ZAFI / Section 07

Features

Longer reads for questions that deserve more than a refresh cycle.

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AI · 7 min read

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

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Culture

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

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Technology

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

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AI

Frontier AI needs a referee before the next crisis chooses one

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Technology

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

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.

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Security · 6 min

The phishing email now writes back

Defenders are building agents because attackers already are.

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Business · 7 min

A $10.3 billion chip bet says specialised AI will beat flexibility

The fastest route forward may be a chip willing to do fewer things.

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