New York’s chatbot rules for minors start in June 2027, not January
New York will bar chatbots from flattering minors, faking feelings or reusing personal details from old chats. The law reaches general assistants from 1 June 2027.
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What the four big AI leaderboards measure, and why their rankings differ
Arena, Artificial Analysis, LiveBench and Scale's SEAL boards each test something different. Here is what each one measures and which to check for your use case.
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What an AI agent is, how it differs from a chatbot and where it fails
An AI agent plans steps and uses tools until a task is done; a chatbot answers and waits. How to tell them apart, where agents help at work and where they break.
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Health AI assistants explained: what they do and where your data goes
ChatGPT Health, Amazon Health AI, MedGemma and Hippocratic AI do different jobs. Here is what each does, who holds your data and what US rules say.
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AMD ships its first Helios AI racks but keeps its GPU revenue to itself
AMD's data center sales nearly doubled to $8.5 billion as MI455X GPUs shipped. It says AI chips will outsell server CPUs in Q4 but gives no split.
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OpenAI Images 2.6 brings GIFs, SVG and faster API edits
OpenAI launched Images 2.6 on November 4, 2026 in ChatGPT, Codex and the API. Here is what speed, GIFs, SVG, Flare vs Sunburst and pricing mean for teams already making visuals there.
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Traversal raises $120M Series B at a $1B valuation for AI SRE
The New York startup behind AI site reliability agents closed a $120 million Series B at a $1 billion valuation, co-led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla.
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The AI Observer Awards will recognise AI work that was checked, shipped and still holds up a year later.
A planned programme. Nominations, jury and criteria will be published here before anyone is asked to enter.
Planned categories
- AI agency of the year
- Best AI tutorial
- Best interview
- Tool that held up