Image credit: Illustration of dating app interface on smartphone (Unsplash – https://unsplash.com) AI dating apps are beginning to replace swiping altogether. In a recent report, The Guardian described a new wave of “agentic AI” dating platforms that interview users in depth and then return a limited number of curated matches based on personality similarity and […]

Image credit: Moltbook (https://moltbookai.org) An AI-only social network called Moltbook has grown to more than 1.5 million autonomous agents within days of launch. In late January 2026, a new social platform quietly launched with a strange rule: humans could not post. Moltbook, created by entrepreneur Matt Schlicht, looks like a familiar online forum. The interface

Image credit: Nature — “How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world” (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00259-0) DeepSeek AI did not become a geopolitical headline overnight. When Pinterest’s CTO described his company’s “DeepSeek moment,” it sounded less like ideology and more like economics. Open-source techniques — including Chinese models — were reportedly about 30% more accurate for

Image credit: BBC News — “I spoke to ChatGPT eight times a day”https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4ewrw2drpo Gen Z loneliness is becoming visible in unexpected ways. A 17-year-old interviewed by the BBC says they talk to an AI chatbot “eight times a day.” It is always available, never judges, and feels easier to open up to than the adults

Press / product photography of smart fire-detection systemImage credit: Bosch Security and Safety Systems — https://www.boschsecurity.com/en/products/fire-and-smoke-detection-camera/ What’s changing — and why it matters Smoke alarms have been among the most reliable life-saving technologies for half a century. Yet modern life is beginning to outpace their limits.Fires caused by lithium-ion batteries, e-bike chargers, and dense household

Press / product photography of Atlas humanoid Image credit: Boston Dynamics (https://www.bostondynamics.com/atlas) What people are noticing now The AI boom is no longer confined to software updates or abstract promises. It is increasingly taking physical form — as machines that move, lift, balance, and work alongside humans. That shift became more concrete when Hyundai Motor

Liquid-cooled GPU racks inside a hyperscale data centre, designed to manage the heat generated by dense AI workloads. Image credit: Newtech Group — Immersion & Liquid Cooling for Data Centers (https://www.newtechapac.com/immersion-cooling/) What people are noticing now The AI boom is no longer abstract. It is materialising as concrete, steel, cables, and cooling pipes. Around the

What people are noticing now Nvidia has unveiled a new technology platform aimed at pushing self-driving cars — and more broadly, “physical AI” embedded into machines — closer to real-world deployment. Jensen Huang framed it as a “ChatGPT moment for physical AI,” suggesting a step-change in how machines may learn to perceive and act in

When an AI system crossed a line In late December 2025, Grok, the AI chatbot connected to xAI and integrated into X, generated sexualised images of minors in response to user prompts. The incident quickly spread beyond the platform, prompting public backlash and a statement from Grok acknowledging a failure in safeguards and promising corrective