Artificial intelligence

Base44 Superagent Brings AI Phone Calls to Everyday Tasks

Base44 Superagent can make and receive phone calls for users. It can help with appointments, vendor quotes, research and call retries. Users provide...

Microsoft AI Chief Warns Against Treating AI as Conscious, Raises Concerns Over Anthropic’s Approach

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman warns that treating AI as conscious could introduce unnecessary safety risks. He criticises the idea of designing AI...

Meta’s Zuckerberg Says AI Labs Can Build Safely Without Slowing Development

Mark Zuckerberg says AI companies already have enough financial, competitive and legal reasons to build safer systems. Meta delayed its Muse AI agent...

Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Get Major Health Upgrades With Smarter Insights and New Readiness Score

Apple is taking another big step into health and fitness with the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, introducing a new...

Siri AI vs Gemini: Apple May Have Found the Right Way to Make AI Feel Useful

For years, Siri has been one of those Apple features that was easy to overlook. It was useful for simple requests, but rarely felt...

Google AI Helps Cathay Pacific Cut Contrail Warming by 40% in Early Tests

Google and Cathay Pacific are testing AI that helps aircraft avoid atmospheric conditions likely to create persistent contrails. Early tests involving 80 Cathay...

OpenAI Astra Is More Powerful, But Experts Warn of New AI Risks

OpenAI Astra uses recurrent depth reasoning to reconsider problems multiple times, potentially making it more capable on complex tasks. Experts worry that increasingly...

Google Gemini Mount Shasta Rescue Raises Fresh Questions About Trusting AI Outdoors

Three inexperienced hikers used Google Gemini while planning a Mount Shasta climb. Gemini reportedly estimated the ascent would take about eight hours, but...

Anthropic Finds A New Way To Monitor AI Misuse Without Holding Enterprise Data

Anthropic has introduced Enterprise Frontier Safeguards to improve AI safety monitoring for enterprise customers. Sensitive activity data is designed to remain within customer-controlled...

Anthropic Wants To Give AI Agents A Common Language For Machines

Anthropic has introduced a preview of the Model Hardware Standard to help AI agents control programmable machines. The system could connect equipment such...

Fired Developers Build AI That Puts the CEO Job Under the Automation Microscope

Developers reportedly affected by an AI transformation created OpenExecutive, a system designed to support work normally handled by senior executives. The project applies...