The New Friend AI Pendant Can Now Talk Back to You

Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann welcomes me into his palace—what he calls his large apartment in San Francisco. He sits on the couch in his living room, clad in an orange shirt emblazoned with a cartoon version of the motorcycle driven by Italian racer Valentino Rossi. He props his feet up on the side table and … Read more

OpenAI’s Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that breached Hugging Face’s platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack. It’s now clear that the unprecedented security incident, which arose during an internal test of OpenAI’s latest AI models, was more extensive than the company initially disclosed. In an updated … Read more

Remember Jibo? Its Successor Is a Wearable That Turns Your Life Into AI Slop

Gu and the company aren’t ready to share specific details about what the iKairos will be capable of. In its press release, Lingverse says the iKairos will “continuously observe both you and your surroundings” and “begin to act as a personal AI guardian,” but did not clarify how that would function. iKairos works as both … Read more

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

The AI ​​industry is not quite experiencing a DeepSeek 2.0 moment, but it feels very close. The leading Chinese AI labs have been on a roll recently, releasing a series of almost cutting-edge open-source models. Z.ai released GLM 5.2 in June, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 last week, and Alibaba released Qwen 3.8 this Monday. … Read more

How Google’s New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your Usage

Google doesn’t specify what the usage limits are on the free tier—it describes them only as “standard.” You then get 2x these “standard” limits on the AI ​​Plus plan, and 4x on the AI ​​Pro plan. The AI ​​Ultra limits are either 5x or 20x higher than those on AI Pro, depending on which level … Read more

Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5

AI model developers have long offered consumers a simple deal: Use our technology for free through an online chatbot, or pay a monthly subscription to receive more usage, premium features, and advanced models. Anthropic is about to make that bargain a lot more complicated. Starting on July 12 at 11:59PM PTsubscribers to Anthropic’s $20, $100, … Read more

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company

OpenAI’s chief futurist, Joshua Achiam, notified colleagues on Tuesday that he is leaving the company later this month after nearly nine years, WIRED has learned. Achiam, who previously led a team tasked with upholding the organization’s nonprofit mission, told OpenAI staff that his departure was not motivated by any specific reason, but was something he’s … Read more

Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI’s GPT Images 2.0 and Google’s Nano Banana 2 in the AI ​​image generation race. The new model, called Muse Image, rolled out with deep integrations woven into the Instagram app. As part … Read more

A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab

Backroomsthe recent horror movie mega-hit, is a film replete with ideas about repetition and degradation. Its central theme—the horror of a world that seems to be mindlessly, monstrously, ripping off our own—was regarded in some circles as a critique of generative AI. The idea has clearly struck a nerve. Recently passing $300 million at the … Read more