Agentic AI could be retail’s unexpected savior

AI will free time for merchants to focus on strategic and creative innovation. [...]

6 skills everyone needs in the AI era

How to maintain your edge—and your humanity—as AI redefines the workplace. [...]

AI could play a big role in this year’s Black Friday

56% of consumers say they’ll use AI tools in their hunt for deals. [...]

Why is the AI industry scared of this Palantir alum running for congress?

Alex Bores says an AI super PAC targeting him is a badge of honor.  [...]

The ChatGPT effect: How AI changed the way people search for things

Traditional search engines are still the backbone of the online information ecosystem, but searching has shifted in measurable ways with ChatGPT. [...]

This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul

Startup Portola is treating its AI companions like characters in a novel, complete with lore, emotions, and personal lives. The experiment raises the question: Can fiction make better AI companions? [...]

From OpenAI to Nvidia, here’s a list of recent multibillion-dollar AI deals

In the race for AI dominance, companies including Google, SoftBank, and Amazon have signed deals worth billions. [...]

I let AI control my entire PC. Here’s what happened.

Vercept’s Vy AI aims to automate tedious or repetitive computer work, with trade-offs. [...]

OpenAGI emerges from stealth with an AI agent that it claims crushes OpenAI and Anthropic

A stealth artificial intelligence startup founded by an MIT researcher emerged this morning with an ambitious claim: its new AI model can control computers better than systems built by OpenAI and Anth [...]