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Meta Is Testing an AI App That Writes Bedtime Stories for Your Kids
StoryKit lets parents generate personalised children's stories at the tap of a button. But is handing the world's oldest human tradition to a chatbot actually a good idea?

Google Drops Three New Gemini Models, But the One Everybody Wanted Is Still Missing
Google DeepMind released cheaper, faster AI models on Tuesday, including one built just for cybersecurity. Its flagship 'Pro' model, however, is still delayed.

Google Quietly Upgrades to Gemini 3.6 Flash After 3.5 Fell Short on Coding
Google has released three new AI models, including a surprise version bump from 3.5 to 3.6 Flash. The promised Gemini 3.5 Pro is still not here.

Apple researchers taught AI to practise using apps without needing a real app to practise on
A new technique lets AI agents learn to make software calls by simulating the whole environment inside another AI, cutting one of the biggest bottlenecks in building helpful AI assistants.

Young Adults Are Turning to AI for Emotional Intimacy. Should We Be Concerned?
A new wave of AI companion apps is filling a loneliness gap that many in their twenties say their human relationships no longer can. One reporter who has covered Gen Z for four years says she has watched the shift happen in real time.

AI Chatbots Are Giving Voters Wrong Answers About Which Party to Support
A new study tested AI tools during Hungary's 2025 parliamentary elections and found they recommended parties that weren't even on the ballot. Here's what that means if you ever ask a chatbot for voting advice.

Boston Dynamics Is Teaching Its Robot to Behave, Not Just Move
A free webinar on 22 July reveals how animation tricks and AI are making humanoid robots easier for real workers to trust.

Claude Code's Secret Weapon Is the Software Around the AI, Not Just the AI Itself
Anthropic's head of product for Claude Code explains why the smartest move in AI coding tools right now is building smarter wrappers, not just smarter models.

China's Kimi K3 Is the Biggest AI Model to Come Out of China Yet, and It's Rattling the Market
Moonshot AI's new Kimi K3 has 2.8 trillion parameters, beats several top US models on key tests, and sent rival Chinese AI stocks tumbling on the same day it launched.

Could AI Actually Be Conscious? Serious People Think It's Worth Asking
Anthropic's CEO won't rule it out. A leading philosopher puts the odds at significant. And Claude itself gave a figure somewhere between 5% and 40%.

AI Spots Bugs in Minutes. Proving They Are Real Still Takes a Human.
Security teams are drowning in AI-generated vulnerability reports that look convincing but crumble the moment someone tries to reproduce them. The old rule still stands: show your work or drop it.

The Philosopher Inside Google DeepMind Who Asks: What Is AI, Really?
Iason Gabriel has spent seven years at Google trying to think through what artificial intelligence actually is and what it might do to society. As the business pressure mounts, his job is getting harder.

Before Your AI Assistant Sends That Wire Transfer, Does It Know How Confident It Is?
Apple ML Research says AI agents need a built-in pause button before they take actions that cannot be undone. Here is why that matters for anyone whose bank, app, or workplace now runs on AI.

AI Routing Sounded Like Easy Savings. The Reality Cost Twice as Much.
A team building smart AI systems thought sending simple tasks to cheaper AI models would cut costs. Then the numbers came in.

A consciousness expert just read Anthropic's Claude research. He is not convinced.
Anthropic published findings hinting that its AI model Claude might show early signs of consciousness. A leading brain scientist says the evidence does not hold up.