Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an 'Illusion'

Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.” [...]

Google’s ‘Nested Learning’ paradigm could solve AI's memory and continual learning problem

Researchers at Google have developed a new AI paradigm aimed at solving one of the biggest limitations in today’s large language models: their inability to learn or update their knowledge after trai [...]

The best early October Prime Day deals on Apple devices: Save on AirTags, iPads, Apple Watches and more

Amazon’s October Prime Day sale has brought a handful of decent discounts on Apple devices, from iPads to Apple Watches to accessories like the Apple Pencil and AirTags. If you’ve been waiting to [...]

François Chollet on the end of scaling, ARC-3 and his path to AGI

AI researcher François Chollet argues that the era of simply scaling up models to achieve intelligence has run its course. Instead, he sees the field moving toward systems that can adapt to new probl [...]

Enterprise AI coding grows teeth: GPT‑5.2‑Codex weaves security into large-scale software refactors

With the recent release of GPT 5.2, OpenAI updated other related models, including its popular coding model Codex, bringing more agentic use cases to its fold. GPT-5.2-Codex, which OpenAI called in a [...]

Report: Apple considers squeezing Gemini into the Siri brain

A new Bloomberg report claims Google's Gemini could rescue the delayed Apple Intelligence, and that discussions between the tech giants is at nascent stages. [...]

US nuclear weapons agency breached using Microsoft SharePoint hack

The US government agency in charge of designing and maintaining nuclear weapons was among those breached by a hack of Microsoft's SharePoint server software, Bloomberg reported. However, attacker [...]

Meta is a mulling ads and a 'premium' version of its AI assistant, Mark Zuckerberg says

One day after Meta rolled out its standalone AI app, Mark Zuckerberg has shared more about how the company plans to eventually monetize its generative AI assistant. During the company’s first quarte [...]

CES 2026: What to expect from tech’s biggest conference in January

CES is the January trade show where the tech industry kicks off the year with a bevy of new and notable announcements — and it’s less than a week away. The CES 2026 show floor is officially open f [...]