Hugging Face disclosed a cyberattack on July 16 that compromised internal infrastructure and credentials, blaming an unknown autonomous AI agent for the breach. The organization's own LLM tools detect…
AI traffic grew 66% in 2025 but remains under 0.15% of visits, according to ZDNET. AI citations can build exposure even without direct traffic, and specific tactics can improve visibility in AI search…
A Salesforce survey of more than 500 middle managers found that 78% feel personally responsible for their team's successful AI adoption, with 77% saving more than three hours per week using AI tools. …
ChatGPT Work organized 447 PDFs in a test folder, using 11% of a $20 Plus plan's capacity, but missing permission prompts remain a deal breaker, according to ZDNET's testing. The AI identified duplica…
Google's Gemini AI can plan a summer vacation itinerary in minutes, as demonstrated by ZDNET contributor Elyse Betters Picaro, who used Gemini to build a starter doc for a family trip to Disney World.…
Google has quietly updated its search privacy settings to automatically opt all customers into allowing the company to use their images, voice searches, and videos to train AI models, including large …
AI chatbots such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini generate passwords that are predictable and not truly random, according to research by Irregular. Testing 50 password-generation requests found patterns…
AI traffic to websites grew by 66% in 2025, yet AI accounts for less than 0.15% of all visits, according to ZDNET. Even if AI citations don't translate to direct traffic, the added exposure is a survi…
Microsoft's Copilot AI now includes a new PC Insights skill that analyzes Windows environments to answer user questions about hardware, software, and settings, rolling out to the Copilot Windows app. …
Claude Cowork, Anthropic's AI assistant, successfully completed seven non-coding tasks for a ZDNET writer, including analyzing Home Depot spending, organizing PDFs, fixing servers, sorting documents, …
ZDNET reporter David Gewirtz used Anthropic's Claude Cowork to sift through thousands of Gmail messages after Google's Gemini failed to find relevant quotes about Anthropic's Fable 5 throttling. The A…
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 has been relaunched after being pulled due to US government export restrictions, but reliability concerns persist as the model reportedly throttles performance when detectin…
OpenAI API users can now set hard spending limits and alerts to prevent runaway AI agents from generating surprise bills. The platform's usage tiers cap monthly spending based on total historical spen…
Steve Lucas, CEO of Boomi, told ZDNET that the frontier engineer—a specialist with advanced data and neural networking skills—will become the key enterprise AI expert needed to optimize frontier model…
A developer used OpenAI Codex and Anthropic's Claude to build a 4,700-line WordPress security plugin in two days, stopping a massive spam attack that had flooded his database with over 39,000 fake use…
A Salesforce report reveals that 61% of US adults now use AI for health information, up from 2% in 2024, driven by frustrations with scheduling and administrative burdens. The survey of 3,200 consumer…
TickTick's countdown mode displays the exact time remaining until a task's deadline, replacing abstract due dates with specific counts of days or hours. The feature, available on iOS and Android, help…
AI agents are becoming colleagues in the workplace, with Gartner forecasting AI agent software spending to reach $376.3 billion by 2027. Experts from Fanatics and other firms advise benchmarking tools…
A ZDNET editor tested the AI features in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox to determine which browser offers the best AI experience. The editor found that each browser brings different AI capabilities, but ul…
Google's Gemini AI is now the default assistant in Android Auto, raising privacy concerns due to its access to driving locations and always-on microphone. Users can limit data collection by disabling …