Human-computer interaction, or HCI, is the field concerned with how people use and experience computing systems. It combines computer science, design, psychology, ergonomics, and social research to create interfaces that are effective, understandable, accessible, and safe. In AI products, HCI addresses how users express intent, interpret uncertain outputs, correct errors, calibrate trust, and retain control when automation behaves unexpectedly. Researchers use interviews, observation, prototypes, experiments, and usability studies to test designs in context. Good HCI does not simply make a model easier to access; it helps align the entire interaction with real human capabilities, limitations, goals, and responsibilities.
Norway plans to regulate camera-equipped smart glasses more strictly, floating a ban on public facial recognition, though critics say it wouldn’t stop covert filming.
OpenAI told lawmakers it’s developing automated shutdown capabilities for its AI systems, but a Democratic congressman says it still won’t share logs from the Hugging Face hack.
Apple says forensic analysis of an ex-engineer’s MacBook shows he used a stolen Apple schematic at OpenAI and trained an AI agent to run simulations with it.
Google released Gemini 3.8 Flash for coding and reasoning at unchanged pricing, alongside a restricted cyber model, as Google engineers reportedly preferred it to Anthropic’s Opus in internal tests.
Palo Alto Networks’ CEO says AI is forcing a $1 trillion overhaul of outdated cybersecurity systems, crediting Anthropic’s Mythos model with jolting companies into urgency.
OpenAI says its unreleased Astra model can autonomously find and exploit unknown security flaws, the first system it has rated at its highest cyber-risk tier.
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5.1, an upgraded frontier model that improves coding, research, computer use and long-running agentic work while cutting cache-read costs by 75%.
Open-source AI agent OpenClaw released its largest update yet, simplifying installation and adding shared cloud sessions that let multiple people collaborate on one agent.
OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate in under 200 days, expanding self-serve ad buying to India, Europe and the Middle East.
Anthropic agreed to a $35 billion, six-year computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda, its latest megadeal in a compute-buying spree that has topped $150 billion this year.