Flowers are blooming, and the weather is getting warmer, which means that finals are around the corner. Regardless of major, academic level, or institution, final periods are stressful for students, and AI tools, such as ChatGPT, can ease the load. Also: Are ChatGPT Plus or Pro worth it? Here's how they compare to the free version To maximize the help students can get from ChatGPT, on Thursday OpenAI announced it would make its ChatGPT Plus subscription free for all students in the US and Canada through the end of May. ChatGPT Plus is OpenAI's more advanced tier, with more advanced features and higher usage limits than the company's latest models.

When generative AI (Gen AI) burst into public consciousness two years ago, chatbots were seen as the cutting edge of technology. However, developments have evolved rapidly in the space. Now, more capable AI assistants and agents have evolved to execute actions on your behalf. Also: ChatGPT's subscribers and revenue soar in 2025 - here's why Beyond those AI agents lies Enterprise General Intelligence (EGI), which, as the name implies, refers to more advanced AI solutions tailored to businesses' domain-specific needs. Although much less is known about EGI than artificial general intelligence (AGI), a computer system that can solve problems as well as, or better than, a human being, some experts believe EGI could transform business operations.

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The Israeli army has faced a backlash for joining an online trend of using AI to create anime-style images to portray its forces who have been accused of genocide and war crimes against Palestinians.

Editor's note: The following column was first published in City Journal and on the author's Substack. Elon Musk finds himself at the fulcrum of American life. His companies are leading the field across the automotive, space, robotics, and AI industries. His ownership of the social platform X gives him significant influence over political discourse. And his DOGE initiative represents the single greatest threat to the permanent administrative state.

As part of my AI coding evaluations, I run a standardized series of four programming tests against each AI. These tests are designed to determine how well a given AI can help you program. This is kind of useful, especially if you're counting on the AI to help you produce code. The last thing you want is for an AI helper to introduce more bugs into your work output, right? Some time ago, a reader reached out to me and asked why I keep using the same tests.

I know you've heard of gamification, but have you ever heard of festification? That's what Microsoft will be doing in April and May, with the Microsoft AI Skills Fest. It's a little odd, but it also looks like it might be a heck of a lot of fun. I've written a lot about Microsoft over the years. I've mocked its product naming.

Branding, websites, marketing, invoices, and the headaches that come with it all are enough to make most people never even start. This all-in-one business platform eliminates the intimidation of starting a brand and makes it fun again. It can do anything from help you build a website or online shop to send marketing emails and handle CRM. And, instead of paying platforms like Shopify, Mailchimp, and others every month, Sellfull is 399 for life. While that initial payment seems like a lot upfront, it averages out to so little each month for all that it does.

After years of lagging behind rivals when it comes to video capture (and then suddenly buying cinema camera manufacturer RED), Nikon is pushing new boundaries in that area. Its latest salvo is the 1,699 24-megapixel full-frame Z5 II, perhaps the cheapest mirrorless camera so far to support internal RAW video. It also offers improved autofocus with new AI powers, cleaner images and enhanced image stabilization. The Z5 II is a wholesale remake of the original Z5 and that starts with video. While still limited to 4K 30 fps and cropped 4K 60 fps, it can now capture those formats internally using the company's 12-bit N-RAW format with N-log, along with 10-bit H.265 and 8-bit H.264. Interestingly, it will record in N-RAW to SDXC UHS-II cards, since the camera lacks high-speed CFexpress slots.

Ecosia was founded in 2009 by Christian Kroll, who felt compelled to do something after he saw the effects of deforestation while on a trip around the world. And so Ecosia was born, a search engine that puts its advertising revenue towards tree-planting projects. Ecosia started off as a search engine, but has since expanded with a few other products that include Ecosia Browser (a Chromium-based web browser), Ecosia Chat (an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI's API), and Freetree (a browser extension that plants trees as you shop). Ecosia is a not-for-profit tech company based in Berlin, Germany, that dedicates all profits to the betterment of our planet. In addition to turning every web search into an opportunity to plant and protect trees, Ecosia invests in various initiatives that further regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and fighting climate change.