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OpenAI Reportedly Weighing ChatGPT Smart Glasses — A Big Leap for Wearable AI
OpenAI is reportedly expanding its hardware ambitions beyond pocket devices and speakers to include ChatGPT-powered smart glasses. If true, the move would place OpenAI in direct competition with Apple, Google and Meta — and raise fresh questions about privacy, on-device intelligence, and what “contextual AI” looks like in everyday life. Key facts at a glance […]
CisionOne’s AI Upgrade: Smarter PR Dashboards and Social Intelligence for Small Businesses
Cision has updated CisionOne with AI-powered Instant Insights dashboards and deeper social intelligence integrations — a move aimed at helping PR teams and small businesses move faster, measure impact more accurately, and respond to crises in real time. Quick snapshot: What’s new in CisionOne Instant Insights dashboards: AI-driven filters, deeper drilldowns, and customizable reports to […]
Whitney Houston’s Voice Returns with AI and Live Orchestra: A Symphonic Celebration
AI technology is giving Whitney Houston’s legendary vocals new life on stage—without the holograms. Thirteen years after Whitney Houston’s passing, fans are hearing her iconic voice in a way they’ve never experienced before. “The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration” is touring across the U.S., pairing AI-isolated recordings of Houston’s vocals with a live orchestra. […]
This Startup Uses LLMs to Run Appointments and Triage Care — Are We Ready for AI Doctors?
Akido Labs is using large language models to power clinical interviews, draft diagnoses and speed up access to care — but doctors, ethicists and regulators are asking whether efficiency is worth the tradeoffs. Quick summary — what happened Akido Labs, a small medical startup in Southern California, is piloting an LLM-driven system called ScopeAI that […]
166,000 Tech Jobs Lost in 2025: What AI, Interest Rates and Automation Mean for the Future of Work
Mass layoffs rippled through the global tech industry in early 2025—economic headwinds and faster automation are accelerating structural change. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what comes next. Quick summary: the numbers you need to know Industry analysis shows that the global tech sector shed roughly 166,387 jobs since the start of 2025—driven by […]
MCP Hackathon Africa 2025: How Developers Are Embedding African Languages & Culture into AI
The Cortex Hub is running a continent-wide hackathon to bake African languages, legal contexts and local priorities into the next generation of AI—using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Quick take — what happened The Cortex Hub has launched MCP Hackathon Africa 2025, an eight-week, multi-city initiative (September–November 2025) that brings developers, startups, students and researchers […]
Publishers and Advertisers Face New Oversight Hurdles as Agentic AI Hits the Web
Autonomous AI agents are moving from assistants to actors — logging into sites, calling APIs and even mimicking human visitors. That shift raises thorny questions about accountability, analytics integrity, privacy and who’s ultimately responsible when agents act on behalf of brands or consumers. What changed: agents that act, not just advise We’re entering the era […]
Google’s AI Accelerator Brings Free Workshops and Career Certificates to Pennsylvania Small Businesses
Google, partnering with Pennsylvania state leaders and local business groups, announced an AI Accelerator for Pennsylvania small businesses on September 12, 2025. The program — part of Google’s national “AI Works for America” initiative — provides no-cost online courses, live workshops led by a Pennsylvania AI Coach, and access to Google Career Certificates in in-demand […]
Here’s What People Really Ask ChatGPT — New OpenAI Usage Study, Explained
OpenAI just published its first detailed public look at who uses ChatGPT and what they ask it to do. The results are revealing: young people make up a large share of usage, most prompts aren’t work-related, and women are a majority of users. Below, the key findings, why they matter to product teams and businesses, […]
Globacom Partners with Nigerian Army School of Signals to Upgrade ICT Training, LMS and ERP — A New Era of Civil-Military Tech Collaboration
Globacom, one of Nigeria’s largest telecom operators, is in active talks with the Nigerian Army School of Signals (NASS) to strengthen the military’s information and communications technology (ICT) training. The discussions — which involved senior officers led by Major General Kennedy Osemwegie visiting Glo’s Lagos headquarters — focus on practical partnerships through the Glo Foundation […]
OpenAI Admits GPT-5 Still Hallucinates: Why Even the Most Advanced AI Gets Things Wrong
Even the most powerful AI models aren’t immune to mistakes. OpenAI has openly acknowledged that GPT-5—the company’s latest and most advanced large language model—still suffers from hallucinations, where the AI generates answers that sound credible but are factually incorrect. What “Hallucinations” Mean in AI In AI terms, a hallucination occurs when a chatbot confidently provides […]
Why AI Chatbots Hallucinate—and How Bad Incentives Might Be the Root Cause
Why do AI chatbots sometimes spit out answers that sound convincing but are flat-out wrong? According to new research from OpenAI, the problem isn’t just about training data—it may come down to the incentives baked into how we evaluate these systems. The Persistent Problem of AI Hallucinations OpenAI defines hallucinations as “plausible but false statements […]