Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Sometimes I can’t help myself. I do a bit of unwise shopping and end up showing ChatGPT a new saree I bought. I dare not show it to anyone else and be asked whether I really, really needed it. But I ...

About 50 residents of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely human-operated chatbot that could answer questions and make silly pictures on command, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rose Marie Pilgrim Mellis and Andrea Saavedra work through prompts together at the Quili.AI headquarters Jan. 31, 2026, in ...

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, has been gaining ground in the U.S. over the past months, data showed, even as it draws global ‌censure and regulatory scrutiny after being used to ...

Last-minute problems might have delayed the arrival of Apple’s smarter, Google Gemini-boosted Siri, meaning it will appear later than its expected spring launch window. Last-minute problems might have ...

Did our AI summary help? Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok continues to produce sexualised images of people even after users explicitly state that the individuals shown have not ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, UQAM accounting professor Antonello Callimaci; Concordia University professional writing program co-ordinator Maggie ...