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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.