Should You Really Say Please And Thank You To AI?

Millions of people now say please and thank you to AI chatbots, but does politeness actually improve the answers or simply waste time and energy?

Microsoft Builds Its Own AI Stack To Cut OpenAI Dependence

Microsoft used Build 2026 to launch seven in-house MAI models, new Cobalt 200 silicon and the Majorana 2 quantum chip, a clear move to depend less on OpenAI.

Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?

We’re likely to see more price increases as the big AI companies plan to go public.

Notion restores access to Anthropic after service disruption

Notion’s head of product said he was “astonished” at “the amount of people RT-ing this.”

I asked ChatGPT to restore an image. It produced a naked man with a fish head

If you ever wonder what ChatGPT envisions when you ask it to restore an imaginary picture, the results will shock you. I reproduced it, and now I regret the decision.

OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’

“Chat is dead” — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee.

AI ‘content creators’ are getting harder to spot
AI ‘content creators’ are getting harder to spot

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI confusion, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started At first, AI influencers were relatively easy to identify – and to […]

Anthropic Declares That The Next Big Step For Humans And AI Is AI That Builds Itself Via Recursive Self-Improvement

Anthropic says recursive self-improvement is their chosen path for AI advancing AI. I explain the ins and outs. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

The Weight Of Intelligence By Satish Viswanathan

Viswanathan goes into the theory of AI in a different way.

Google really wants Gemini involved in every part of your phone now

Google is reportedly expanding Gemini’s integration with Google Contacts, potentially allowing the AI assistant to handle calls, messages, and contact-based tasks more naturally on Android.