Meta is quietly redrawing the map of online privacy. Starting December 16, 2025, your casual back-and-forth with Meta AI—yes, those friendly conversations on Facebook or Instagram—will become part of how the company tailors the ads and posts you see. According to a recent report on Meta’s new AI-driven ad system, the rollout will begin with

Google’s recent whitepaper, “Welcome to the Era of Experience,” signals a shift in the way AI agents are trained. Google’s paper hypothesizes that allowing AI agents to learn from the experience of agents rather than solely from human-generated training data will enable autonomous AI to surpass its current capabilities. After all, even when trained on

APIs, or application programming interfaces, started out as a mechanism to let computers talk to other computers, but somewhere along the way, they’ve evolved into an ecosystem all their own. For virtually any development need, there is likely an API ready and waiting to deliver. Like the Lincoln Logs or Lego bricks of old, APIs

There’s something about a phone call that texting never quite matches. The pauses, the sighs, the little chuckles—it’s all part of the music of human connection. But here we are in 2025, with AI companions stepping into that intimate space. The question is: can they really replace the raw, messy, heartfelt emotion of a call

The AI scene in Europe just got spicier. Black Forest Labs, the German startup behind the much-hyped FLUX image models, is reportedly in talks to raise $200–300 million, aiming for a dizzying $4 billion valuation according to Financial Times. Now, who would’ve thought a few years back that a quiet lab nestled in Germany would

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has thrown down the gauntlet, urging EU nations to embrace an “AI-first” strategy in the automotive sector, with self-driving cars at the forefront. Speaking at Italian Tech Week in Turin, she declared that if the U.S. and China are already cruising with autonomous vehicles, Europe should not be

Lovescape is an AI-powered companion platform where you can create, chat, and interact with your own virtual partners. Unlike many “sanitized” alternatives, it leans heavily on being uncensored, personal, and imaginative. Think of it as a digital space where fantasies and storytelling collide, giving you a mix of intimacy, roleplay, and fun conversation without the

I’ll admit it—at first, I didn’t get the hype. Another chat app? Really? As if we didn’t already have a graveyard of them sitting on our phones. But then I tried one of those Smitten ai chat apps, and suddenly I understood why everyone seems to be whispering (or shouting) about them. They’re not just

Magic mushrooms have been used in traditional ceremonies and for recreational purposes for thousands of years. However, a new study has found that mushrooms evolved the ability to make the same psychoactive substance twice. The discovery has important implications for both our understanding of these mushrooms’ role in nature and their medical potential. Magic mushrooms

United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors to sift through posts, photos, and messages—raw material to be transformed into intelligence for deportation raids and arrests. Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED show that the agency is seeking private vendors to run a