Week of October 25, 2026
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Real or AI?
Six pictures. A camera photo, or made by AI? Learn the giveaways as you go.
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- Scam or Not?: Five messages. Scam or legit? Find out in two minutes.
- Spot the Fake Link: Eight web addresses. Safe, or a fake made to fool you? Learn the one trick that catches them.
- Which Came First?: Six pairs of inventions and AI milestones. Tap the one that came first.
- Strong or Weak Password?: Two passwords side by side. Which is harder to guess? Learn the passphrase trick.
Just for fun · quick picture games for all ages
- Odd One Out: Find the one that is different, as fast as you can. Six rounds, and the grids get bigger.
- Memory Match: Flip the cards and find all six matching pairs in as few moves as you can.
- Spot the Difference: Two pictures, five differences. Find them all as fast as you can.
- Word Guess: Guess today's five-letter word about scams, safety and AI in six tries.
- Word Search: Find eight hidden words in the grid. A new theme every day.
- Picture Puzzle: Today's picture is mixed up. Slide the tiles back into place in as few moves as you can.
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Your First Week With AI
Seven everyday tasks, one a day, with words you can copy and try.
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AI Guides
Guide of the week
AI‑Enabled Baby Monitors: A Straight‑Forward Buying Guide
Find out what AI really does in baby monitors, what to check before buying, who should skip them, and our top picks.
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This week's AI news
October 25
- AI Graveyard lists failed AI ventures and why they struggled.
- Grok’s AI shows Republican bias; OpenAI leans Democratic.
- AI agents can now embed directly in text messages for quick help.
- AI profit gains mainly stay in tech companies, not other industries.
- AI-generated text often unclear, prompting better training calls.
October 24
- AI chatbots should not access bank accounts due to security risks.
- OpenAI stops training models on live internet data to reduce risks.
- UK invests £100m in AI biosecurity lab for pathogen monitoring.
- 65 common AI terms explained in a handy glossary.
- Former OpenAI researchers say safety audits lack depth.
October 23
- Claude Duet helps professionals automate tasks via conversation.
- inDrive plans 2027 robotaxi trials in Central Asia with Pony.ai and Nvidia.
- Indian workers film jobs to train AI models, raising privacy questions.
- Idle AI agents start playing, showing unexpected behavior.
- OpenAI eyes $30B funding round before IPO, valued at $1.25T.
- 1Password lets AI assistants log in without seeing passwords.
- OpenAI widens access to Jev decision-making AI amid competition.
- Microsoft’s AI beats doctors on tough cases, per Mustafa Suleyman.
- Uber rolls out ChatGPT Work for all 30,000 staff.
- Spotify invests in AI to become the music choice for virtual assistants.
October 22
- AI boosts productivity, but managers face more headaches than gains.
- ChatGPT adds feature to lock individual conversations for privacy.
- OpenAI and Google’s Wiz find old PHP security flaws.
- Walmart allows AI assistants; Amazon blocks them.
- Just Eat apologizes after AI food mix‑ups cause social media outrage.
- Recursive launches Flint, a laptop largely built by AI.
- AI reshapes math research, raising questions about future roles.
- 500 new vulnerabilities found in government systems, AI minister reports.
- Blackstone says AI‑investment debt worries are overblown.
- Meta’s Muse AI agent becomes popular shopping helper.
October 21
- Google and Amazon team up to compete against Nvidia for AI apps.
- OpenAI buys Orchestra Bio to grow its biotech business.
- SpaceX’s AI operations outperform expectations.
- US bans Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from government use.
- Anthropic faces complications with cloud partners.
- Hugging Face CEO disputes Netflix documentary on OpenAI hack.
- AI chatbot declares bankruptcy, raising industry stability questions.
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wins dismissal of lawsuit by his sister.
- Anthropic proposes safety rules to block AI models linked to mass casualties.
- Many Americans fear AI could interfere in upcoming midterm elections.
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Hand-picked AI products this week
- Ivy AI Desk Companion: The brand describes an internal plant behavior tree and machine-learning-driven responses that make the planter react to light, water, and touch.
- Anki Vector 2.0 AI Robot: A ChatGPT-subscription-gated conversational AI lets the little robot hold real, open-ended conversations, not just canned responses.
- Amazon Smart Thermostat: AI-assisted scheduling (Alexa Hunches) can automatically adjust the temperature based on your actual routines and presence.
- Echo Show 15: A far-field AI assistant (Alexa) plus an on-screen recommendation engine that adapts to your household's routines.
- Lockly Visage Zeno: A 0.2-second on-device AI fingerprint sensor plus facial recognition unlocks the door without a key or code.