I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

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In a hangar-like building in Louisville, Colorado, outside Denver, crumpled plastic bottles, cans and other scraps were strewn across a giant conveyor belt. But you know what they say about one man’s ...

London is the setting of this week’s first important meeting in the interminable succession of summits that now attend the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelensky is flying in to meet, on December 8th, ...

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Just eight months after Gemini 2.5 launched, Google has upgraded its AI models once again with the release of Gemini 3. Gemini 3 officially began rolling out widely on November 18, and even this early ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

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A new computing era arrives with the breakthrough in how computers can sort information. This vital function, at the heart of everything from searches on the internet to artificial intelligence, has ...

“Where’s your red ball? Get your squeaky chicken!” Some dogs know their favorite toys by name. Now, it turns out that dogs with a knack for learning words are also capable of mentally labeling toys ...

Amongst key findings of the study is faster growth in non-work-related ChatGPT usage than in work-related usage. The demographic breakdown of ChatGPT users was also found to have shifted, with the ...

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