Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The Claude API can automate customer support, document processing, and content workflows at scale. Here's how businesses are actually using it in 2026 — with real examples.

Tesla is rolling out xAI's Grok chatbot to more of its customers' cars, this time in the U.K. and Europe. Elon Musk's AI company (now owned by SpaceX) is facing a myriad of regulatory probes in Europe ...

Qwen3.5 comes in an open-weight and hosted API version, with the company advertising improvements in performance and costs from previous versions. Qwen3.5 supports new agentic capabilities and is ...

Curious about AI chatbots but don’t know where to start? ChatGPT and Gemini are two of the best, and I'm here to help you choose between them based on my extensive testing. I’ve been writing about ...

Rachael has a Bachelor’s degree in mass media from Wilson College, Mumbai and a Master’s degree in English from Pune University. Thanks to the pace of today’s financial markets and the abundance of ...

Companies are realizing they can no longer simply promote themselves to potential customers. They have to win over the robots, too. Credit...Vincent Kilbride Supported by By Erin Griffith Reporting ...