• Duolingo Leans Into AI, Phases Out Contract Roles in Push for Scalable Learning

    Duolingo, the Pittsburgh-based company behind the chirpy green owl and more than 500 million users, has officially declared itself "AI-first." But beneath that buzzy label lies a seismic restructuring— one that shifts roles, reshapes how hiring and performance are evaluated, and redefines the relationship between people and technology at Duolingo. Read Now

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    Meta Launches Stand-Alone AI App, Escalating Rivalry in Competitive GenAI Race

    Meta Platforms unveils a stand-alone artificial intelligence app built on its proprietary Llama 4 model, intensifying the competitive race in generative AI alongside OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI. Read Now

  • The High Price of Politeness: Why Saying 'Please' to ChatGPT Costs Millions

    The physics of AI are relentless. Unlike traditional software that responds with minimal processing, generative AI models spin up massive computations every time they're prompted, even for a simple "thank you." Adding a few extra words to a prompt may seem trivial, but in practice, it means more data is processed, more servers are engaged, and more electricity is burned. And yet users who adopt polite language tend to get better, more cooperative responses from AI tools like Copilot. Read Now

  • Managers Pull Back from AI Replacements as Worker Anxiety Persists

    A growing number of managers say they no longer want to replace workers with generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, according to a new survey, even as concerns about AI’s broader impact on jobs remain high. Read Now

  • OpenAI Brings Image Generation Model to Its API, Enabling Broader Developer Access

    OpenAI has made its latest image generation model, gpt-image-1, available through its API, enabling developers and businesses to integrate image generation into their applications and platforms. Read Now

  • Interoperability Rides Again!

    Our columnist holds forth on the role of interoperability in the evolution of technology, and the new demands for Agentic interoperability. Read Now

  • OpenAI's GPT-4.1 Delivers Upgrades in Coding, Context Processing, and Efficiency

    OpenAI’s latest AI model family, GPT-4.1, is bringing significant advancements to the generative AI space with stronger performance across software development, instruction following, and long-context comprehension, which caters directly to the needs of developers, enterprises, and agentic systems. Read Now

  • Washington’s New Chip Ban Slams Nvidia, Reshapes Global AI Race

    The United States government just made life a lot harder for Nvidia—and by extension, the entire AI hardware ecosystem. In a fresh escalation of tech tensions with China, the Trump administration has imposed sweeping export restrictions on high-performance chips, and Nvidia's AI-optimized H20 processor is squarely in the crosshairs. Read Now

  • SandboxAQ Taps NVIDIA DGX Cloud to Advance AI-Driven Scientific Discovery

    AI and quantum computing firm SandboxAQ announced a collaboration with NVIDIA on Monday aimed at accelerating breakthroughs in scientific discovery and industry innovation through the deployment of a new Large Quantitative Model (LQM) platform powered by NVIDIA DGX Cloud on Google Cloud. Read Now