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This AI tool adds typos into your emails

"Sinceerly" is a Chrome plugin that can make your emails sound like they're not AI-written. It adds typos, or goes full "CEO mode."

OpenAI releases "Spud" GPT-5.5 model

AI releases are getting faster, more efficient and more powerful.

Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?

Pending refresh? RAM shortage? AI agents? There are many possible explanations.

Decoupled DiLoCo: Resilient, Distributed AI Training at Scale

Google’s new distributed architecture keeps AI training runs on track across distant data centers, with exceptional efficiency – even when hardware fails.

Explained: Why the UK is Looking to AI for Cyber Defence

The UK Government has committed £90m to SMEs, while calling on AI companies to strengthen the nation's defences and sign the Cyber Resilience Pledge

Tesla slips one-sentence disclosure of a mysterious $2 billion AI hardware acquisition into its latest filing

A single line in a new Tesla regulatory document says the company "entered into an agreement to acquire an AI hardware company."

Claude Design just cut 60% of your designer's week

Claude Design shipped April 17 alongside Opus 4.7, in research preview. The coverage split cleanly. One camp: Figma’s stock dropped 7% and commentators argued about what that means for the design software industry. Another camp: the tool has real rough edges and commentators argued about whether those break the story. Both frames miss the point.

Is Elon Musk building the AI Avengers?

As the internet digests the SpaceX-Cursor deal, we've got the scoop on another startup Musk explored a partnership with.

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

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Vibe Check: GPT-5.5 Has It All

OpenAI’s new model is a top-end senior engineer—and easy to talk to