Forget the doom-and-gloom headlines about AI stealing jobs. According to the CEO of mental wellness app Calm, the real story is about augmentation, not replacement. He sees a future where technology, like AI emotion-recognition tools, actually enhances our human capabilities at work.
OpenAI just released GPT Image 1.5 to all ChatGPT users. It’s a new “native multimodal” model that edits images by treating them like text, making alterations frighteningly simple. This is a clear move to counter Google’s recent gains in AI image generation.
Meta is running a test that restricts professional Facebook accounts to posting just two links monthly without a paid Meta Verified subscription. Meanwhile, industry chatter suggests the potential Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount merger is definitively off the table.
Researchers are training robots on human motion data to make interactions like handshakes more natural. The goal is to move beyond reactive programming to socially aware behavior. But getting it right in the real world is proving difficult.
Organizations are slashing networking costs by up to 50% using open-source software like SONiC on commodity hardware. Foundations like the Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) and CNCF are hosting critical projects that deliver AI and 5G capabilities faster than traditional vendors.
Following a US court ruling that stops Apple from charging for out-of-app payments, EU developers are protesting. They say Apple’s new 5%+ fee in Europe creates an unfair advantage for US-based competitors and violates EU gatekeeper rules.
A severe security vulnerability in the Motors WordPress theme, used by over 20,000 sites, has been patched. The bug let any logged-in user, even a basic Subscriber, upload and activate arbitrary plugins to gain full administrator control. Site owners must update to version 5.6.82 immediately.
OnePlus has unveiled the Pad Go 2, a budget Android tablet with a surprising software promise. It will receive five years of OS updates, which is one more year than the company’s latest flagship phones.
Anthropic is launching a week-long pilot program where an AI will interview users about their experiences with AI. The goal is social science research, but the company acknowledges the weird, self-referential nature of it.
Broadcom’s financials are soaring, with infrastructure software sales including VMware jumping 39% to $6.9B last quarter. But 2025 also saw a startling brain drain, as key leaders from sales presidents to VMware’s research co-founder left for competitors.
