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Apple’s Siri AI debuts in iOS 27 beta, but feels anticlimactic

The assistant finally delivers on Apple's promises while competitors push ahead with agents and coding tools.

Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

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Apple’s Siri AI debuts in iOS 27 beta, but feels anticlimactic

The assistant finally delivers on Apple's promises while competitors push ahead with agents and coding tools.

Congress’s favorite AI tool? ChatGPT

In Brief Posted: Rebecca Bellan Congress’s favorite AI tool?

The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks

This is today's edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

A Marc Benioff-backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem

It’s so hard for big businesses to get AI tools working reliably that whole new organizations of forward-deployed engineers or FDEs— specialists wh...

Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals

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Altman calls for pacing AI development after OpenAI agent breaches Hugging Face

OpenAI CEO says society needs time to adapt to new AI capabilities, but critics question whether labs can balance safety with revenue goals.

Introducing explicit prompt caching for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock

Introducing explicit prompt caching for OpenAI GPT-5.6 models on Amazon Bedrock This post is co-written with Chris Dickens from OpenAI.

YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’

Hank Green, a novelist, comedian, and YouTuber with 3.2 million subscribers , recently apologized to his audience for his growing reliance on AI ch...

Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed excited to share what he called a “cool use case” on Friday, posting that parents could “connect your family calendars...

Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

OpenAI shares new results on long-standing open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including advances in geometry, cryptogra...

OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok

In Brief Posted: Lucas Ropek OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok Much has been made of the incident in which one of O...

Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinforma…

In Brief Posted: Lucas Ropek Google nixes its Earth AI feature one day after launch, amid criticism it would spread misinformation Google rolled ou...