Greg Brockman wrote a $25 million check to Trump's super PAC eight days after a White House dinner. Three months later, Trump signed an order blocking all state AI regulation. For the cost of a seed round, OpenAI bought a federal off-switch.
AI data centers are draining the memory supply that consumer electronics need, forcing Framework to raise RAM prices 50%. Your next laptop will cost more and ship with less memory. The AI boom is making consumer tech worse, not better.
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Sam Altman's "Code Red" memo triggered OpenAI's fastest major release ever. Ten days later, GPT-5.2 arrived with doubled benchmarks and 40% higher API costs. The gains are real. So are questions about what got sacrificed for speed.
The AI tool market has fragmented into 30+ specialized applications. This guide cuts through the noise with honest assessments and current pricing, from $5/month voice synthesis to $399/month enterprise SEO suites. Which ones actually deliver?
AI browsers promised revolution but can't crack Chrome's 66% market share. Five extensions deliver the same intelligence without forcing migration. The compromise nobody wanted reveals why adoption beats innovation. Data flows tell the real story.
Adobe unveils agentic AI assistants for Photoshop that chain multi-step edits via prompts, but staggered rollout and third-party model integration reveal strategic hedging. The bet: workflow orchestration beats model supremacy in creative software.
Fathom adds enterprise features competitors launched months ago while testing whether unlimited free access and HubSpot distribution can compensate for transcription accuracy that independent reviews place 30% below market leaders.
Gmail made AI drafting free in early 2025, resetting the market. Startups now push deeper automation or compete on price against zero. The shake-out shows which AI features justify premium pricing—and which were always commodity infrastructure.
Google transforms search from typing queries to live conversations with AI. The feature exits experimental status and becomes standard across US mobile apps, forcing competitors to match conversational capabilities or risk appearing outdated.
Voice typing finally rivals keyboards—if you choose the right balance of privacy, speed, and cost. New AI-powered apps transform rough speech into polished text, but the local vs. cloud decision shapes everything else.
AI music jumped from novelty to seven-figure Spotify plays, but copyright lawsuits now shadow the best tools. This buyer's guide maps which platforms balance quality with legal safety—and why licensing talks may reshape everything.
Privacy-focused email promised liberation from Big Tech surveillance. Reality delivered Bridge daemon crashes, mobile search gaps, and calendar sync headaches. A year later, deadline-driven pragmatism wins over ideological purity.
Claude Code's new sub-agents let you build specialized AI assistants instead of one generalist trying to do everything. Each operates in its own context window, preventing pollution and delivering higher quality results for specific tasks.
Your AI conversations are disappearing into the cloud. Hours of valuable ChatGPT coding help and Claude research sessions vanish when you need them most. New browser tools and export methods let you build permanent archives of your AI work.
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