Just when I thought I met my slop quota for the month, Google had to go ahead and pile on. With Veo 3, AI-generated video has reached a whole new and stupefying level. YouTube slop; video game slop; VR slop; app slop—you name it. All of that slop, however interesting, disheartening, or inane, has been […]
Apple Knows AI Isn’t What People Really Want, but It Can’t Say That
If you felt like Apple’s WWDC 2025 was a bit light on AI, you’re not alone. While conferences from competitors like Google and its annual I/O keynote were basically breathless in launching new Gemini features, models, and video generation tools, Apple took a more tepid approach. This year, we got a new AI health coach, […]
Apple Intelligence Can Now Creep on Your iPhone Screen
It wouldn’t be a developer keynote in 2025 without a little AI, right? As underwhelming as Apple Intelligence has been since its rollout in October last year, Apple seems to be committed to upgrading that experience with pivotal upgrades like… new Genmojis? Okay, so maybe WWDC 2025 wasn’t a revolutionary year for Apple Intelligence, but […]
Apple Has a Huge Siri Problem That WWDC 2025 Probably Won’t Fix
Apple’s annual WWDC developer conference is almost here, and it’s shaping up to be an important one. Not just for iOS, which is taking another step forward into a rumored redesigned iOS 19—er—iOS 26, or for iPadOS, which just got WhatsApp right on time, or even for visionOS, the operating system for Apple’s seemingly sidelined […]
Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegal Data Use
It’s well known that the AI industry rests on shaky legal ground. Companies like OpenAI have built their multi-billion-dollar businesses on the backs of vast tranches of training data, much of which is sourced from copyrighted content. The creators of that content know they’re being ripped off and, more and more, it’s leading to lawsuits. […]
This AI Company Saw Google’s Veo 3-Powered YouTube Slop and Said, ‘Hell Yeah’
Video generation is all the rage right now. While last month was all about Google’s Veo 3, which has already threatened to deepfake all of YouTube, make incoherent action movies, and automate game development, the fun (or horror) hasn’t stopped there. Just this week, OpenAI announced that it’s making its Sora video generation model available […]
RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Cites Fake Studies
President Donald Trump held an event at the White House last week to announce the release of something called the MAHA Report, a product of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new commission that’s supposed to “Make America Healthy Again.” But if you weren’t already skeptical of the report’s findings, an article from the nonprofit news outlet […]
Rabbit Teases Redesigned R1 UI After Design God Jony Ive Dumps on AI Gadgets
By now, everyone on Earth is aware that ex-Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have the biggest bromance going on, and they couldn’t keep the secret to themselves anymore. Nobody outside of OpenAI and io, Jony’s AI startup that the ChatGPT maker acquired for $6.5 billion, really knows what their […]
Your Phone’s Next Big Innovation Is… a Dedicated AI Button?
I love buttons. I like them in cars (sorry, touchscreens), I like them in my games (not sorry, iPad touchscreen controls), and I love them on my phones. I’m apparently not alone in that love for phone buttons, and more and more phone makers are taking note. Even Apple, for all of its contributions to the […]
This AI App Is Using an AI-Generated Ad to Show How Easy It Is to Generate AI App Slop
Back in my day, the phrase used to be “there’s an app for that,” and that’s still the case, though with one major amendment: now, it’s “there’s an AI app for that.” In fact, there’s even an AI app for making apps—buckle up, kiddos, things are about to get meta. Let me explain: Rork, which I […]