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Models, agents and practical uses of artificial intelligence — with attention to data, cost and control.

The AI desk at Next F9 follows model releases, AI agents and the tools people use every day, and asks what each one does with your data, what it costs and how much control you keep. News stories link to the company’s own announcement; explainers cover AI agents versus chatbots, file uploads to AI tools and running models locally. For the privacy terms of nine assistants, see Are AI chatbots safe?.

Check how a specific assistant handles your chats: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Meta AI, Grok, DeepSeek, Perplexity and Mistral Vibe.

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The Daily 9, October 10, 2026: an orange payment card, order receipt and connected-home screen.

Daily 9 · Oct 10

Daily 9: 2026-10-10 | Agent Payments and Connected Homes

Nine developments in agent payments, lending, browser security, software profiling and connected devices.

Latest AI news

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A checklist with ticked items beside an AI assistant under a magnifying glass, illustrating regulatory review of AI developers.

ai · Oct 10

ICO: 10 AI Developers Make Data Protection Changes

The UK regulator names ten AI developers that made or promised privacy changes and opens a review of AI agents.

ai · Sep 24

Google’s Gemini 3.8 Speech Models Add Voice Design and Scene Controls

Google's September 23 release adds voice design and scene controls, with limits on voice replication.

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ai · Sep 23

OpenAI Adds GPT-6 Sol and Luna With Lower API Prices

OpenAI's September 22 release adds two lower-cost models and changes to prompt caching.

AI explained

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ai · Oct 5

What Is AI Hallucination? Why AI Makes Things Up and How to Check

Why a language model can state something false with full confidence, and the practical checks that catch it.

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ai · Oct 4

What Is RAG in AI? How Retrieval-Augmented Generation Works

How an AI system looks up passages in a set of documents before it answers, and where that can still go wrong.

ai · Sep 20

Running AI Locally: What Your Laptop Can—and Cannot—Handle

Memory, model size and input length determine what your laptop can run comfortably.

ai · Aug 3

What Happens to Your Files When You Upload Them to an AI Tool?

Uploading a file raises separate questions about processing, storage, training and deletion.

ai · Jun 6

AI Agents vs. Chatbots: What Actually Changes?

An agent can use tools and take actions, while a basic chatbot mainly returns an answer.