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Smart glasses with a camera in Belgium: what's allowed?
Norway wants to temporarily ban camera glasses from parks and schools. What's allowed in Belgium with Ray-Ban Meta or other smart glasses? GBA rules in a table.
New rules for Claude: what are you no longer allowed to do?
Anthropic changes Claude's usage rules on November 12. What is no longer allowed, what do you risk, and must Belgian businesses act? Everything at a glance.
The 8 best free AI tools in 2026: what do you really get?
Eight AI tools with a genuinely free plan, as of 8 October 2026: what you get for free, where the limit is, the price in Belgium and how to turn off training.
Free Claude Team year for startups: how to apply
Claude Startups offers young companies one free year of Claude Team plus $1,000 in API credits. Who is eligible, how to apply and what to watch out for.
SAP acquires Ghent's TechWolf: AI that maps your skills
SAP is acquiring TechWolf, the Ghent-based AI company that grew out of Ghent University and maps employee skills. What it does and what it means for you.
Spot AI photos on Vinted: tips and your rights in Belgium
AI photos are turning up more and more in Vinted listings. How to spot them, according to Belgium's FPS Economy, and how to get a refund if an item isn't right.
ChatGPT gets a watermark in the EU: what does that mean?
OpenAI adds an invisible watermark to ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU because of the AI Act. What it can and cannot do, who sees it and what to arrange.
Gemini free or AI Plus? What you still get (October 2026)
From 9 October, Gemini without a subscription will get only Flash-Lite. AI Plus (4.99 euros) keeps Flash but loses Pro. All the plans, prices and models.
Built a site with AI? How to get it online with Netlify
Did Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini build your website? Here is how to put it online with Netlify: the steps, your own .be domain, the cost and the real downsides.
Full Disk Access on your Mac: which apps see everything?
Apple plans to tighten Full Disk Access on the Mac because AI agents raise the risk. Here's how to check now which apps see everything, and how to revoke it.
How much does Claude cost? All plans and prices (2026)
How much does Claude cost? Claude Free costs nothing, Pro is $20 a month ($17 billed annually), Max $100 or $200, excl. VAT. All plans, limits and API prices.
Gemini is replacing Gems with Skills: how to prepare
Google is replacing Gems in Gemini with Skills: from November for personal accounts, in 2027 for Workspace. What happens to your Gems and what to do now.
GPT-6.1 Sol or Sonnet 5.5: same price, which one to pick?
GPT-6.1 Sol and Claude Sonnet 5.5 both cost $2 and $10 per million tokens via the API. How do they differ, where do you get them and which one fits your work?
Claude Sonnet 5.5: what it costs and what you get
Claude Sonnet 5.5 launched on 28 September 2026. What do you get free, with Pro, and via the API? Pricing laid out, and when Opus 5.5 still makes sense.
Siri AI in Belgium: on your Mac, not on your iPhone
Siri AI works in Belgium on your Mac and Vision Pro, not on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. How to enable it, and what the new Siri does well and not so well.
AI Voice CEO Fraud: Bank Wires 95 Million to Scammers
Scammers used CEO fraud and an AI voice to trick Intesa Sanpaolo into transferring 95 million euros. Here's what happened, and how to protect your business.
Court: Pentagon could blacklist Anthropic
A U.S. appeals court rules 2 to 1 that the Pentagon could exclude Anthropic as a supply chain risk because it withheld AI capabilities from the military.
Claude finds new enzyme system, but what does it do?
About 950 Claude agents found a new enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats in 21 hours. Anthropic calls it a discovery, a CRISPR expert calls it routine.
Price War: Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Are Mostly Cheaper
Anthropic and OpenAI released new models on 22 September 2026. Anthropic says Opus 5.5 runs 40% cheaper; GPT-6 Sol and Luna halve prices but barely gain.
Meta's AI Caller Muse Is Partly a Human Call Center
404 Media reveals internal Meta messages: conversations by AI agent Muse are partly handled by humans in a call center. When does a human answer, when does AI?
Amazon Blocks Meta's Shopping Agent Muse
Amazon blocked Meta's AI assistant Muse in the night of September 20-21: after Perplexity, Google and OpenAI at least the fourth agent shut out of shopping.
AI in Email Marketing: What ActiveCampaign Actually Does
Our first weekly review: what ActiveCampaign's AI really does in email marketing, what it costs, where it breaks down, and for whom it is worth the money.
Syensqo scales PFAS for AI: the footprint that never fades
Belgian chemical maker Syensqo is ramping up PFPE and PVDF for AI data centers and chips. Liquid cooling saves water, but the chemistry never breaks down.
AI hallucination nearly triggered military operation
According to a CNN exclusive citing anonymous sources, a false AI report nearly led the U.S. military to board a Chinese ship in the Middle East this spring.
Anthropic measures its own pace: Claude leads 26% of R&D
Anthropic releases three measurements of AI development pace in-house: Claude leads 26% of AI R&D, 30,000 agents under monitoring, 6% compute for safety.
Al Gore: the AI energy panic targets wrong threat
Climate veteran Al Gore claims AI emissions are smaller than landfills. His real worries: job losses and gas plants that trap us in fossil fuels for decades.
Von der Leyen puts AI agents centre stage in Strasbourg
In her State of the Union, von der Leyen called autonomous AI agents and self-improving models 'a mere glimpse'. The EU response: dialogue and allies.
AI datacenters will soon consume more gas than Germany
BloombergNEF: U.S. data centers projected to consume 18 billion cubic feet natural gas daily by 2035, more than Germany and Japan combined. Cloud runs on gas.
A Human May Be Reading Your ChatGPT Conversation
On September 14, 2026, 404 Media reported that OpenAI has hundreds of contract workers reviewing real ChatGPT conversations. Not a hack, but poorly disclosed.
What Does AI Cost a Business? Look at the Meter
What does AI cost a business? The $17-200 monthly subscription is only the beginning. The real cost hides in message limits, weekly caps, and data risk.
Banning AI in the classroom backfires, study finds
A two-year experiment by legal scholar Thibault Schrepel compared three approaches: banning AI, free use, and structured training. The ban group did worst.
Anthropic races for record IPO while OpenAI delays
Altman says 2026 IPO would be unwise for OpenAI. Anthropic races toward raising $100 billion with Nvidia as anchor investor, per Reuters reporting.
OpenAI Asks Congress: Can We Legally Slow Down Together?
According to WIRED, OpenAI asked Congress whether a coordinated AI slowdown would violate antitrust law; the company has not publicly confirmed this.
Your DeepSeek Query Might Have Gone Secretly to Claude
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of copying Claude and routing live customer queries to Claude without disclosure, presenting the responses as their own.
Apple Reference Image: Proof of Authenticity in Your Camera
Apple announced Reference Image in September 2026: the iPhone 18 Pro signs photos as authenticity proof. In the EU at launch: you can view but not capture.
Apple's New Siri Runs on Google, Not in the EU
Apple's refreshed Siri in iOS 27 runs on Google Gemini, its rival's engine. But precisely in the EU, the new Siri won't arrive yet due to DMA regulations.
Your Apple Watch Listens Now, and That's Becoming Normal
Apple gave the Apple Watch Series 12 AI that listens, on-device without recordings. And that's exactly why unobtrusive listening is becoming the norm.
OpenAI Brings Its Sharpest Critic Into the Boardroom
On September 9, 2026, OpenAI appointed alignment pioneer Paul Christiano to its Foundation board and Safety Committee. What real authority does he hold?
ChatGPT Leak: Attackers Could Eavesdrop on Your Gmail
On September 8, 2026, Check Point Research revealed how attackers could spy on victims' Gmail and Drive through a hidden channel between ChatGPT accounts.
OpenAI claims Navier-Stokes, and the dispute erupts
On September 8, 2026, OpenAI published an AI-generated Navier-Stokes solution. A dispute immediately erupted over a removed co-author and competitive play.
Anthropic Signs Half a Trillion in Compute Agreements
The Information reports Anthropic signed up to $517 billion in compute agreements in just eleven months, while CEO Amodei warned rivals about serious risks.
OpenAI Shows the Accelerator and the Brake, One Hour Apart
OpenAI published data on agent-driven research acceleration and chief scientist Pachocki's essay urging voluntary slowdowns, one hour apart on 6 September 2026.
Customer data in AI assistants: what's allowed, what's not
Parts of the AI Act already apply, the GDPR in full. What to fix before customer data goes into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and why your subscription matters.
ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini: prices and limits 2026
How much does Claude cost against ChatGPT or Gemini? Pricing and usage limits side by side, 5 October 2026, with latest models and where meters bite.
ChatGPT Atlas dead at 292 days: feature, not destination
OpenAI shut down its AI browser ChatGPT Atlas on 9 August 2026, 292 days after launch. Its features move into the ChatGPT desktop app and a Chrome extension.