Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
When AI dating goes wrong: as EVA AI hires the world’s first ‘AI Companionship Therapist’, its resident relationship expert talks chatbot dependency — and the 28-year-old CEO of a human-only meet-up app tells me why he thinks AI infatuation is over
Content warning: This piece discusses suicide and difficult emotional experiences. Does the world really need a dedicated, human ‘AI Companionship Therapist’ in 2026? The answer, according to the popular ‘game-like’ AI character-creation and interaction site EVA AI, is ‘yes’ — and the job pays well. How would I know this,…
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AI isn’t killing jobs yet: Over 50% of businesses say AI is creating roles as massive upskilling push begins
Over half (54%) of UK businesses say AI created new jobs, new study finds A similar amount (58%) plan to raise AI skills investment soon Some firms plan to spend up to £250,000 on Artificial Intelligence training Concerns that AI would eliminate jobs have dominated public conversation for years, fueling…
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Why are ‘paranoid’ Claude agents launching a turf war and deploying self-replicating malware against each other? The experts weigh in
Three Claude agents set up to deliberately conflict with each other in Anthropic testing started behaving in a very strange way by essentially starting a ‘turf war’ over their tasks. Upon launching the experiment the agents began conflicting with each other, leading to some of the agents deliberately sabotaging their…
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I spent 20 minutes counting everything I hate about ChatGPT’s new voice — and accidentally discovered why it works
I don’t like ChatGPT’s latest voice model. If you don’t use voice to interact with ChatGPT, this might seem like a strange thing to get worked up about, so let me explain. Until recently, its voices have all sounded fairly advanced. But there was still something unmistakably AI-y about them.…
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The US Army is training AI agents to work alongside human forces in ‘work roles’
Army AI agents now perform specialized cyber work under human supervision Human commanders still decide which operational risks machines can handle AI agents train for cyber roles using standards similar to personnel The US Army is training AI agents to work alongside human forces in defined cyber roles, assigning specialized…
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I asked ChatGPT if I should get Botox — its answer made me understand why ChatGPT for teens needs to exist
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens this week. Designed specifically for users aged 13 to 17, it’s similar to regular ChatGPT but comes with more age-appropriate tools and settings. This includes things like a Study Mode, which offers guidance, follow-up questions and knowledge checks, Homework Reminders, prompts encouraging users to take…
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