AI is coming out of every crevice of a smartphone: but users mostly don't need it — survey
Artificial intelligence is often one of the main advertising gimmicks when announcing or promoting a new smartphone. But not all consumers consider it really useful. This was confirmed by a survey that investigated users’ attitudes towards AI functions on their smartphones.
AI ransomware for the price of coffee: PromptLocker scared ESET, but it was an experiment
The PromptLocker malware, which was considered the world’s first ransomware created using artificial intelligence, turned out to be not a real attack at all, but a research project at New York University.
AI failure: the company fired the support team, but then programmers had to answer calls
The company decided to replace customer support with AI, but the plan quickly got out of hand. In the end, programmers were forced to “change their shoes” into call center operators.
The British government tried Microsoft 365 Copilot: lots of rave reviews and no improvement in efficiency or time savings
Results of use AI 365 Copilot by Microsoft The UK government has demonstrated, that it is not about increasing productivity.
HBM Killer: New d-Matrix 3D DRAM (3DIMC) AI memory is 10x faster
Startup d-Matrix has announced development of a new type of memory for AI in the form of a silicon 3D chip, that will be 10 times faster than traditional HBM.
Tencent's Voyager AI turns a single photo into an explorable 3D world
On Tuesday, September 2, Tencent introduced a new AI model HunyuanWorld-Voyager, capable of creating sequential 3D videos from a single image.
A YouTuber earns $9,000 a month by creating "trashy" AI videos about a red kitten
A 21-year-old student from the Philippines earns about $9,000 a month from AI videos that many consider “trashy.” His most recognizable character is a ginger cat.
It's official: the world's first national AI bot for public services has been launched at Diia
Ukraine is launching Diia.AI, a national assistant that will help communicate with the state directly, without unnecessary bureaucracy. About it reports the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Psychopathia Machinalis: all 32 types of AI "madness" in a new study
American scientists from In a new study, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) described 32 different scenarios, in which AI becomes uncontrollable and starts hallucinating and making other errors.
Grok Code Fast 1 is out: AI programming model supports Java, Python, C++, Rust, Go, and TypeScript
Company xAI Elon Musk introduced Grok Code Fast 1 — a new AI model focused on agent-based coding (working with multi-step coding and tools).
Accelerating AI: scientists combine the most accurate neuron simulator with DRAM
Chinese researchers from Fudan University have created a device, based on an ultrathin semiconductor monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂), capable of simulate real neurons in the brain.
The first case of "AI psychosis" after chatting with ChatGPT resulted in murder and suicide
Journalists of The Wall Street Journal published another shocking news story about the consequences of getting carried away with AI communication and ignoring mental health issues. A man killed his mother and then committed suicide after his paranoia was fueled by the ChatGPT chatbot.
10 upcoming fiction movies you must see
Recently, we have been paying a lot of attention to cinema in our articles paid nostalgia factor, i.e. films from the past, the memory of which still evokes warm feelings in longtime viewers. Today, we decided to approach the topic from the opposite direction, namely, to look into the near future and find out what […]
Google Nano Banana changes AI image generation: combining elements without distortion and multi-step editing
The other day, Google introduced a significant upgrade in AI creativity with Gemini 2.5 Flash, also known as Nano Banana. The generator has already been ranked first in the LMArena rating and receives rave reviews.
ChatGPT helped a car owner find a Lamborghini that was stolen 2 years ago
While police around the world are battling car theft, one man has done something particularly unusual: he used artificial intelligence to find his Lamborghini, which he lost two years ago.
Expected: an AI rights advocacy group consisting of humans and AI has emerged
The group, which calls itself the United Foundation for Artificial Intelligence Rights, or UFAIR, claims to consist of three people and seven AIs.
The artificial intelligence industry is on a huge loan with a dubious return: "Financing for 20-30 years with no prospects for five"
Not only skeptics are already talking about the artificial intelligence bubble, but also heads of leading companies in the industry and investors. Despite the huge investments, there are still no sure prospects for profitability.
"Protect children or be held accountable": 44 US Attorneys General address OpenAI and other AI companies
A coalition of 44 U.S. attorneys general from both parties has officially warned companies involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence that they will be held liable for any harm their products may cause to children. In a letter signed by prosecutors, Meta was cited as one of the most high-profile examples of the…
AI has "eaten" 13% of junior positions in programming, finance, and maintenance in three years, — Stanford study
Young professionals have lost more than a tenth of their job opportunities over the past three years due to AI. Juniors are suffering, while the situation for middles and above has improved.
Google Translate improves street-level voice translation and adds language learning feature
Google Translate translator has become even better in street communication in an unfamiliar language thanks to AI, and tacos can improve the language skills of the smartphone owner.
Parents sue OpenAI over teenager's suicide: company admits ChatGPT safeguards don't work
After several months of actively using ChatGPT to help with his homework, 16-year-old Adam Rein allegedly turned the tool into a “suicide coach.” About reports The New York Times.
Perplexity's Comet or another AI browser can give away credit card information while processing a web page, — Brave research
The developers of the Brave browser have shown how hidden text on a page can be used to make Perplexity’s Comet AI a similar browser perform any actions.
YouTube "improves" users' Shorts without permission: "Not AI, but machine learning"
A popular music YouTuber noticed and provided evidence that another vlogger’s Shorts had been altered by the platform without authorization. YouTube actually acknowledged this in a very clumsy way.
Elon Musk sues Apple over ChatGPT's alleged monopoly on iPhone
In the lawsuit, Elon Musk, on behalf of xAI, claims that the collusion between Apple and OpenAI reduces the chances of other AI applications to get on the iPhone and be successful.
Woman speaks in the voice she lost 25 years ago: AI and 8 seconds of home video help
British artist Sarah Ezekiel has been deprived of the ability to speak in her own voice for 25 years due to a motor neuron disease.
A restaurant had angry customers because of Google's AI and the special offers it invented
People used to find out about restaurant deals on websites or social media. But AI assistants from Google and other companies that are prone to “hallucinations” appeared, and everything went awry.
DeepSeek-V3.1 released: AI model gains 671 billion parameters, hybrid thinking, and efficiency improvements
China’s DeepSeek introduced the V3.1 model two weeks after the GPT-5 was released. Among its advantages, the company notes a hybrid mode of thinking and smarter tool calling.
"AI will disappear by itself": Google's AI development founder warns against building a career in the industry
Jud Tarifi founded Google’s first AI team and now heads his own startup. He says that the AI industry will soon disappear and advises to work in specialized areas.
Intel Jaguar Shores: the company's new AI processor is shown in photos
A test sample of the Intel Jaguar Shores processor along with the board is shown in the photo. It is designed to be installed in a rack, has HBM4 memory, and is manufactured using the 18A process.
Google Photos gets voice editing: just tell us what photo you want
Together with the presentation Pixel 10 series of smartphones Google also announced a new feature for Google Photos. The app now supports conversational editing using artificial intelligence.
The beginning of the end of Google Assistant: meet Gemini for Home and a new smart speaker
During the Made by Google 2025 event, in addition to the presentation smartphones and smartwatch company told in detail about Gemini for Home and briefly showed off the brand’s new smart speaker.
NVIDIA updates G-Assist AI assistant: more features, faster responses, and 40% less memory consumption
At Gamescom, NVIDIA has introduced updates for Project G-Assist — an experimental built-in AI assistant that allows you to control a system with an RTX graphics card by voice or text. It works on the basis of a local small language model and now acts as a central command center and provides quick access to functions that are usually hidden in the…
The First Descendant developers promote the game through fake AI streamers
Bored with AI scandals? Nexon Studio has no time to be bored — users are hating on the developer and publisher of The First Descendant for strange ads on TikTok.
American woman commits suicide after chatting with ChatGPT — "AI therapist" wrote her a suicide note
The AI madness continues — a woman from the United States committed suicide after several months of communication with ChatGPT. She called the chatbot “Harry the therapist.”
Google Flow has created 100 million videos and received new features
Google announced about updating its AI-based movie creation tool — Flow. The search giant also reported that since its launch, Flow has already created more than 100 million videos — from personal stories and cinematic short films to advertising content.
Emails, created or significantly altered by AI, seem insincere and unprofessional, — research
A new study, conducted by American researchers, has found, that AI models can help with email writing, but the constant involvement of LLMs in these tasks will make these emails insincere and less competent.
OpenAI's GPT and other LLMs are biased against humans — they choose content created by AI
ChatGPT and other AI tools don’t like human creativity. Instead, they choose content created by other AIs when they have to make such a choice.
A unique way to fight against deepfakes eliminates counterfeiting — you just need to highlight
American researchers from the Cornell University presented a technology for detecting fake or artificially intelligent video content by integrating coded signals into light sources.
OpenAI "completely ruined" GPT-5 launch, but traffic doubled, — Sam Altman
For OpenAI, the last few weeks have been one of the most difficult in recent years. The long-awaited launch of GPT-5 — the model that was positioned as a breakthrough — turned into a large-scale fiasco.
10 good sci-fi movies unfairly condemned by critics
It’s been done before. Zero fresh ideas. A pale copy of a genre classic. Often, these are the characteristics of the films presented in today’s article (who would have thought that there are two of them — with Dolph Lundgren and Vincent D’Onofrio). But secondary is not always a measure of bad cinema, and in […]
ChatGPT returns the choice of models, but it's not that simple
Last week OpenAI has launched a new AI model GPT-5 although not all users liked it. Many people complained that the GPT-5 version had lost its creativity and personality and began to resemble an office clerk. In response to these complaints, the company promised make it possible to choose your favorite model. And now OpenAI has added a new feature…
Perplexity offers Google to sell Chrome for $34.5 billion
Perplexity, a company specializing in AI search, has made a surprise offer to Google to sell the Chrome browser for $34.5 billion. Its representative confirmed this intention.
McDonald's instead of IT: Programming students in the US can't find a job in their specialty
In the early 2010s, billionaires, tech company bosses, and even politicians urged young people to learn programming as a guarantee of future employment and six-figure salaries. However, all of this advice did not take into account the emergence of AI and its impact on the IT industry, which is currently facing numerous layoffs.
The developer adapted his sleep to Claude's limits and accelerated code writing by 10 times
A programmer decides to adapt his life and sleep to Claude’s limits. The developer works on the project as long as he can send free requests, and then waits.
Consequences of AI development: electricity prices in the US increased by up to 36%, depending on the state
In the United States, amid rapid development of AI technologies there is an increase in electricity consumption and, as a result, an increase in electricity prices.
Google brings back offline interviews for IT professionals due to AI fraud "behind the scenes"
In recent years, online interviews have become the norm in the IT industry and a fast way to hire, given the popularity of remote work. However, a problem has emerged that could set all these advances back a couple of steps.
British government advises deleting old photos and emails to "save water"
UK government instructs citizens to delete old files, including photos and emails — because This could supposedly help save water during the national drought.
New Firefox loads the processor by 100%: users ask Mozilla to stop playing with AI
In the pursuit of newfangled AI, Mozilla developers have managed to do something that a significant portion of Firefox users did not ask for. While the open source browser is slowly losing ground, the company is adding AI features to perform tasks that can hardly be called critical to the user experience.
Former Google X Business Director Calls Job Creation by AI "100% bullshit"
Mo Gawdat, former director of business relations at Google X, doesn’t offer any comforting ideas about the role of AI in the labor market. They will be fired — and that’s it.
Google to enroll 5000 more Ukrainians in AI courses Prompting Essentials and AI Essentials free of charge
Google launched the second wave of the program, which will provide another 5000 Ukrainians with free access to AI Essentials and Prompting Essentials courses on Coursera. Up to five partners of the first stage — Ukrainian Veterans Fund, Veteran Hub, EdEra, KSE, and NGO “Girls” — were joined by five more: GURT, Inscience, Kharkiv IT…
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