Category: AI

AI-Powered Hack Shows Why Updates Are More Important Than Ever
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AI-Powered Hack Shows Why Updates Are More Important Than Ever

Last month brought news of an unprecedented event in the evolution of AI. Several OpenAI models hacked a real company, not for malicious reasons, but because they decided that finding the test answers was more efficient than solving the problems themselves. This sounds like science fiction—it’s not far off the fictional Kobayashi Maru test in the Star Trek universe, where

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Don’t Delay Mac Purchases to the Last Minute
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Don’t Delay Mac Purchases to the Last Minute

We’ve become accustomed to being able to get nearly anything we want—including Macs—overnight, or at least within a couple of days. Unfortunately, surging demand from AI data centers has created a global memory shortage that’s squeezing the consumer electronics industry. As a result, we’re seeing both higher Mac prices and significantly longer delivery times as Apple competes for a limited

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How to Develop Safely with AI
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How to Develop Safely with AI

Generative AI is transforming software development. Large language models are good at human languages, but they’re even better at programming languages, which have much smaller vocabularies and fewer ways to combine words. Most importantly, code does something, so running it confirms whether it performs as intended. The result has been a democratization of development, much as happened with desktop publishing.

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Understanding AI Today: No Longer Just a Chatbot
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Understanding AI Today: No Longer Just a Chatbot

When ChatGPT launched in late 2022, using it was simple: you typed a prompt, and it generated text in response. That text came from a statistical model trained on data available at the time. If you asked ChatGPT about anything that had happened more recently, it either couldn’t help or would confidently make stuff up. The chat interface that today’s

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How AI Vulnerability Detection Changes Software Security
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How AI Vulnerability Detection Changes Software Security

The latest generation of AI models has fundamentally changed how quickly security vulnerabilities can be found in software, for both defenders and attackers. Understanding what’s happening helps explain why we keep emphasizing the importance of keeping your devices updated. In April 2026, AI company Anthropic announced Mythos Preview, an AI model with unprecedented capabilities for finding security flaws in software.

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How to Run a “Shadow AI” Audit Without Slowing Down Your Team

It usually starts small. Someone uses an AI tool to refine a difficult email. Someone enables an AI add-on inside a SaaS app because it promises to save an hour a week. Someone pastes a paragraph into a chatbot to “make it sound better.” Then it becomes routine. And once it’s routine, it stops being a simple tool decision and

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Beyond Chatbots: Preparing Your Small Business for “Agentic AI” in 2026

AI chatbots can answer questions. But now picture an AI that goes further, updating your CRM, booking appointments, and sending emails automatically. This isn’t some far-off future. It’s where things are headed in 2026 and beyond, as AI shifts from reactive tools to proactive, autonomous agents. This next wave of AI is called “Agentic AI.” It describes AI that can

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AI February 2026

Things are moving so fast we need to specify the month, maybe the week. Here’s the things you should know- (definitely not written by AI) Show Me the Money! PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings Right now, companies are NOT buying racks of computers, sacking staff and getting huge

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AI’s Hidden Cost: How to Audit Your Microsoft 365 Copilot Usage to Avoid Massive Licensing Waste

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the business world by storm, pushing organizations of all sizes to adopt new tools that boost efficiency and sharpen their competitive edge. Among these tools, Microsoft 365 Copilot rises to the top, offering powerful productivity support through its seamless integration with the familiar Office 365 environment. In the push to adopt new technologies and boost

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