Writing
Plain words on what is changing
Short articles on AI and the rules around it, each linking to the pages it is drawn from.
Your data 路 What seven AI apps do with your chats, October 2026ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Grok, Meta AI and Muse all keep what you type for a while. Some learn from it unless you say no, and some let people read it. Here is the short version, with the switches.
Agents 路 Muse, Meta's new AI agent: what it does and what it keepsMuse can send your emails, book travel and pay. It also learns from you by default, cannot have its memory switched off, and has had a rough first two months on privacy.
Work 路 Does AI save time? What the trials foundFaster on some tasks, slower on others, and not yet showing up in pay packets. Five studies, read so you do not have to.
The rules 路 The EU AI Act is switched on. Here is what you should now seeSince 2 August 2026 chatbots must say they are AI and realistic fakes must be labelled. A new ban on sexual deepfakes starts in December. The UK and US are going their own ways.