Alexa for Shopping is a chatty new AI assistant with some cool tricks to make you spend at Amazon

After years of using Alexa to answer questions, control smart homes, play music, and handle everyday tasks, Amazon has found a more obvious job for it. Alexa is becoming your personal shopper, meant to help you find what you need faster and get it into…

Google is redefining the cursor for computers, and it’s AI-charged future looks ridiculous

Google is giving the mouse pointer a Gemini-powered upgrade on Googlebook, allowing users to point, speak, and get help across the desktop without writing detailed prompts.

Google Gemini can turn your pile of handwritten notes into a full study guide in seconds

Gemini can now scan your physical handwritten notes and turn them into a structured study guide or flashcards.

Perplexity’s AI answering engine is not coming to Snapchat, after all

Snapchat has walked away from its Perplexity AI search plan, raising fresh questions about how much AI users actually want inside social apps.

Think music is the worst hit by slop? AI has deeply polluted podcasts, as well

A wave of AI-generated podcasts is moving fast through audio platforms, and a Bloomberg report says nearly 39% of new podcast feeds created over roughly nine days may have been machine-made.

Think vibe-coding will turn you into a rich entrepreneur? You might want to read the risk brief

A new report from the Association for Computing Machinery says vibe coding carries serious risks around security, testing, and long-term code quality.

Microsoft built an AI agent for laywers in Word. Let’s hope it doesn’t go berserk.

A new AI legal assistant is coming to Word as lawyers and courts continue to learn how costly fake chatbot citations can be.

ChatGPT just landed ads, Now, Google won’t rule out ads in Gemini app, of course.

Ads have started appearing inside ChatGPT, and Google is already leaving room for Gemini to follow. The chatbot ad era may be closer than users expected.

Claude just got a scam detector, and it could save you from a costly mistake

Malwarebytes is now integrated with Claude. Paste a suspicious link, phone number, or email address, and get an instant answer on whether it’s a scam.

Snapchat’s new ad format makes AI chatbots sound like salespeople

Snapchat’s AI Sponsored Snaps may look like a new ad format, but they also show how quickly chatbots are moving from answering complaints to chasing sales.