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98% of US households aren't paying for AI yet
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AI Tells: Opus 5.5 Update
We extend our AI Tells study to Claude Opus 5.5. Its word distribution is closer to human writing than Opus 5’s, while GPT-6 Astra’s is further away than…
Claude now works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
With our new Claude for Google Workspace add-on and connectors (in beta), bring Claude into your Google files or work on your files directly from Claude.
Parents Are AI-Generating Pictures of Their Kids Instead of Paying for School Photos
Desperate for a cheap and easy alternative to school photos, parents are feeding images of their children to ChatGPT.
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Models as Insider Risks in the Super Intelligence Era
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What will you find here? This month, new research finds that AI-assisted writing can appear more creative while becoming less conceptually distinct. Meanwhile, classroom observations of 20 AI-powered products show that implementation matters as much as the tool itself, and a new EdReports analysis h
Dots: Always-on agents built to handle everything | ChatGPT
Meet your dot. It learns your priorities, takes on ongoing tasks, and keeps making progress between conversations, giving you more time for what matters.
This Photo Is an A.I. Fake. Can You Tell?
We want you to look closely — very closely — at this fake image and spot any errors.
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website
The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip. The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.
A College-by-College Guide to Which Majors Pay Off — or Don’t
College is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. We built a tool to compare the earnings of all available majors in a federal data set at nearly every school.
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Introducing GPT-6 Astra: the most intelligent and aligned model in the world.
GPT-6 Astra achieves state-of-the-art results on benchmarks for long-running computer-use tasks across professions and desktop apps, which means anything you...
Keep Teens Off ChatGPT, Says Youth AI Safety Institute | KQED
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated OpenAI's new teen version of ChatGPT an “Unacceptable Risk.” OpenAI disputes the institute’s findings.
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ChatGPT helps you get answers, find inspiration, and be more productive.
5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience
HHMI Janelia, Google and partners mapped the brain and central nervous system of a male fruit fly, a key model organism in science.
Getting the most out of Opus 5.5 in Claude and Claude Code / claude.dev Blog
How to prompt Opus 5.5, steer a long run, and check your results in Claude apps and Claude Code.
Google Workspace Updates: Introducing skills in the Gemini app and Workspace, plus what’s next for Gems
Court Tosses Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played
An appellate court in Arizona threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after an A.I.-generated video of his victim was played in court.
What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
Teachers union reaches AI privacy deal with Microsoft
The tech giant has agreed not to use student or teacher data to train AI and not to track students using the technology.
An AFT spokesperson said the union is in active talks with other tech companies — OpenAI and Anthropic — to adopt the standard’s provisions.
Pervs Distraught as Meta Bricks Their Smart Glasses Remotely
Meta has started disabling its smart glasses' cameras of customers who tampered with their recording light.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says 38,000 ChatGPT queries use as much water as the production of one almond — says data centers use no more water than an office building
“For every 38,000 ChatGPT queries, that is the same amount of water that is used in the production of single almond in California.”
Meta sued for recording people who never bought its smart glasses
A class action against Meta has now been expanded to include people who never bought its AI glasses. The amended complaint, filed recently, adds bystanders as plaintiffs who allege that they were reco...
These Privacy Apps Are Using Smart Glasses' Own Wireless Signal to Track Them - CNET
Amid broad privacy concerns, new apps such as Zuckoff help detect smart glasses in the wild.
Zuckoff, whose name takes a direct jab at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has joined a small ecosystem of apps such as Antizuck Smart Glasses Scanner and Nearby Glasses that offer similar functionality — letting you know when someone has smart glasses activated and how close the device is, although they can’t tell you specifically whether someone is actively recording or using AI to pull up information. The apps detect approximate device proximity by sweeping local Bluetooth frequencies to locate vendor IDs, system identifiers and hardware signatures associated with smart glasses.
The FTC has a plan for regulating AI—without creating new rules for AI
The agency’s investigation into OpenAI and Anthropic shows how regulators could apply decades-old consumer protection laws to frontier technology.
AN AI POLICY ISN’T A PLAYBOOK – Center for Digital Thriving
Why are AI data centers using so much electricity? - Sajan Saini
Explore the challenges and possibilities of AI data centers, and how these rapidly expanding complexes use energy and resources.--Since 2019, over a thousand...
Introducing Astra for Law
OpenAI for Law brings frontier intelligence for law, custom firm workflows, connected legal data sources, and legal-grade controls for confidential client work.
See which jobs are most threatened by AI and who may be able to adapt
Most web designers will be fine. Many secretaries won’t. Women largely hold the most vulnerable occupations. Look up your job to see how at risk it is.
Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence
Announcing Gemini 4 Argon, our frontier model for real-world coding, enterprise knowledge work, and cyber defense, rolling out soon.