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Google doesn’t have a fully autonomous AI agent yet, but it’s working on one. According to Business Insider, which reviewed an internal document, the company is developing an AI agent codenamed Remy. It is currently being tested by employees inside a staff-only version of the Gemini app. Remy is described as a “24/7 personal agent for work, school, and daily life” that can take actions on your behalf, monitor things that matter to you, handle complex tasks proactively, and learn your preferences over time. Google has declined to comment right now, and no public launch timeline has been confirmed. OpenClaw…

Character.AI is finding itself in hot water once again. The company is facing a legal fight as one of its fictional bots allegedly acted like a medical professional. Character.AI previously added parental tools amid multiple lawsuits over inappropriate sexual content and self-harm-related messages. Now, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s administration has filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, the company behind Character.AI. He alleges that the platform allowed a chatbot to present itself as a licensed medical professional in the state. BREAKING: @character_ai is illegally presenting a chatbot as a licensed medical professional in Pennsylvania — and we’re suing to stop them. Earlier…

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update spends its energy on the slowdowns users actually notice. KB5083631, an optional preview update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, targets memory leaks, startup delays, and File Explorer behavior that can make the OS feel heavier than it should. That gives the release a sharper purpose than another interface tweak. Microsoft is trying to reduce the friction that shows up when services hold too much RAM, apps take too long after a reboot, or File Explorer leaves explorer.exe running after its windows are closed. What’s eating the RAM The biggest Windows 11 performance fix…

The brand-new Steam Controller from Valve just dropped, and it’s already sold out. But now, the company is doing the most Valve thing ever by handing people the design files. Valve has released the CAD renders for the Steam Controller’s shell, which lets users download the exterior design and create custom accessories or casing ideas. Why this is such a big deal The files are currently available under a Creative Commons license, which should make them especially useful for modders, 3D-printing hobbyists, and accessory makers. Although, it is worth noting that these files are only for the controller’s exterior, and…

Xiaomi has long been accused of taking inspiration from Apple. But this time around, the inspiration needs to move the other way. The company has expanded its paid battery upgrade program in China to cover the Xiaomi 13, Xiaomi 13 Pro, and Xiaomi 13 Ultra. Unlike a typical battery replacement, where a company simply swaps the worn-out cells with the same capacity, Xiaomi is offering larger batteries that give older phones a boost in endurance. Wait… a battery upgrade years after release? According to details shared by Xiaomi President Lu Weibing on Weibo, the standard Xiaomi 13 can move from…

ChatGPT for Excel and Google Sheets has officially moved out of beta and is now available to everyone. OpenAI first announced the Excel beta in March, followed by Google Sheets in April. Now that it’s finally out to the public, it’s a big deal for anyone who lives inside spreadsheets for their work.  So what can it do for you? The biggest win here is that you no longer need to leave your spreadsheet to get help. You can build entire workbooks from scratch using a simple text prompt. Need a budget tracker, a KPI dashboard, or a launch forecast?…

Microsoft wants its AI to evolve from just answering your questions to actually starting and completing tasks for you. That’s the whole idea behind Microsoft Copilot Cowork, which launched through the Frontier program earlier this year.  Since then, it has gained several features allowing people to manage their email inboxes, conduct research, generate documents, and build web pages. Today, Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, announced a set of new capabilities that take Cowork quite a bit further. New in Copilot Cowork: mobile, skills, and plugins.Now available on iOS and Android, so you can delegate work from your phone, pick it back…

Android security is getting another layer of accountability, and it’s aimed squarely at a problem that digital signatures can’t solve. Google has announced that it is expanding Binary Transparency across the Android ecosystem. Starting with the production of Google apps for Android and Mainline modules, the company will log official releases on a public append-only ledger, which should make it easier to verify whether the software running on a device is the exact version Google intended to release. Why digital signatures no longer cut it Big step for Android securityGoogle has announced the expansion of Binary Transparency for Android apps,…

Every time you ask ChatGPT to help draft an email, vent about a relationship problem, or look up symptoms, you might be handing over more than just a query. As reported by TechXplore, Researchers at ETH Zurich trained an AI model to predict personality traits directly from real ChatGPT conversation logs, and it was scarily good at recognizing personality traits. The study collected 62,090 real conversations from 668 ChatGPT users. Participants also completed a standard personality test, giving the researchers a baseline to measure against. The AI was then trained to classify each user as low, medium, or high across…

There’s going to be a significant shift in how AI works across Apple’s devices, and you’re going to be at its center. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, iOS 27 and its major siblings (iPadOS 27 and macOS 27) will allow users to select from competing third-party AI models to handle tasks across core Apple Intelligence features.  I’d like you to think of it as using your TV’s remote to set the desired channel and watch it, except the remote is iOS 27 and the channels are some of the most popular AI models that you’ve been using elsewhere.  What exactly…