The Promise of AI

You’re probably spending more time fixing your smart home than using it. Here’s how I cut down my family’s reliance on Alexa.

As OpenAI expands in every direction, the new CEO of Applications is on a mission to make ChatGPT indispensable and lucrative.

An observatory detected the first radio signal from the interstellar object 3I/Atlas. Here’s what it means.

The AI’s latest trick is following the schedule you set for it.

Sam Altman says the one-person billion-dollar company is coming. Maybe I could be that person—if only I could get my colleagues to shut up and stop lying.

Deliriants like Benadryl can bring on terrifying hallucinations in high doses. Some Gen Z-ers are taking at least a dozen pills at a time—and challenging others to do the same.

A new US law enforcement initiative is aimed at crypto fraudsters targeting Americans—and now seeks to seize infrastructure it claims is crucial to notorious scam compounds.

The company that wants you to #optoutside for Black Friday is having its sale early. Gear up for next year with these great deals on packs, sleeping bags, merino wool, and more.

Anthropic believes AI models will increasingly reach into the physical world. To understand where things are headed, it asked Claude to program a quadruped.

Plus: State-sponsored AI hacking is here, Google hosts a CBP face recognition app, and more of the week’s top security news.

Secret chatbot flings are creating new legal challenges for married couples when it comes to infidelity.

The biggest retail event of the year has grown into an entire month of sales that ebb and flow. Here’s how to make the most of it.