From small startups to giants including Meta and Google, tech companies are factoring AI use into performance reviews and trying to track productivity gains.

AI is starting to change the way people work, find information and even form social relationships. Yet very little has changed about the devices people often use to access AI: smartphones.

Claude, Anthropic's AI chatbot, has sparked major selling of US tech stocks as its capabilities induce fear among investors of widespread disruption.

“Assume anything messaged can be forwarded and be especially cautious of work chats (however informal they appear),” Wesson said. “As countless people have discovered at employment tribunals, any diversion into anything indecorous can be career limiting.” Chat messages should be short and sweet.

CNET's TechPulse survey found that most US adults (67%) say one tech setback is enough to derail their lives, such as an app crash, a cracked screen or a network outage. Anna Gragert, CNET's wellness editor, isn't surprised.

Shares of technology companies rose ahead of Nvidia earnings. The tech sector and the broad stock market has seen wild swings in recent weeks as investors attempt to factor in the transformative impact of artificial intelligence,

Wall Street retreated on Thursday as weakness in the technology sector weighed heavily on major averages, pushing the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) down nearly 2%. The decline followed earnings from Nvidia (NVDA),

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