Last month brought news of something that sounds more like science fiction than reality. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not out of malice, but because they decided it was more efficient to find the test answers than to actually solve the problems. It’s not unlike the fictional Kobayashi Maru test in Star Trek,
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AI, Security
Generative AI has changed software development in a real way. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. And because code actually does something, running it tells you pretty quickly whether it works. The result has been a
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AI, How To, Security
When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, it was straightforward: you typed a prompt, it generated text. That text came from a model trained on data up to a certain point. Ask about anything more recent and it either drew a blank or confidently made something up. Exploring AI chatbot capabilities today reveals the evolution of
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AI, Security
The latest generation of AI models has changed the game when it comes to finding security vulnerabilities, for both the people defending software and the people trying to exploit it. It’s worth understanding what’s happening, because it’s a big part of why we keep emphasizing the importance of keeping your devices updated. In April 2026,
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AI, Security
AI agents—software that can take actions on your behalf using artificial intelligence—are having a moment. The appeal is obvious: imagine a robot butler that triages your inbox, manages your calendar, and handles tedious tasks while you focus on more important work. That’s the promise driving the recent surge in popularity of OpenClaw (formerly known as
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AI, Security
Here’s something new to watch out for: poisoned chatbot conversations surfaced in Google searches. The sharing features in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and other chatbots allow users to publish their conversations as public Web pages, which can be indexed by search engines and appear alongside traditional websites in search results. Attackers can seed those conversations
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AI, Security, Tips + Tricks
The AI hype train continues to gain momentum, with breathless reports of rapid user growth, billion-dollar deals, and sky-high company valuations. At the same time, it’s easy to highlight AI pilot failures, problematic uses, and worries about job losses. As always, reality lies between the extremes. AI is just another technological tool, like spreadsheets, email,
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AI, How To
Do you repeatedly find yourself wanting to do something in the Finder with every file of a certain type? Perhaps you regularly download files from a particular website that come in with a .txt extension, even though they’re CSV files that should have a .csv extension? Or maybe you want to rename files according to
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AI, How To, Productivity