Pope Leo XIV Calls For Distinction Between Human Art And AI-Generated Content
Pope Leo XIV has renewed the Vatican’s criticism of artificial intelligence-generated creative works, arguing that a fundamental difference exists between art created by humans and content produced by machines. The…
Laytr Launches Privacy-Focused App To Save Articles, Videos, PDFs, And More For Later
Laytr is positioning itself as more than a traditional read-it-later service following the shutdown of Mozilla’s Pocket in August. The new app allows users to save a wide range of…
Demand For .si Domains Surges After Trump Order Rebrands AI As “Super Intelligence”
The .si domain extension has seen a sharp increase in registrations after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to replace references to “AI” and “artificial…
Tesla Delivers More Than 486,000 Vehicles In Third Quarter As Overseas Demand Offsets U.S. Weakness
Tesla delivered 486,532 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2026, exceeding Wall Street expectations and marking its second consecutive quarter of stronger sales performance. The company also produced 464,391…
Rivian Recalls 14 R2 SUVs Over Improperly Tightened Battery Fasteners
Rivian has recalled 14 R2 electric SUVs after discovering that a fastener connected to the high-voltage battery may not have been properly tightened during manufacturing. The defect could cause a…
California Law Requires Robotaxi Companies To Provide Local Emergency Support
California has adopted new rules requiring autonomous vehicle companies such as Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox to provide local, on-the-ground support when their vehicles crash, become disabled, or interfere with emergency…
Lyft Agrees To Pay $272.5 Million To Settle California Driver Misclassification Case
Lyft has agreed to pay $272.5 million to settle allegations that it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors rather than employees between 2016 and 2020. The proposed settlement still requires…
Trump Reportedly Consulted Grok About Venezuela Before Maduro Capture
President Donald Trump reportedly spent hours using Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot during a private meeting in December 2025, including asking how Venezuelans might react if President Nicolás Maduro were captured.…
OpenAI Adds Virtual Try-On And Favorites To ChatGPT Shopping
OpenAI has introduced two new shopping features for ChatGPT, adding virtual try-on for clothing and accessories and a Favorites tool for saving products inside the app. The update marks another…
Fervo Energy Starts Selling Power From Cape Station Ahead Of Schedule
Fervo Energy has started commercial electricity sales from the first section of its Cape Station geothermal project in Utah, one day ahead of its contractual deadline. The first GeoBlock reached…
OpenAI Parts Ways With Three Safety Researchers Over Alleged Information Sharing
OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers on its safety team after an internal investigation found they mishandled sensitive company information outside established procedures. The researchers allegedly shared confidential information…
Graphite Study Finds Thousands Of Persistent Writing Tells Across Leading AI Models
Graphite researchers have found that leading AI models still produce thousands of recurring words, phrases, and sentence patterns at substantially higher rates than human writers, even as familiar signals such…
MyMonthlyCar Connects Dealerships With Drivers For Month-To-Month Used Car Rentals
MyMonthlyCar is building an online marketplace that lets dealerships rent their used vehicles to drivers on a month-to-month basis. The Florida-based startup aims to give dealers another way to use…
AWS Releases Open Source Strands Decider 2B For Faster AI Agent Decisions
Amazon Web Services has released Strands Decider 2B, a small open source AI model designed to make fast decisions inside agent workflows without relying on a full large language model…
Shopify Launches Canvas To Build Online Stores By Chatting With AI
Shopify has introduced Canvas, a new AI-powered workspace that lets merchants build and customize online stores by describing what they want to Sidekick, Shopify’s AI agent. Instead of relying mainly…
California Governor Newsom Vetoes Bill Targeting Secret Recordings With Smart Glasses
California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have imposed new restrictions on secretly recording people with wearable devices such as smart glasses. Newsom said the proposal used definitions…
Tesla’s ‘Amazing Abundance’ Vision Still Lacks Detail More Than A Year After Master Plan IV
More than a year after Tesla published its fourth Master Plan, CEO Elon Musk continues to describe a future of “amazing abundance” driven by AI, humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, and…
Airbnb Adds AI Search As Brian Chesky Questions Chatbot-Only Travel Interfaces
Airbnb has introduced AI-powered search as part of its fall product update, while CEO Brian Chesky says chatbot-only interfaces still do not work well for travel discovery. The company is…