Ever had that moment when you’re deep into a roleplay—your character’s tragic past, their secret crush, the cursed amulet—and suddenly the AI ditches all that like it never happened? Frustrating. I’ve danced through a handful of AI chat apps that claim “great memory,” and here’s my testing breakdown. Let’s find out who can actually remember

Virtual Avatars Outsell Humans in China’s Livestream Boom In China’s frenetic livestream e-commerce scene, AI-powered “virtual human” presenters are outshining real streamers. A digital avatar—a Brother printer mascot—already scores 30% higher sales on platforms like Taobao, all thanks to AI choreography, real-time responses, and tireless energy. This isn’t gimmick; it’s a new model redefining what

Sarah Ezekiel, diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) back in 2000, had been communicating via a robotic-sounding system—until now. A scratched eight-second VHS clip captured her authentic speech, which tech teams at Smartbox and ElevenLabs used to recreate her natural voice with her Cockney accent intact. Her children, Aviva and Eric, heard her true voice

Google has just supercharged its Workspace suite with some fresh AI muscle—making everything from writing emails to crafting presentations feel a whole lot smarter. The latest rollout brings several killer features powered by Gemini, including audio versions of Docs, AI image editing in Slides and Vids, and sleek process automation through naming Gems and Workspace

Ever wished your AI chat companion could be less “text-only,” more “puts on a dress and steps off the page”? If you’ve ever felt like words alone don’t cut it—especially when you want visual flair mixed with spicy or heartfelt storytelling—you’re in the right place. I dove into a handful of AI chatbots that do

The internet is starting to look less like a buzzing digital town square and more like a battlefield where bots outnumber people. According to a recent Axios report, AI-powered bots are now responsible for nearly half of all online traffic, flipping the script on what the web was originally meant to be—a space for human

The question has probably crossed your mind: if you fed a machine enough selfies, old school pictures, and maybe that awkward headshot you took in bad lighting—could it recreate a “twin” of you? Not just a generic avatar, but something uncannily familiar. That’s the rabbit hole of AI twin generators, and once you tumble in,

The vision of the cloud as a cost-efficient solution captured the imagination of IT leaders during its years of mass adoption. Enterprises expected to save significantly by leveraging the scalability of public cloud infrastructure and paying only for the resources they used. However, as reflected in the 2025 Crayon IT Cost Optimization Report, the reality has

Anthropic has bundled Claude Code, its agent-based command line interface (CLI) coding tool, into the enterprise plans for its generative AI chatbot Claude, in an effort to help streamline developer workflows as well as to take on rivals such as Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot. “Enterprise and Team customers can now upgrade to premium

AI agents are undeniably powerful, but wielding that power responsibly is another story. This month’s picks dive into the real-world dos and don’ts of generative AI: Best practices for using genAI tools for code generation, how to avoid the trap of over-relying on a single tool, and why so many agents fail at understanding business