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Soul Machines helps you build lifelike AI avatars for face-to-face digital conversations. It suits businesses, creators, and teams that want more engaging AI assistants, with easy setup and flexible integrations.

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Why free ChatGPT is disappearing behind a $200 paywall

Why free ChatGPT is disappearing behind a $200 paywall

ChatGPT’s free tier isn’t just getting slower or quirkier – it’s being strategically downgraded as OpenAI races to plug multi‑billion‑dollar losses, launch ads,…

Will AI destroy jobs or raise wages? The real economic story

Will AI destroy jobs or raise wages? The real economic story

AI is reshaping work, but whether it raises or lowers wages isn’t predetermined. It depends on who benefits from the productivity gains, how the economy is stru…

7 real ways to make money with AI tools in 2026

7 real ways to make money with AI tools in 2026

AI isn’t just for big tech companies anymore. Here are seven practical, beginner‑friendly ways regular people are using AI tools in 2026 to earn side income, la…

Intel’s Computex 2026 vision for AI PCs, agentic data centers, and custom silicon

Intel’s Computex 2026 vision for AI PCs, agentic data centers, and custom silicon

Intel used Computex 2026 to lay out a full-stack AI strategy: from Core Ultra AI PCs and handheld gaming, to Xeon 6 data center CPUs for agentic AI, to custom s…

How Grok-style AI is tackling the world’s oldest language mysteries

How Grok-style AI is tackling the world’s oldest language mysteries

Grok-style AI systems are being used to analyze tens of thousands of ancient inscriptions, from Sumerian tablets to the undeciphered Indus script. Here’s how th…

New Claude Opus 4.8: 15 insights you probably missed

New Claude Opus 4.8: 15 insights you probably missed

Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 is a clear step up from 4.7, but not yet at Mythos level—and its behavior is more nuanced than the marketing suggests. Here are 15 u…

Are we already in the foothills of the AI singularity?

Are we already in the foothills of the AI singularity?

Top AI leaders are suddenly talking about the “singularity” in the present tense, not as a distant sci‑fi event. From self-improving AI agents to autonomous sci…

Artificial utopia? Nick Bostrom on conscious AI, alignment, and the future of humanity

Artificial utopia? Nick Bostrom on conscious AI, alignment, and the future of humanity

Can AI be conscious, creative, or even deserve moral rights? Philosopher Nick Bostrom explores how fast AI is evolving, why alignment is so hard, and what a “so…

AI weekly: Claude Mythos shockwave, new open-source coding beast, and the best video model you can actually use

AI weekly: Claude Mythos shockwave, new open-source coding beast, and the best video model you can actually use

This week in AI brought a ‘too powerful to release’ security model from Anthropic, a surprisingly strong open-source coder from Zhipu AI, Meta’s new Muse Spark …

Why everyone is suddenly rethinking Google search

Why everyone is suddenly rethinking Google search

After two decades of dominance, Google’s grip on search is finally starting to loosen. AI-powered answer engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Kagi, and Brav…