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Three companies have declared war on how you use the internet. Perplexity AI launched Comet, its AI-powered browser, in July 2025. OpenAI released Atlas on October 21, promising a future where AI handles your web tasks autonomously. Google then responded by expanding agentic capabilities in Chrome through “AI Mode” in early November. We can call these new hybrid interfaces, “agentic browsers.” They can shop, book appointments, and navigate websites on your behalf. Continue Reading →

Sam Altman announced Thursday that OpenAI expects to top $20 billion in annualized revenue this year, with plans to reach hundreds of billions by 2030. The company has committed to $1.4 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next eight years. That's a staggering sum, and it immediately raised the obvious question: how exactly are they planning to pay for all this? Continue Reading →

Apple has finally admitted what the rest of us have known for years: Siri is terrible. According to reports from MacRumors and Bloomberg, Apple has struck a deal with Google to integrate the Gemini AI model directly into Siri and future iOS releases. After more than a decade of living in last place among voice assistants, Siri is about to borrow someone else’s brain. Continue Reading →

Amazon has formally asked Perplexity to remove its “Comet” shopping agent from Amazon’s platform. The company released a statement on November 4, citing repeated requests that Perplexity stop allowing users to make purchases through Amazon. A cease-and-desist letter sent on October 31 argues that Comet’s behavior violates Amazon’s terms of service and creates a “significantly degraded shopping and customer service experience.” Continue Reading →

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and other Japanese rights holders have asked OpenAI to stop using their content to train Sora 2. The request came via CODA, Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association, which issued a public letter on October 27 arguing that replication during machine learning may constitute copyright infringement under Japanese law. Continue Reading →

Last week, I was facilitating an AI workshop for a group of senior executives at one of our F500 clients. As we explored ways to integrate generative AI into their workflows, the atmosphere was both energized and strangely hesitant. It wasn't explicit, no one raised their hand and confessed to being terrified of AI, but I could feel an underlying tension. I've encountered it before, a subtle yet palpable fear academic researchers call "Identity Threat." Continue Reading →

OpenAI just updated Sora 2, its AI video app, with tools that let users build reusable AI characters, stitch clips together into longer scenes, and remix content inside a social feed. Continue Reading →

According to reports from Engadget and Tom’s Hardware, a livestream from last week featuring a deepfake version of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang drew more viewers than the company’s real event. Continue Reading →

Greetings from Los Angeles. I’m here at Adobe Max, where Adobe is showing how quickly creative tools are evolving into full AI systems. This year’s event focuses on the convergence of generative media, automation, and agents that create alongside people. Continue Reading →

Proofpoint, one of the world’s largest email security firms, has identified a new class of threats called AI-agent phishing. Instead of tricking people, attackers are now embedding malicious instructions directly inside emails, hidden from human view but readable by AI systems like Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, or any enterprise agent that processes email automatically. When we use agentic systems to act on our email (summarizing, scheduling, or drafting), they may unknowingly execute those hidden prompts sending confidential data, approving a fraudulent request, or even creating a backdoor for more attacks. Continue Reading →