Education: Personal Tutors, and the Integrity Question
AI promises every student a patient personal tutor — and hands every student a way to skip the work. Here is where AI genuinely helps in education, and the integrity questions it forces.
Perplexity: The AI Answer Engine Challenging Traditional Search
Perplexity answers questions with concise, cited summaries drawn from the live web — positioning itself between a search engine and a chatbot. Here is what it does and where it fits.
AI in Customer Service: What Works, What Backfires
Customer service was one of the first big enterprise uses of AI. Here is where it genuinely helps, where poorly deployed bots backfire, and what a good rollout looks like.
What Is a Large Language Model? A Plain-English Guide
LLMs power ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini — but what are they, really? This beginner guide explains how they work, what they're good and bad at, and the vocabulary you need, with zero math.
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: How to Choose an AI Assistant
The three major AI assistants are closer in quality than the marketing suggests — which means your choice hinges on ecosystem, workflow, and use case. A practical decision framework.