Google's AI Mode Update Tries to Kill Tab Hopping in Chrome
… As AI has taken over online search tools, many websites and publishers have complained about drops in traffic. …
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Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shake-Up
… OpenAI previously said Brockman would oversee product strategy in her absence. The company tells WIRED that Simo remains on medical leave, and expects her return, noting that she worked directly with Brockman on these organizational changes. …
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
… We have always valued constructive dialogue with employees and we’ll remain focused on creating a positive and successful workplace.” The company has previously defended its deals with government organizations. “We are proud to be part of a broad consortium of leading AI labs and technology and clo… …
Inside OpenAI’s Race to Catch Up to Claude Code
… Sottiaux and Embiricos had kept building and shipping updates during the negotiations. By August, Altman says, OpenAI hit the accelerator. …
Google I/O 2026 Live Blog: All the Gemini and Smart Glasses Updates as They Happen
… Several WIRED folks are on the ground in Mountain View, California: Boone Ashworth, Julian Chokkattu, Lauren Goode, Steven Levy, and Reece Rogers. Follow our live updates below. …
Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder
… No new hardware announcements or updates were made at Friday’s event. World first launched the iris-scanning Orb back in 2023, alongside a mobile app that contains “mini apps” for different verification and blockchain-related programs. …
Google Search Goes Agentic—and Doesn’t Need You Anymore
… Google enabled these changes to generate more personalized answers for users—with some high-profile flubs as part of its growing pains. AI Overviews and AI Mode further abstracted my daily experience of using a search engine. …
Apple Will Pay $250 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over Siri’s AI Features
… Court documents state that a $250 million common fund will provide successful claimants with “a presumptive per-device payment of $25 for each eligible device, which may decrease or increase up to $95 per device depending on claim … The Settlement also reflects that Apple anticipates delivering add… …
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
… When PIRG researchers posed as ‘PIRG AI Toy Inc.,’ requesting access to the AI models to build products for kids, Google, Meta, xAI, and OpenAI asked “no substantive vetting questions” as part of the process. …
SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing
… In the filing, SpaceX repeatedly claims that xAI’s mission is to develop “truth-seeking artificial intelligence.” In practice, that has often meant launching AI features with minimal guardrails. …