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Getty Images/da-kuk The best way to get the most out of an AI chatbot is verifying its sources and letting it direct you to more robust and useful content regarding the topic. Therefore, AI search engines are a powerful tool for everyday workflows, and, now, accessing ChatGPT Search just got a whole lot easier.  Also: How […] More

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images ARK Invest’s Big Ideas 2025 highlights the convergences between and among the five technologically enabled innovation platforms evolving today: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Energy Storage, Public Blockchains, and Multiomic Sequencing. In 2025, ARK features 11 Big Ideas illustrating the massive transformations occurring today.  Also: AI agents will match ‘good mid-level’ engineers this year, says Mark […] More

Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the biggest complaints about ChatGPT is that it provides information that is difficult to check for accuracy. Those complaints exist because ChatGPT doesn’t always provide the sources, footnotes, or links from which it derived the information in its answers. Here’s how ChatGPT describes the approach: “GPT-4o in free […] More

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNETFirefox users can now tap into their favorite AI directly from the browser. Currently rolling out to all Firefox users with version 135 is a sidebar feature that grants access to several different AI chatbots. The list includes Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat by Hugging Face, and Le Chat Mistral.The AI access has been available in Firefox since last September with version 130 but only on an experimental basis. Now it’s an official feature built into the browser for anyone to use.Also: The best AI chatbots of 2025: ChatGPT, Copilot, and notable alternativesTo try this out, make sure you’re running the latest version of Firefox. To do that, click the three-lined hamburger icon at the top right, click Help, and then select About Firefox. The browser will automatically download and install the new version and then prompt you to restart it.After launching Firefox again, click the Sidebar icon on the top toolbar. At the sidebar on the left, click the drop-down arrow to see a menu of choices, such as Bookmarks, History, Synced Tabs, and AI Chatbot. Select the one for AI Chatbot. You can also access the AI list more quickly without even opening the sidebar by pressing Ctrl+Alt+X. More

Adobe We all have to deal with contracts and agreements as consumers or business professionals. However, as most contracts are written in legalese, understanding them can be challenging. To ease the pain, Adobe has added a new skill to its Acrobat AI that tries to interpret complex contracts for the average person. Automatically detecting when […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The powerful, high-capacity power bank is encased in an IP66-rated shell for dust and waterproofing. Clear, bright display keeps you in the loop about what the power bank is doing. This is no pocket-sized power bank and is best suited for a laptop bag or carry-on luggage. –> I’ve tested and […] More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf your computer desktop looks a little chaotic and you’re noticing some performance slowdown, it might be time to do a cleanup. The best way to keep things running smoothly is to ensure you’re running the most updated version of Windows (you’d be surprised how many folks’ devices are several updates behind). But if you’re up-to-date, there are other things you can do to optimize.Also: This 2-in-1 Windows tablet I found is designed for creatives and lasts all dayWindows has a few helpful utilities that can free up some space (and they’re already on your PC). These utilities aren’t intended for large-scale repairs but can help make things run faster by cutting excess weight.Regular computer usage results in stored cache files that can become corrupted and outdated, leading to operational quirks and slower boot times. Clearing this cache and other temporary files can improve performance and keep things running optimally. Here’s how.  More

Eoneren/Getty Images Since DeepSeek challenged OpenAI two weeks ago, the open- vs. closed-source AI competition has shown no signs of stopping. Also: Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly Just two days after OpenAI announced Deep Research, a new AI agent within ChatGPT that can sift through online sources for you, its open-source counterpart has already emerged. Hugging […] More