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.
OpenAI’s first custom inference chip, Jalapeño, delivered up to 1.9 times more work per watt and far lower latency than rival systems, with AI accelerating its own design.
Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise for Legal, a specialized AI platform with agents for drafting and contract work, joining Anthropic and OpenAI in courting law firms.
Porsche signed a five-year, €1.25 billion AI partnership with Tata Consultancy Services, which is separately buying Porsche’s IT consulting arm MHP for €320 million.
OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts it says originated in Russia and built a fake “expert institute” using plagiarized academic work to manufacture false credibility online.
Apple launched new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with its M6 and M5 Ultra chips, explicitly built for developers running AI models and agents locally instead of in the cloud.
Nvidia is in talks to invest in Perplexity at a valuation above $30 billion, a 50% jump from a year ago, as the AI search startup’s revenue triples on its new agent product.
Alibaba launched Wan3.0, an AI video model that turns business documents into 30-second clips, a day after raising $10.2 billion in Hong Kong’s largest-ever follow-on share sale.
Hugging Face is reportedly exploring a sale valuing it at $13 billion or more, nearly triple its 2023 valuation, though no deal has been reached and no buyer identified.
Michael Polansky’s biotech startup Outer Biosciences keeps donated human skin alive for weeks and uses it to train an AI that predicts promising new skincare ingredients.
OpenAI launched AI Futures, a blog from a new Strategic Futures team arguing that AI’s gravest risk is letting power escape the checks that have long depended on human cooperation.