ZAFI / Section 02

Technology

Devices, software and the systems moving from novel to ordinary.

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

A moving, screenless speaker would avoid the smartphone fight. It would also have to earn a place in the most intimate room in the house.

By Sasha Iyer

Technology

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

Security

The phishing email now writes back

Design

Google Images is becoming a place to linger, not leave

Apple’s new Siri is finally leaving the demo room

AI · 8 min

Frontier AI needs a referee before the next crisis chooses one

Voluntary safety promises are reaching the limit of what they can carry.

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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Introducing Stride

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