A senior software engineer reflects on how AI has transformed the development workflow, shifting from hands-on coding to supervising AI-generated code, leading to a decline in creativity and skill, and raising concerns about the industry's future: lack of junior developer pipeline and drying up of public knowledge bases.

Analysis reveals 62% of LLM API calls use unnecessarily expensive models. Model routing, prompt caching, and budget caps can reduce costs by 80-95%.

An interactive website comparing the water footprint of activities like beef burgers and AI queries, showing virtual water consumption per item.

Gitix.ai is a platform for creating, sharing, and evolving AI prompts and skills with version control, covering numerous categories and showcasing trending prompts like security scanners and document generators.

A tool called "Mentioned" tells you if you are recommended by AI.

Tech and AI stocks now make up as much as 12% of most balanced superannuation funds, experts say. The 'magnificent seven' – Nvidia, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla – are increasingly part of super portfolios, unbeknownst to most Australians.

An opinion piece reflecting on how AI like ChatGPT can provide answers but deprive us of the contemplative process akin to prayer, suggesting that not knowing can bring us closer to truth.

A YouTube video shows city counsellors facing criticism over an AI-generated Orange Line map. The video details the map's inaccuracies and the backlash from the public.

FencePreview is an AI tool for fence contractors that generates photorealistic fence previews from a yard photo in ~30 seconds, helping close deals faster. It supports multiple materials and allows precise control over fence placement, including matching actual product photos.

In the trial for a New Year's Day 2025 arson that became one of LA's deadliest wildfires, prosecutors introduced ChatGPT logs alongside location data and footage. The jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of the defense, leading to a mistrial. One juror said she was 'angry' that ChatGPT use was portrayed as a character flaw.

Sequence is a platform designed to enable AI agents to move money autonomously. Launched on Product Hunt, it sparks discussion on AI-finance integration.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says every company should create AI models tailored to its own business, viewing firms as learning systems that cannot outsource learning. He warns against AI concentration and advocates a multi-model strategy.

Google has imposed limits on Meta's use of its Gemini AI models because Meta sought more computing capacity than Google could provide, disrupting some Meta AI projects. Other clients also affected, but less severely.

This working paper introduces Revenue at Risk from AI Displacement (RaR-AID) as a defined financial exposure category and provides a structured calculation methodology. Based on empirical data from 1,427 brand probes across ten industries and four AI platforms, it finds that 87.3% of brands are displaced by competitors in multi-turn AI buying conversations, and 75.7% of brand facts are not used in decision turns. The paper argues that RaR-AID constitutes a material board-level risk.

Two hundred years ago, Prussian philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt created the first public education system with the core concept of 'Bildung' — helping students realize their inner potential to become independent, critical thinkers. As the system spread globally, this key idea may have been lost.

Richard Campbell discusses the realities behind AI hype and looks ahead to 2026.

A man designed and synthesized PAC-832, the first selective GalR1 antagonist for Alzheimer's, using AI in a chemistry lab built in his garage.

A detailed look at how Duration.ai brings real-time voice denoising to smartphones using an open-weight model, achieving results close to paid cloud services.

An investigation reveals that 71% of Dutch public responses to an EU tobacco regulation consultation were AI-generated, with 90% of those coming from a tool created by Philip Morris. Experts criticize the campaign as manipulative lobbying.

A satirical AI detection tool that humorously claims 100% accuracy by checking for em-dashes and antithetical parallelism, mocking the flaws of real AI detectors.

GhostGrid absorbs adversaries into hallucinated infrastructure; ABX seals every agent decision into an Ed25519-signed, tamper-proof ledger for real-time drift detection and verifiable security.

This article describes a method to create SVG icons using AI: first generate PNG images with an SVG-like style, then convert them to SVG using a specialized tool (vectorizer.ai). The author emphasizes using Codex and a two-phase process of prompt optimization and image generation.

Cate Blanchett launches a free website to help people protect their identity from AI systems, continuing her crusade against unregulated AI use.

AgentWatch is an edge service that prevents AI agents from running wild by enforcing session budgets, detecting loops, and providing configurable failover. Integration requires only a base URL change and key combination, no SDK. Supports major providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. Pricing includes Free, Pro, and Enterprise tiers.

This week in AI saw OpenAI release GPT-5.6 with tiered models and safety architecture, Anthropic introduce Claude Tag for structured collaboration, General Intuition raise $320M for action-model training, and the LayerLens Stratix Cup evaluate models through soccer. Numerous research papers and tech releases also made headlines.

An inside look at red team findings on Claude Fable 5, before access was revoked.

MSI's Claw 8 EX AI+ is a worthy sequel, with stronger performance, better ergonomics, and highly effective cooling.

Google's AI offers a lot of convenience in your car, but you're offering up a lot of sensitive information.

The article argues that software quality depends on 'taste'—the deep understanding and elegance that makes software a joy to use—not just correctness. With AI generating code at scale, the risk of technically correct but soulless 'slop' rises. Spec-driven development can help if specs capture taste, not just requirements. The role of engineers shifts from writing code to articulating wisdom. Junior developers need new paths to build judgment through real-world iteration.

Modular announced that its MAX AI models can now run on Apple Silicon GPUs, enabling powerful AI inference on Mac computers.