Author: Advanced AI Editor

Elon Musk is urging Tesla shareholders to take part in the company’s upcoming annual meeting, calling the vote critical not just for the automaker but potentially for the world.  “This shareholder vote decides the future of Tesla and may affect the future of the world,” Musk posted on X, emphasizing the importance of proposals that will be voted on in the upcoming meeting on November 6, 2025. A pivotal inflection point In a message from its official account, Tesla described itself as being at “a critical inflection point” as it prepares for its annual meeting. Shareholders will soon receive voting…

Don’t miss out on our latest stories. Add PCMag as a preferred source on Google.Four months after OpenAI acquired former Apple designer Jony Ive’s io startup and teased an AI hardware device, the company has reportedly signed a deal with key Apple device assembler Luxshare to make a consumer device.The current set of prototypes includes a screen-free smart speaker, glasses, a digital voice recorder, and a wearable “pin.” OpenAI is targeting the release of the first device in late 2026 to 2027. The Information originally reported the news; OpenAI has not yet commented on it. The company is reportedly in touch…

Microsoft’s Copilot AI is officially coming to the Xbox Game Bar on PC starting this week. The new “Gaming Copilot” feature was announced just last month and, as of Thursday it’s already beginning its full beta roll-out to PC and coming to the Xbox mobile app in October. As the name suggests, it’s a gaming-specific version of Copilot that Microsoft calls “your personal gaming sidekick.”You can use Gaming Copilot to ask for tips, suggestions, summaries, info on achievements, and the like. It can analyze what’s on your screen for context, such as identifying an NPC you’re talking to (although their…

OpenAI, the maker of the popular ChatGPT chatbot, is garnering mainstream coverage with a jaw-dropping financial investment that highlights just how costly the race for AI has grown. In a recent report, The Information wrote that the firm is looking to spend an incredible $100 billion on redundant servers in the next five years. This enormous investment is not even counting OpenAI’s past commitments. The company already pegged spending $350 billion in server rental fees for cloud services until the year 2030, pushing their server expenditure up to astronomical figures. With all of these expenditures added up, OpenAI is seeing…

Time is running out to grab your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco. With less than 7 days left to lock in Regular Bird pricing, now’s your chance to save up to $668 on your ticket and join 10,000+ founders, investors, and builders at one of the most iconic startup conferences of the year. Disrupt brings together 250+ top voices in tech across 200+ sessions spanning five industry stages, roundtables, and breakouts. You’ll also meet 100+ emerging startups and brands shaping tomorrow’s ecosystem and take part in 2,000+ curated networking meetings — all designed with…

In the rapidly evolving world of software development, a new paradigm known as “vibe coding” is reshaping how programmers approach their craft, often at the expense of deep technical expertise. Coined by AI luminary Andrej Karpathy in early 2025, vibe coding refers to the practice of using artificial intelligence tools to generate code based on high-level, natural-language descriptions—or “vibes”—rather than meticulously writing every line from scratch. Tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Replit Agent allow even non-experts to prototype applications quickly, democratizing access to programming. Yet, as adoption surges, critics argue it’s fostering a generation of “braindead coders” who prioritize…

Norman Ohler is a historian and author of “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich,” a book that investigates the role of psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, in the military history of World War II. It is a book that two legendary historians Ian Kershaw and Antony Beevor give very high praise to for its depth of research. Norman also wrote “Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age”, and he is working on a new book “Stoned Sapiens” looking at the history of human civilization through the lens of drugs. Thank you for listening…

Meet the new DeepSeek, now with more government compliance. According to a report from Reuters, the popular large language model developed in China has a new version called DeepSeek-R1-Safe, specifically designed to avoid politically controversial topics. Developed by Chinese tech giant Huawei, the new model reportedly is “nearly 100% successful” in preventing discussion of politically sensitive matters. According to the report, Huawei and researchers at Zhejiang University (interestingly, DeepSeek was not involved in the project) took the open-source DeepSeek R1 model and trained it using 1,000 Huawei Ascend AI chips to instill the model with less of a stomach for…

What kind of prompts are college students plugging into ChatGPT these days? A new list of 100 AI prompts created by college students who collaborated through OpenAI’s remote lab offers a window into exactly that.The prompts, which were shared and voted on by 70 college students, are organized into three categories — study, career, and life — and show the students asking ChatGPT to perform roles ranging from a study buddy to a career counselor or even a lawyer.OpenAI said students from over 50 universities, including Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State, UCLA, BYU, and Washington University in St.…

At its annual Made on YouTube event this week, YouTube unveiled tons of new updates, features, and tools geared toward creators, including updates to YouTube Live, new ways to monetize, and more. Studio updates include “likeness” detection and lip-synced dubs, and the company is offering new AI tools for podcasters to help promote their shows. Here’s everything announced at Made on YouTube. A new Studio YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at Made on YouTube 2025Image Credits:YouTube The company showed off new and updated tools to Studio, which creators use to manage their channels and track analytics. Updates include an inspiration tab,…