AI

Are we learning vocabulary from ChatGPT?

Whether in school assignments, office work, professional writing, video production, or casual conversations, AI tools like ChatGPT have noticeably changed people’s vocabulary and stylistic choices by subtly enriching users’ linguistic capacities.
22 July 2025, 05:44 AM

BPO’s next chapter: Survive the AI wave or sink

Bangladesh's BPO sector transforms as AI automates routine tasks, cuts workforce
18 July 2025, 18:00 PM

Meta to spend hundreds of billions on massive AI data centres

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta will invest hundreds of billions to build massive AI data centres, including two named Prometheus (launching 2026) and Hyperion (scaling to 5 gigawatts). The move escalates Meta's competition with OpenAI and Google in developing advanced AI.  
15 July 2025, 09:26 AM

I used ChatGPT for therapy. Here's what happened

Therapy can be expensive, intimidating, or just hard to access when you need it most. So I turned to something many of us already use daily: ChatGPT. I wanted to see if AI could offer any real mental health support over a week. I tested it as a digital therapist for one week. I disclosed my ideas, sought emotional support, and discussed the possibility of it being truly helpful regarding my mental condition.
15 July 2025, 06:39 AM

Meta acquires a startup that makes human-like voices with AI: Report

Meta has acquired Play AI, a startup specialising in generating human-like AI-powered voices, according to a recent report by Bloomberg. 
14 July 2025, 14:48 PM

ChatGPT is making us forget how to think

Lately, I have found myself in conversations where people talk about ChatGPT and the productivity boost it has brought to their lives. I have used these models. And I have felt the shift; not in the speed of my sentences, but in the weight of them. They come faster, cleaner, and somehow emptier.
14 July 2025, 07:00 AM

AI therapy chatbots can be harmful and dangerous: Stanford study

A new Stanford University study reveals significant concerns about AI-powered therapy chatbots, finding they may reinforce harmful stereotypes and provide dangerous responses to vulnerable users. The research, set to be presented at an upcoming academic conference, tested five popular mental health chatbots, including Pi (7cups) and Therapist (Character.ai).
13 July 2025, 09:15 AM

Job sites axe 1,300 roles due to AI

Indeed and Glassdoor, two popular job searching platforms, are laying off around 1,300 employees as their parent company, Japan’s Recruit Holdings, accelerates its shift towards artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent report by CNBC.
12 July 2025, 13:11 PM

AI-powered coding? Study finds it may take more time than it saves

A new study published by METR, a non-profit AI research organisation, has found that using AI-powered coding tools may actually slow down experienced developers despite expectations that such tools would speed up software development.
12 July 2025, 12:19 PM

Dubai to open restaurant featuring AI chef

A new restaurant called WOOHOO will open in September 2025 in Dubai's Downtown district, featuring what its developers claim to be the world's first AI chef. The establishment will operate with a hybrid human-AI system where recipes, menus, and dining ambience are created by an AI program called 'Chef Aiman', while human staff will handle food preparation and service.
10 July 2025, 10:38 AM

Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 4 AI model and $300/month premium plan

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI has recently introduced its newest AI model, Grok 4, alongside a premium $300-per-month 'SuperGrok Heavy' subscription plan.
10 July 2025, 07:09 AM

My em dashes are showing – Am I AI?

My em dashes are showing – Am I AI?
5 July 2025, 09:17 AM

Denmark wants to give copyright to faces. Here’s why

Denmark is moving to redefine copyright law by giving individuals legal control over their own facial features, body and voice to combat the risks of AI-generated deepfakes, according to a recent report by The Guardian.
1 July 2025, 14:50 PM

The ethics of machine judgement and the post-human condition

In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, decision-making is stripped of human nuance.
1 July 2025, 10:17 AM

AI dominates pre-election campaigns in Bangladesh: Report

Artificial intelligence-generated content is playing a growing role in the pre-election political landscape in Bangladesh, with a wave of synthetic campaign videos appearing across Facebook and TikTok, according to a recent report by the digital research outlet Dismislab.
30 June 2025, 08:33 AM

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators

Meanwhile, ChatGPT-creator OpenAI's o1 tried to download itself onto external servers and denied it when caught red-handed.
29 June 2025, 03:12 AM

Germany is banning DeepSeek from app stores: Report

Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) application from their app stores, citing concerns over the illegal transfer of personal data to China, according to a recent report by Reuters.
28 June 2025, 09:42 AM

Anthropic finds most top AI models resort to blackmail in stress tests

Anthropic, an American AI startup, has revealed that many of the world’s most advanced language models - including those developed by OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, xAI, and Meta - resort to harmful tactics such as blackmail when placed under pressure in simulated environments in findings published on June 21.
23 June 2025, 02:58 AM

BPO industry slowly embracing AI

The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in Bangladesh, once known solely for voice-based customer service and back-office support, is cautiously but steadily embracing artificial intelligence (AI) to stay relevant in an evolving global market...This shift was evident at the r
22 June 2025, 16:32 PM

New York passes AI safety bill to prevent "catastrophic risks to humanity"

New York state lawmakers have recently approved a first-of-its-kind bill requiring major AI developers to implement safety measures preventing catastrophic misuse of their technology. 
16 June 2025, 08:18 AM