We're seeing coding be one of the leading applications of artificial intelligence tools, and OpenAI is continuing to expand on its offerings in that space. The company has launched a Chrome extension for its Codex platform. The new browser-based capabilities of the plugin include testing web apps, collecting context from across open tabs and using Chrome DevTools in parallel while the user performs other tasks. This extension could also help Codex be more appealing to casual users and additional professions beyond developers since so many computing tasks happen in browsers. Codex can now take on more of your browser dev work.

Meta's AI agent plans reportedly include an OpenClaw competitor that can shop on Instagram Meta's AI agent plans reportedly include an OpenClaw competitor that can shop on Instagram Last week during Meta's earnings, Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is working on new AI agents for people and businesses on the company's platform. Now, we know a bit more about what those plans entail, thanks to a new report from . The publication reports that Meta is working on an OpenClaw-inspired agent currently dubbed Hatch. It sounds like the company intends for Hatch to work within its own apps, including agentic shopping on Instagram, as well as with outside services. The company has tested Hatch on simulated versions of third-party services like DoorDash, Reddit and Outlook, according to .

Well, it seems like those-rumored AirPods with cameras are close to being real, according to the latest report from Mark Gurman . The new earbuds are said to use low-resolution cameras on their stalks to capture low-resolution imagery, which will ultimately be fed to Apple's long-delayed AI Siri assistant. And the more I hear about them, the more they sound like Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, just without the ability to take clear photos and videos. The camera-equipped Airpods are reportedly in Apple's design validation testing (DVT) stage, where workers are using prototypes to test their capabilities. There's no word on when we may actually see them, but according to Gurman they were initially slated to debut as early as the first half of 2026, only to be pushed back by AI Siri delays.

Last month, Perplexity sought to better compete with the likes of Claude Cowork and get out ahead of Apple's delayed, generative AI-powered version of Siri by bringing Personal Computer to macOS . The AI assistant was previously only available to those on Perplexity's $200 per month Max plan, but now the company has opened it up to all Mac users. The company says everyone can download the new Perplexity macOS app and use Personal Computer for everyday queries, attachments and dictation. Usage is tied to Pro and Max plans' credit limits, Perplexity noted. Personal Computer can run tasks across local files, other apps, the web and Perplexity's own servers, according to the company.

The Strong National Museum of Play has announced this year's World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees and, as ever, they're all worthy additions. Since it debuted in 2009, Rovio's Angry Birds series has seen people finding joy in using a catapult to fling furious feathered friends at pigs taking shelter in fragile structures. A decade earlier, Konami's started its reign of terror with a psychological horror game that paved the way for a successful long-running franchise. In 1986, from Enix (now part of Square Enix) helped forge a template for modern roleplaying games. It remains the world's biggest sports game franchise, though EA no longer holds the FIFA license .

Philippe Dufresne, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, has found OpenAI was not compliant with Canadian federal and provincial privacy laws in the training of its AI models. Following an investigation, Dufresne and his counterparts in Alberta, Quebec and British Columbia say OpenAI's approach to things like data collection and consent stepped on multiple laws, including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which governs how companies collect and use personal information during the normal course of business. The commissioners participating in the investigation identified multiple privacy issues with OpenAI's approach, including that the company gathered vast amounts of personal information without adequate safeguards to prevent use of that information to train its models, and that it failed to acquire consent to collect and use that personal information in the first place. Warnings in ChatGPT note that interactions with the AI could be used in training, but third-party data OpenAI has purchased or scraped also includes personal details people likely aren't even aware of. The fact that ChatGPT users have no way to access, correct or delete that data was another issue that the commissioners identified, according to a summary of the investigation's findings, along with OpenAI's lackluster attempts to acknowledge the inaccuracy of some of ChatGPT's responses.

The company behind the long-running space sim has entered into a partnership with Google in which the search giant will take a minority stake. In exchange, Google's DeepMind will train its AI technology on the game, according to a report by . CCP Games, the dev who made and maintains, has also been rebranded as Fenris Creations . This happened just after the company purchased the rights to the game back from Korean developer Pearl Abyss. Google's investment is in the millions of dollars, according to Fenris Creations Chief Executive Officer Hilmar Veigar Pétursson.

If you've paid any attention to Google lately, you know that it wants us using its AI tools. Computer scientist Alexander Hanff published the details earlier this week on his website The Privacy Guy and goes into extreme detail on why this isn't a good look for Google. I just verified what he said about the file, named weights.bin Indeed, it's a 4+ GB file right where he said it would be. Hanff correctly notes that at no point does Chrome prompt users to ask if they'd like to install the Gemini Nano weights, which Chrome users for AI-powered features like help me write and on-device scam detection.

We learned earlier this month that Google and Anthropic had inked a deal that would grant the creator of the Claude AI models access to cloud servers and chips. Today, reported that Anthropic has agreed to pay a staggering $200 billion to Google over the next five years. Contracts like this, or Anthropic's other recent multi-billion dollar arrangement with Amazon, now account for a ludicrous amount of money promised to some of the world's largest tech companies. These cloud service providers have been early investors in the AI boom, gambling that the startups' need for their resources as they grow would yield lucrative dividends. So far, they've been correct.

Xbox is ditching Microsoft's Copilot AI Xbox is ditching Microsoft's Copilot AI Microsoft announced plans to start stripping Copilot out of select Windows apps in March after criticism of the company's mishandling of its operating system reached a fever pitch. As it turns out though, Windows isn't the only place where you'll see less Copilot: Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced that the AI assistant will also be removed from the gaming brand's mobile app and Xbox consoles. Under previous Xbox leadership, Copilot was introduced as a sort of in-game assistant that would be aware of what you're playing and able to offer contextual advice based on what's on your screen. Microsoft launched a beta version of the experience by adding Copilot to the Xbox mobile app in May 2025, but based on a GDC presentation the company gave in March, the plan was to also bring Copilot to Xbox consoles later this year. Those plans apparently don't align with where Xbox is headed, Sharma said in a post announcing new hires to the Xbox division.