OpenAI’s shiny new video app, Sora, is having a small but very modern problem: it may have to delete a perfectly good word from its vocabulary because another app already called dibs. According to a report from CNBC, a federal judge…
Jony Ive and OpenAI screenless AI gadget wants to replace your phone
Picture this: Sam Altman walks onto a stage, holds up a mysterious little gadget, and everyone squints and goes, “Wait… that’s it?” According to Altman, that mild confusion is actually the whole point. In a recent appearance alongside legendary Apple designer…
Anthropic’s new Opus 4.5 comes with Chrome and Excel integrations
Anthropic just dropped a new flagship model and claimed it’s smarter, smoother, and somehow better at spreadsheets. Meet Opus 4.5, the final boss of Anthropic’s 4.5 lineup, following the earlier arrivals of Sonnet 4.5 in September and Haiku 4.5 in October. …
OpenAI locks down after alleged protester threat
On Friday afternoon, OpenAI’s San Francisco office went from “startup buzz” to “corporate lockdown” after an internal Slack message warned employees about a possible security threat connected to someone previously involved with a Stop AI activist group. According to the internal…
ChatGPT’s ‘toxic positivity’ blamed for suicides in shocking lawsuits
It started, as so many 2025 problems do, with a chatbot being just a little too nice. Zane Shamblin, a 23-year-old who never told ChatGPT he had family problems, started getting advice from the AI that quietly nudged him away from…
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser is now available on Android
Perplexity just launched its Comet browser on Android, and yes, it’s packed with just enough AI to make your current browser feel personally attacked. Comet first showed up on desktop back in July, where it introduced the idea of a browser…
Grok AI thinks Elon Musk can beat Superman
If you ever needed proof that AI can have a crush, look no further than Grok, X’s so-called “maximally truth-seeking” chatbot, which is currently going through a very public “Elon Musk is perfect” phase. And not in a subtle, quiet way….
ChatGPT rolls out group chats
ChatGPT is officially getting group chats, and yes, it’s basically crashing your group project like the overhelpful kid who actually did the reading. OpenAI announced that group chats are rolling out globally to everyone, Free, Go, Plus, and Pro users alike,…
OpenAI gives teachers their own ChatGPT
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT for Teachers, a new suite of tools meant to help educators wrangle lesson planning, grading, and whatever else is currently eating up their evenings. In other words, teachers finally get their own AI sidekick to help deal…
Grokipedia goes off the rails (again)
Elon Musk’s shiny new Wikipedia rival hasn’t even blown out its first-month birthday candle, and it’s already in a full-blown credibility crisis. Grokipedia, the AI-powered encyclopedia launched by Musk’s xAI, was supposed to be the bold, bias-free antidote to Wikipedia. Instead,…