Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech

Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image.

How AI broke the smart home in 2025 
How AI broke the smart home in 2025 

This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn’t do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon’s generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time […]

Robocars 2025 In Review: Tesla v. Waymo And More

The biggest stories of the year, with no surprise, the Waymo and Tesla constrast playing a big role in the year’s news.

The 5 Most Powerful Agentic AI Browsers You Can Try Today

Agentic AI browsers are beginning to transform how we use the web, moving from passive tools to autonomous digital assistants that take action online.

ChatGPT’s yearly recap sums up your conversations with the chatbot
ChatGPT’s yearly recap sums up your conversations with the chatbot

ChatGPT is joining the flood of apps offering yearly recaps for users. It’s rolling out a “Year in Review” feature that will show you a bunch of stats – like how many messages you sent to the chatbot in 2025 – as well as give you an AI-generated pixel art-style image that encompasses some of […]

OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks

OpenAI says prompt injections will always be a risk for AI browsers with agentic capabilities, like Atlas. But the firm is beefing up its cybersecurity with an ‘LLM-based automated attacker.’

Open Source Project With Little Revenue In Talks To Raise At Least $160 Million

The startup behind popular Github project vLLM is out fundraising, as venture capitalists hunt for companies building tech that can make AI systems run more efficiently.

Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks

Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for the data center and clean energy developer.

ChatGPT’s Year-In-Review Dials The Sycophancy Up To 11

Here’s how to get your year-in-review from ChatGPT. Just be warned: you’re in for a very sugar-coated experience.

ChatGPT launches a year-end review like Spotify Wrapped

The experience includes awards, poems, and pictures referencing your year in chat.