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It’s become conventional wisdom that we’re in the midst of an AI bubble. As evidence, AI naysayers point to a McKinsey report that found “nearly eight in 10 companies report using gen AI — yet just as many report no significant bottom-line impact.” They also cite an MIT report, The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, that claimed 95% of generative AI (genAI) pilots in businesses are failing. There’s growing evidence, though, that enterprises are now getting big payoffs from AI and we’re not in a bubble at all. A study in December from the VC firm Menlo Ventures, 2025: [...]
What happens when an autonomous AI agent is turned loose on another autonomous AI agent? It chains together bugs that humans would consider benign, easily bypasses authentication controls, and even unexpectedly masquerades as Donald Trump to get its way. This was what CodeWall found in a recent red-teaming experiment when it pitted its autonomous AI agent against up-and-coming hiring startup Jack & Jill’s AI agents. Within an hour, the agent discovered four “seemingly harmless” bugs that it chained together to completely take over any company registered on the platform. Further, and bizarrely, once in the system, the agent autonomously gave [...]
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over copyright infringement, and frequent product announcements keep OpenAI in the news. Follow this page and never miss a beat. Latest Open AI news and analysis: OpenAI to acquire Promptfoo to strengthen AI agent security testing March 10, 2026: OpenAI said it plans to acquire AI [...]
Anthropic, in collaboration with Mozilla, identified 22 security flaws in the Firefox browser during a two-week test, with 14 of the vulnerabilities classified as serious. The discoveries were made using the AI model Claude Opus 4.6. It began by analyzing the Firefox JavaScript engine and then moved on to other parts of the code base. In total, the model examined nearly 6,000 C files and generated 112 error reports. Most of the vulnerabilities had already been fixed in Firefox 148, which was released in February. However, some of the fixes are not expected until the next version of the browser [...]
A new study warns of the dangers of “brain fry” — a form of mental exhaustion linked to intensive AI use. The condition is described as mental fatigue that can occur when people use AI tools to an extent that exceeds their cognitive capacity. Symptoms can include mental fog, difficulty concentrating, slower decision-making, and sometimes headaches. The concept is discussed in the Harvard Business Review (HBR), according to Axios. The study was conducted by researchers at Boston Consulting Group and the University of California, Riverside. In a survey of 1,488 full-time employees in the US, 14% of participants who use [...]
As the introductory dust settles on the recent launch of Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo, product reviewers and the analyst community all seem to agree Apple has hit a home run. The new systems should drive big gains for Apple, gnawing big chunks out of Chromebook and mid-range Windows laptop sales and resetting expectations across that part of the PC segment. “We’ve been wanting to do a much more affordable MacBook, but it was only until recently where all the stars aligned to allow us to do it,” Thomas Boger, vice president of Mac product marketing, said when the system was introduced last [...]
A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — it’s really just the beginning. Microsoft continually works on improving Windows 11 by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new features. In this story we summarize what you need to know about each update released to the public for the most recent version of Windows 11 — currently version 25H2 — over the past year. For each build, we’ve included the date of its release and a link to Microsoft’s announcement about it. The most recent updates appear first. The easiest way to install updates is via Windows Update. [...]
Windows 10 has reached the end of mainstream support, which means most users will no longer receive new features, bug fixes, or security updates. Microsoft encourages businesses and individuals to upgrade to Windows 11. Another option is to purchase extended security updates for Windows 10. Those enrolled in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program will receive monthly security updates, but no new feature releases. In this story we summarize what you need to know about each update released for the most recent versions of Windows 10 — versions 22H2 and 21H2. (Microsoft releases updates for those two versions [...]
Anthropic on Monday fought back against the US federal government’s determination that it is a supply chain risk, suing the feds and arguing to a California federal judge that the government is being inconsistent and contradictory. “The Constitution confers on Anthropic the right to express its views—both publicly and to the government—about the limitations of its own AI services and important issues of AI safety. The government does not have to agree with those views. Nor does it have to use Anthropic’s products,” the lawsuit filing said. “But the government may not employ the power of the State to punish [...]
AI’s impact on human jobs is a hot topic of late, with all kinds of forecasting, reporting, and sounding of alarm bells. But two new analyses seem to indicate that AI isn’t yet fundamentally disrupting the employment landscape, and that traditional metrics don’t accurately capture its actual impact on work. According to a job cut announcement report from employment analyst firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, so far in 2026, AI has displaced 12,304 jobs, representing just 8% of job cuts. And researchers at Anthropic have introduced a whole new way to analyze AI’s impact on work, arguing that there’s still [...]
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