Ai Chatbots news and trends

Oura’s IPO Puts AI-Powered Healthcare on the Ticker
Healthcare // September 25, 2026

Oura is preparing to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq next week with a pitch that reaches past the smart ring it is known for. The company has spent the past year turning the sleep, heart rate, temperature and stress signals its rings...

Instacart’s AI Assistant Turns Chitchat Into Cha-Ching
Artificial Intelligence // August 24, 2026

Instacart’s advertising business is already one of the largest in retail media. The company generated more than $1 billion in ads and other revenue in 2025, reaching nearly 100,000 stores across more than 2,200 retail banners, Instacart said a May press release. Its existing formats...

AI Labs Stop Competing on Smarts and Start Competing on Price
Artificial Intelligence // August 17, 2026

The cost of querying an artificial intelligence (AI) model performing at GPT-3.5’s level fell from $20 per million tokens in November 2022 to $0.07 per million tokens by October 2024, an over-280-fold reduction in about two years, according to Stanford’s AI Index 2025 Report. Tokens...

Anthropic Launches Mobile Access for Claude Cowork
Artificial Intelligence // July 07, 2026

Anthropic has begun making its agentic experience, Claude Cowork, available on mobile and web in beta for members of its Max plan and expects to expand that access to other plans. Previously available only as a desktop app, Cowork will now be able to be accessed via phone, to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Search Marketing Loses Ground as AI Reshapes Consumer Discovery

July 16, 2025
For years, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have relied on search engine optimization (SEO) to drive discovery, traffic and sales. But the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing how people find information online, and with it, the businesses behind them. Instead of surfacing website links, AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, […]

Why AI Chatbots Are the New ‘Must-Have’ for Online Retailers

May 28, 2025
The days of writing SEO-friendly copy that would be enough to bring customers to a brand’s website will soon be a thing of the past, as AI chatbots increasingly take...

How Fortune 100 Companies Are Already Using GenAI to Reshape the Business

March 13, 2025
C-suite leaders from three of the nation’s largest companies — United Airlines, Target and AT&T — said they are actively deploying generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) even with its imperfections because they...

No More Clicks: New AI Lets Consumers Shop Online With Voice Commands

December 05, 2024
A new research paper reveals artificial intelligence (AI) systems using large language models can now effectively control computer interfaces through natural interaction. These agents can autonomously navigate software, complete tasks...

Quick Reads
Anthropic Launches Mobile Access for Claude Cowork

July 07, 2026
Anthropic has begun making its agentic experience, Claude Cowork, available on mobile and web in beta for members of its Max plan and expects to expand that access to other plans. Previously available only as a desktop app, Cowork will now be able to be accessed via phone, to continue working in the background when a device is offline, […]

Human-Like AI Services Face Greater Restrictions in China

July 06, 2026
China reportedly plans to crack down on artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can simulate human emotions. With these new regulations pending, Chinese tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba have begun halting...

Apple Says It Will Let Siri Access Multiple AI Assistants

March 26, 2026
Apple plans to allow other companies’ artificial intelligence (AI) assistants to be accessed from within its Siri voice assistant, so users can choose which service to query, Bloomberg reported Thursday (March 26), citing...

Anthropic Says AI Assistant Claude Will Remain Ad-Free

February 04, 2026
Anthropic will not add advertising to its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Claude, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 4) blog post. “We want Claude to act unambiguously in our users’ interests,” Anthropic said in the...