ZAFI / Section 03

Artificial intelligence

Reporting on the models, money, labour and choices behind the AI boom.

Apple’s new Siri is finally leaving the demo room

The iOS 27 public beta puts Apple’s rebuilt assistant in ordinary hands. The real test is whether it can be useful without becoming intrusive.

By Jon Bell

Frontier AI needs a referee before the next crisis chooses one

Runway’s model router admits there may never be one best creative AI

DeepSeek’s reported funding talks show open models still need closed capital

Technology

OpenAI’s hardware bet sounds stranger - and smarter - without a screen

Technology · 7 min

The browser wars are back, and the tab is no longer the point

AI agents are turning a familiar utility into the most contested layer in computing.

Business · 6 min

New York’s data-centre pause turns AI’s appetite into a public question

AI infrastructure is moving from an engineering problem to a planning fight.

Illuminated server racks in a data centre

Culture · 5 min

Spotify’s AI assistant wants to replace the blank search box

The playlist is becoming a conversation, but good curation still needs friction.

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