‘We must urgently bridge the gap’: Google’s Sergey Brin says Gemini is behind Claude in one important AI field, according to leaked memo

Google wants its AI agents to outdo Claude Code and help coders and researchers work faster, according to a new leaked memo.
…

This browser plugin lets you track your AI ‘water footprint’ — and ‘pay it back’ to communities in need

A new plugin enables you to see exactly how much water your AI prompts are using up, and make a donation to offset it by giving water back to communities in need.
…

I turned my text messages into a song with Suno and now my dinner plans sound like a pop duet

Tricks to avoid sounding like an AI chatbot

‘The 1000 TOPS consumer’: How the NPU-everywhere strategy could turn every user into a walking supercomputer by 2030

The 1,000 TOPS consumer: Multiple devices could deliver powerful distributed AI capability by 2030

,
You won’t believe AI’s take on the ‘history’ of Stonehenge — and I am so over AI slop

Heaven help us — YouTube is now overflowing with historical AI slop, and it’s making it hard to find the real thing.
…

‘Building a PC in 2026 is an absolute treat’: I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to pick my perfect gaming rig, and it nearly cost me my sanity

Here’s how I trained ChatGPT and Gemini to help me shop for a new gaming PC… and why I don’t think you should do the same.
…

, , , , , , ,
AI did what? Gemini, Val Kilmer, Claude Mythos and more of the week’s most surprising developments

Have you been paying attention to the latest AI news? Take our quiz, then catch up on AI bringing Val Kilmer back, Gemini mastering human writing and more.
…

, , ,
ChatGPT was down for many —as OpenAI says it’s ‘monitoring the recovery’

ChatGPT is down for many users right now globally —here’s what we know about the outage.

Humanoid robot beats human world record for the first time at the Beijing half marathon — but some are still stumbling at the starting line

Take a look at the robots running in the second Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China.

I tried Gemini’s new Skills feature in Chrome — and it’s like a mini toolkit of AI shortcuts

Chrome’s AI Skills transform repeated prompts into one-click tools

,