Z.ai launches ZCode to challenge Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot in AI coding

Z.ai has launched ZCode, a free AI coding tool powered by GLM-5.2 that challenges Cursor, Claude Code and GitHub Copilot ...

Did ChatGPT give you a perfect answer? Use this prompt to find out why

I’ve written before about how to ask ChatGPT to improve a so-so prompt. But what about those times with ChatGPT, Claude, or ...
PCMag

Google's Gemini AI Can Do a Lot, But Here Are 15 Features You'll Actually Use

Gemini can answer prompts, generate images and video, and integrate with other Google apps and services. Here are the ...
The Hacker News

Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a "coordinated malware campaign" on the JetBrains Marketplace that has published no less than 15 malicious plugins capable of exfiltrating artificial ...
Ars Technica

SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX will acquire AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction, the companies announced today. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. It comes just two days after ...
The Next Web

Fable 5 was beating GPT 5.5 on every major benchmark. Then the US government pulled it offline.

Fable 5 topped GPT 5.5 on every major benchmark but was pulled by the US government after three days, making GPT 5.5 the top model you can actually use. The result is a strange moment in AI. The model ...
CNBC

OpenAI to acquire Ona to support its AI coding assistant, Codex

OpenAI announced it will acquire Ona, a startup that provides cloud environments for AI agents. Ona's technology will allow OpenAI's coding assistant, Codex, to take on longer-running tasks, OpenAI ...
Inc

20 Incredibly Useful Things You Didn’t Know Google’s Gemini AI Could Do

When we hear about Google’s Gemini AI engine these days, it’s almost always the result of some wildly ambitious and futuristic-sounding advancement. That’s all well and good, but for most of us, it ...
Inc

Everyone Has an AI Side Hustle Now—Here’s How to Build Something Better

I’m not talking about launching a billion-dollar-valuation startup over 48 hours. That myth is currently being debunked as the costs start to become less opaque. What I’m talking about is spending six ...
VentureBeat

Anthropic says 80% of its new production code is now authored by Claude — how your enterprise can keep up

Credit: VentureBeat made with OpenAI ChatGPT-Images-2.0 Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei said it was coming, but it still feels like a milestone: More than 80% of the code merged into ...
Gizmodo

Should You Hijack a Corporate AI Chatbot for Free Tokens?

A developer went viral for reconfiguring Chipotle’s customer support bot into a coding assistant, and providing the playbook for others to do the same to other chatbots. Reading time 4 minutes After ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Uber Caps Usage of AI Tools Like Claude Code to Manage Costs

Uber Technologies Inc. has set usage caps on some artificial intelligence-powered tools used by its staff, a move meant to manage costs after the company blew through its AI budget earlier this year.