I test AI for a living, and these 3 free tools are the ones I used most in 2025

For three years, I have been covering every new AI model and tool that emerges, but only these three made my 2025 daily rotation.
Tech Xplore on MSN

'Personality test' shows how AI chatbots mimic human traits—and how they can be manipulated

Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated "personality test" framework for popular AI chatbots, and have ...
College of Computing - Georgia Tech

Students Test AI Strategies in Chicken Game Competition

School of Computing Instruction faculty member Aaron Hillegass designed the assignment to challenge students to build an AI ...

Microsoft made another Copilot ad where nothing actually works

Just like the last time I tested Copilot Vision and Voice Mode, I made a list of all the prompts in Microsoft’s ad and I’m checking them twice. Or as many times as I can stomach before hitting the nog ...
PC Magazine

The 24 Most Niche Simulation PC Games We Could Find

There's a vast world of PC games that let you tackle the mundane in creative and surprisingly enjoyable ways. Build a PC, run a pizza shop, or become a bee with these strange and wondrous titles. In ...

I put GPT-5.2 through a 14-round test, and the AI model raised some serious questions

ZDNET's key takeaways GPT-5.2 barely outperforms GPT-5.1 despite requiring a Plus subscriptionStrong writing and analysis contrast with a disappointing coding regression.New brevity and go signal ...
PolitiFact

Adam Raine called ChatGPT his ‘only friend.’ Now his family blames the technology for his death

Raine’s parents, Matthew and Maria, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the chatbot’s creator, OpenAI, in August 2025. By then, the company’s artificial intelligence-driven chatbot was several ...