Alphabet’s latest earnings update didn’t just deliver the usual mix of financial results and forward-looking language—it also offered a surprisingly specific signal about how AI is changing everyday behavior inside Google’s core products. In remarks included with the company’s Q1…
First-quarter earnings season is arriving with a familiar soundtrack—analysts refreshing models, investors scanning guidance, executives promising “disciplined investment”—but this time the spotlight is sharper and the subject more specific. Big Tech’s AI spending plans are about to face their first…
AI-generated video has moved from “look what it can do” to “how do we use it” with startling speed. For a lot of creators, the shift happened in the space between two kinds of demos: the first where models produced…
Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has reportedly raised $100 million in a round led by Sequoia. The timing is notable: it comes just five months after the company’s last major funding…
Elon Musk’s testimony on the OpenAI dispute took a sharper, more personal turn on day two, as the billionaire told the court he now believes he was “a fool” to help fund the early launch of the organisation. In the…
The courtroom is doing what the internet rarely can: forcing the earliest, messy days of OpenAI into a sequence that can be tested, questioned, and—at least in part—verified. In Musk v. Altman, exhibits are being revealed in stages, and the…
Canonical’s plan to bring more AI into Ubuntu has landed in the middle of a familiar debate—only this time it’s happening on Linux, where users have long treated software as something they can inspect, modify, and ultimately control. After Canonical…
Google Photos has taken another step toward turning everyday photo tools into something closer to a creative studio, using generative AI to recreate a piece of pop-culture history: Cher’s iconic closet from Clueless. The idea is simple to describe and…
Google TV is quietly turning into something more than a smart-TV interface. With the latest Gemini updates, Google is pushing the platform further into the realm of “AI media tools”—the kind that don’t just recommend what to watch, but help…
Google Photos is taking another step toward turning everyday photo libraries into something more interactive—and this time, it’s doing it with clothing. The company has launched an AI-powered “wardrobe” feature that lets you virtually try on clothes you already have,…
The courtroom drama between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is not just another celebrity lawsuit. It is a fight over governance, incentives, and the meaning of “mission” in one of the most consequential AI organizations on the planet. As testimony…
Seven families of victims from the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada have filed lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company failed to alert police after its systems flagged concerning activity tied to the suspected shooter. The…