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How to Use ChatGPT's New App Integrations: Spotify, Uber, DoorDash

OpenAI's app integration ecosystem connects ChatGPT to Spotify, DoorDash, Uber, Wix, and more. Here's what each integration actually does and how to set them up.

Mar 15

Bumble Just Put an AI Chatbot in Charge of Your Love Life

Bumble's new AI assistant 'Bee' replaces the swipe mechanic with a conversational matchmaking agent that profiles users and makes matching decisions on their behalf. The company is testing markets where the swipe is gone entirely.

Mar 14

The Security Flaw at the Heart of AI Chatbots

Most AI chatbots use RAG to fetch answers from a knowledge base that can be poisoned with fabricated documents. New research shows a three-minute attack on a standard laptop can redirect a model to report false financial data with 95% reliability.

Mar 13

The AI That Screens You Before a Human Does

79% of organizations use AI in hiring. The first interview is often a chatbot. Here is what that means for candidates and what the trend signals about where hiring is headed.

Mar 12

After AI-Caused Outages, Amazon Puts Senior Engineers Back in the Loop

Amazon now requires senior engineer sign-off on every AI-assisted code change, following production incidents. Here is what that policy signals and what tools like Anthropic's Code Review are trying to automate instead.

Mar 11

Best AI Chatbots of 2026: Top Picks for Every Use Case

A curated guide to the eight best AI chatbots in 2026, organized by use case: the best overall, the best for writing, coding, research, image generation, and more.

Mar 10 · guides

What Microsoft Copilot Tasks Can Do For You

Microsoft launched Copilot Tasks on February 26, 2026 - an agentic AI that runs in the background, takes multi-step action across apps and websites, and reports back when done. Here is what it can actually do, how to join the waitlist, and what you need to know about the safety controls.

Mar 1 · guides

What Anthropic's Vercept Acquisition Says About Computer Use

Anthropic acquired Vercept, a computer-vision AI startup that built agents capable of controlling software by watching the screen. What the deal reveals about where AI agents are heading.

Feb 26 · analysis

The Industrial-Scale Campaign to Extract Intelligence From Claude

Anthropic says DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot ran 24,000 fake accounts and 16 million Claude exchanges to train their own models. Here is what that means for the AI industry and why the IP question is harder than it looks.

Feb 25 · analysis

Why Samsung Built a Phone With Three AI Assistants

Samsung's Galaxy S26 ships with Bixby, Gemini, and now Perplexity. That's not a feature update - it's a bet that AI distribution is a routing problem, not a winner-take-all race.

Feb 23 · analysis

ChatGPT Agent: What Actually Changed Under the Hood

OpenAI merged Operator, Deep Research, and ChatGPT into a single agentic system in February 2026. Here is what the architectural shift actually involves — and what it does not.

Feb 22

The Protocol Quietly Connecting AI Chatbots to Everything

Anthropic's Model Context Protocol is rewriting how AI chatbots connect to external tools. Here's why MCP matters more than most people realize — and what it means for developers, businesses, and users.

Feb 20 · analysis

What ChatGPT and Claude in CarPlay Tell Us About AI's Next Phase

Apple's iOS 26.4 beta adds ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to CarPlay — a signal about how AI assistants are moving from standalone apps to embedded platforms.

Feb 20 · analysis

The Complete Guide to AI Chatbots in 2026

A comprehensive guide to the AI chatbot landscape in 2026 — covering major platforms, key capabilities to evaluate, how to choose the right tool for your needs, and the trends shaping the industry.

Feb 18 · guides

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: Which AI Assistant Is Best?

A practical comparison of ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini: where each excels, where each falls short, and which one to start with.

Feb 17 · analysis

10 AI Coding Assistants Every Developer Should Know

The 10 AI coding assistants that are changing how developers work — what each one does best, who it is for, and how to build a practical stack.

Feb 16 · guides

How Perplexity AI Is Changing Web Search

How Perplexity AI built a viable answer engine in Google's backyard: what it does well, where it falls short, and why the citation model matters.

Feb 15 · analysis