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This week on The Reg's Kettle podcast, we wonder whether tokenminning is going to bring the industry back down to Earth

OpenAI just merged the ChatGPT desktop app with Codex - and removed my favorite productivity features. What were they thinking?

Waze is getting a slew of AI-powered features, including personalised navigation, motorbike mode, and minimised alerts over audio.

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The Shark AI Robot Vacuum AV2501AE is on sale at Amazon for $269.99, down from its typical $289.99 price.

Like Google Maps, Waze is going all-in on Gemini.

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Lawsuit alleges job-swappers took secrets with them, helped by coaching on how to avoid scrutiny

Pulls AI-powered image tweaker after allowing free-for-all

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The best way to celebrate AI Appreciation Day is to not.

Called "Muse Image," this proposed tool would have allowed users to use public-facing Instagram photos as references for generative AI.

The RAMpocalypse may be the precursor to the AIpocalypse

Bots, not people, are now the ones who use the internet the most

Apple lawsuit against Sam Altman's OpenAI explained, including trade secret theft, former employees, AI hardware, and supplier claims.

The role will be replaced by an executive in charge of both research and safety teams.

OpenAI and Anthropic have built AI Swiss Army Knives, but the future may be smaller built-for-purpose tools

ChatPlayground is a new platform that gives you lifetime access to 20+ AI tools and lets you compare results

Meta has deactivated the Muse Image capability to create AI deepfakes of any public Instagram account you @-mention.

Adrienne Murray has rare access to Microsoft's Quantum Lab in Denmark.

Meta's release this week of an AI feature that let people alter Instagram content drew swift blowback.

Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”

The lawsuit also names io Products, the hardware company led by Jony Ive.

Atlas will be shutting down as OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Work.

Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace productivity

Firm faces quandary of wanting to help the environment, but also wanting to force AI on everyone

OpenAI has launched a new family of LLMs: GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna, but they're not all the same.

AI's ushered in a new era of reskilling. Here's what the industry can learn from the last decade's drive to put people in tech jobs.

NEO's new robot is impressive, but also very, very creepy at times.

Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative by 2030, but its AI push has wrecked its goal.

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Some ideas need workshopping, others need a warning light

NVIDIA launches trading cards that feature 'GeForce PC gaming's great moments.'

More patches mean more reasons to buy Redmond’s auto-patching tools

One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form

OpenAI's long-awaited super app is here.

OpenAI's latest announcement looks like a lot more than a model upgrade.

If Google's AI tools are used, it will automatically be noted in My Ad Center.

The latest GPT Live Voice models can listen, speak, and conduct online research all at the same time. Does it feel like you're talking with a real person? Almost.