The Algorithm Will Bill You Now: AI Creeps Into Travel Charges
With summer in full swing, travelers must beware that artificial intelligence (AI) systems could spot mishaps and misbehaviors that might…
Musk Embedding Ads Into X’s Chatbot
Elon Musk will reportedly let companies promote their brands within X’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Thursday (Aug. 7),…
Shopify’s Universal Cart Makes AI the New Storefront
Shopify has launched three tools to make it easier for developers to embed the eCommerce functionality to whatever they are building,…
DraftKings Ups Monetization With Mobile-First Personalization
In a perfect world, profitability and innovation go hand-in-hand. For DraftKings, which is currently live in 25 U.S. states and Washington,…
Peloton Pivots to ‘Healthspan’ Strategy of Holistic Wellness
Peloton is repositioning itself as a holistic wellness brand, expanding beyond its origins in connected fitness as part of a broader…
Vectra AI Introduces MCP Server for Threat Investigations via AI Assistants
Cybersecurity AI company Vectra AI today announced Vectra AI MCP Server, designed to bring natural language access to the Vectra…
Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced a three-year, $1 billion commitment to provide artificial intelligence training and tools to U.S. higher…
First impressions of Alexa+, Amazon’s upgraded, AI-powered digital assistant
I owned a lot of Alexa-powered devices in my former home: There were Amazon Echos in most rooms, including an…
Google denies AI search features are killing website traffic
Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google…
Microsoft brings OpenAI’s smallest open model to Windows users
Microsoft is making OpenAI’s new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, available to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, the tech…
AI obsession is costing us our human skills
A growing body of evidence suggests that over-reliance on AI could be eroding the human skills needed to use it…
Generative AI trends 2025: LLMs, data scaling & enterprise adoption
Generative AI is entering a more mature phase in 2025. Models are being refined for accuracy and efficiency, and enterprises…
Inside Tim Cook’s push to get Apple back in the AI race
While other tech companies push out AI tools at full speed, Apple is taking its time. Its Apple Intelligence features…
Snap Focuses on AI as Advertising Revenue Slows
Snap says changing consumer behavior and tariff-related pressures are hindering advertising demand. The social media company released earnings Tuesday (Aug. 5) revenues of…
AI-powered airline pricing raises red flags over fairness and transparency, Northeastern experts say
As airlines turn to artificial intelligence to set flight prices, Northeastern University experts are raising alarms about the risks to…
MLPerf Releases AI Storage v2.0 Benchmark Results
MLCommons has announced results for its MLPerf Storage v2.0 benchmark suite, designed to measure the performance of storage systems for…
Wells Fargo Deploys AI Agents Business-Wide
Wells Fargo is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to roll out artificial intelligence agents across its business, marking a major step in…
AI tools help supercharge entrepreneurship
Katia Shek is no stranger to the startup hustle. The rising senior in Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy…
Lyric Raises $43 Million for AI-Powered Supply Chain Platform
Supply chain platform Lyric says it has raised $43.5 million in new funding. The company’s Series B round, announced Tuesday (Aug. 5), will allow…
CSIRO researchers boost AI to read chest X-rays smarter and more accurately
Scientists from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have developed a world-first method to teach artificial intelligence (AI) how to write…