AI did what? Gemini, Val Kilmer, Claude Mythos and more of the week’s most surprising developments

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ChatGPT was down for many —as OpenAI says it’s ‘monitoring the recovery’

ChatGPT is down for many users right now globally —here’s what we know about the outage.

‘They are not human’: Why AI has ‘predictable and systematic biases’ when it comes to judging people

AI systems simulate human trust using structured models, producing consistent decisions that differ from human intuition and show stronger demographic biases.

‘75% of resumes never reach a human’: Here’s the hidden reason your application is getting rejected by AI

AI-driven hiring systems filter resumes using rigid keywords and formatting rules, causing qualified candidates to be rejected before human review.

I tried a new ChatGPT tool to help me find a better wedding venue — and I’m very glad it isn’t planning my big day

I just used AI to help plan my wedding — and there’s one important thing ChatGPT still can’t do.

Gemini can now see your Google Photos — and generate AI images of ‘you’ from them

Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature personalizes AI images by using your own Google Photos library

‘Essentially no human intervention’: Chinese AI solves 12-year-old math problem in just 80 hours — and even proves it

Peking University’s dual agent AI solved Anderson’s 2014 algebra conjecture in 80 hours with no human intervention and full verification.