Siri AI Still Isn’t Coming to EU iPhones
Siri AI is Apple’s rebuilt assistant. It can hold real conversations, understand what’s on your screen, and take actions inside apps. In the EU, Apple blocked it on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, including the new chat-style conversation app, expanded Visual Intelligence, new writing tools, and a Siri mode in the Camera app. Three weeks
Anthropic bans users from being ‘cruel’ to its AI systems
Anthropic has raised eyebrows by announcing it will ban users from “sustained and needless” abusive behaviour towards its AI. The Claude-maker said on Thursday it was updating its usage policy to let its tools end interactions where people are “cruel” – something it said it had done in “rare” cases prior. It will now be
ChatGPT specialsafeguards for Teens
In August, OpenAI rolled out its ChatGPT for Teens — a default, safer mode for under-18 users — announcing it in a blog post. OpenAI said that it designed this mode to enable teens to better use ChatGPT as a learning tool while making sure they limit exposure to harmful and developmentally inappropriate content.ChatGPT for
Meta bans TikTok ads on its platforms
Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has banned advertisements by ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, on its platforms in the United States and a handful of other countries, a company spokesperson said on Oct 8. The move marks an escalation in the long-running rivalry between Meta and ByteDance, whose video-sharing app TikTok has emerged as one
India’s three-pronged strategy for sovereign AI
India will soon get a consultation paper on the regulation of Artificial Intelligence — laying the groundwork for future governance of the technology across sectors. The announcement came even as top officials highlighted the data transfer risks posed by proprietary AI models and stressed the need for ‘strategic autonomy’. Projections shared by the government at
Gemini AI agent can now work on behalf of group of people in office
Google is giving its workplace AI a bigger role with a new Gemini agent that can work not only for an individual employee but also on behalf of a group of people or a specific role inside an organisation.Announced at Gemini at Work 2026, the Gemini agent is being positioned as a single AI system
Microsoft plays the Windows card in the AI game
Microsoft is turning to an old friend and a familiar advantage in search of a new edge in AI. The company and its longtime partner Nvidia on Wednesday started taking orders for a new line of high-end Windows PCs built to run large AI models independent of the cloud. Microsoft also announced what it calls
Meta Takes New Steps to Combat Child Exploitation
Sophisticated bad actors who try to exploit children online don’t stay in one place. These determined predators move across different platforms, and change their tactics to evade detection. Staying ahead requires constant adaptation and that is why Meta is continuously evolving its tools, sharing signals across the industry, and reporting offenders to law enforcement so
AI may reduce work to 3 days a week
AI is expected to change the way people work but Amazon founder Jeff Bezos believes its impact could go much further. Bezos says AI can increase productivity so much that some people may eventually be able to work only three days a week and still earn enough to support their families. In an interview with
U.S. military prepares new Iran war options
President Donald Trump and his national security team have discussed possibly resuming large-scale U.S. military operations in Iran in the coming weeks, including the option of launching strikes before the midterm elections next month, according to a U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the discussions.The options, drawn up after a meeting of President