Experts are warning that widespread AI dependence is quietly eroding workers' critical thinking, judgment, and soft skills, with leaders stressing that knowing when NOT to use AI is now just as essential as knowing how to use it.
Apple's camera-equipped AirPods enter near-final testing, featuring low-resolution cameras that act as Siri's eyes for visual AI tasks like object identification and navigation, with a 2026 launch now back on track after early delays tied to Siri's AI overhaul.
Google is relaunching the Fitbit app as Google Health on May 19, featuring a redesigned interface and an AI-powered coaching tool built with Gemini that delivers personalized fitness, sleep, and medical insights — with existing users automatically transitioned and Google reaffirming it will never use health data for ads.
OpenReel Video launches as a free, open-source, browser-based professional video editor that runs entirely client-side with no installation, no cloud uploads, no watermarks, and a full suite of pro tools including AI upscaling, color grading, and multi-track timelines powered by WebGPU.
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 Instant with 52% fewer hallucinations, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant as ChatGPT's default model while rolling out new memory controls across all ChatGPT models for greater user transparency and personalization.
Microsoft is expanding Copilot Cowork with mobile access on iOS and Android, reusable 'Skills' for repeatable workflows across Microsoft 365, and deeper integrations with tools like Power BI, Dynamics 365, Miro, and monday.com, making AI-powered task delegation more accessible and versatile than ever.
A new open-source framework called open-slide now lets AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor build polished, React-based presentations from simple natural language descriptions, complete with presenter mode, a click-to-comment inspector, and one-command export to HTML or PDF.
Voice-Pro goes fully open-source, giving everyone free access to powerful AI voice cloning, speech recognition, multilingual text-to-speech, and vocal isolation tools as its developers shift focus to a new global communication platform.
Hundreds pack a New York City gallery for the 'AI Psychosis Summit,' a deliberately non-corporate, Diet Coke-fueled celebration of AI creativity featuring art, vibe-coded apps, and quirky projects like a subway-map jazz generator, organized by a scrappy group of online friends aiming to inject culture and humor into the AI …
Codex CLI v0.128.0 launches with a groundbreaking /goal command that keeps AI agent sessions alive through restarts and multi-hour pauses, completing a 6-hour 44-minute TypeScript monorepo task with just 41 minutes of actual compute time and a 94% cache hit rate.