Cecily Mauran
Tech Reporter
Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with startups and social impact businesses for Unreasonable Group and B Lab. Before that, she co-founded a startup consulting business for emerging entrepreneurial hubs in South America, Europe, and Asia. You can find her on X at @cecily_mauran.
Latest From Cecily Mauran
AI was used to write the California bar exam. The law community is outraged.
An outsourced contractor relied on AI to help write some of the exam questions.
Trump signs AI education order to train K-12 students amidst competition from China
China has recently boosted up AI education in its schools.
iPhone 17e leak suggests Apple may release a new budget phone annually
Apple's plans for an iPhone 17e are reportedly underway.
OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini hallucinate way higher than previous models
A troubling issue nestled in OpenAI's technical report.
New PR? Humanoid robots in China competed in their first half-marathon
But they still have a lot of training to do.
All the AI news of the week: ChatGPT debuts o3 and o4-mini, Gemini talks to dolphins
Here's all the AI news you missed this week, from safety concerns to advanced image reasoning from OpenAI.
Wikipedia has a solution for the deluge of AI training bots hogging its servers
Non-human traffic has strained the nonprofit's servers, but the organization may have a fix.
Google rolls out Gemini 2.5 Flash preview in the Gemini app. What's new?
Google's hybrid reasoning model is now available to try out.
New foldable iPhone specs leaked, including alleged details on the camera and Touch ID
The long-rumored foldable iPhone might trade Face ID for Touch ID.
OpenAI announces o3 and o4-mini reasoning models for ChatGPT (updated)
OpenAI pivoted and decided to release its o-series models after all.
Google's AI models shut down 39 million fraudulent advertisers
How Google's ad safety team has leveraged AI to combat bad actors.
Is OpenAI building a social network for ChatGPT's viral image generator?
A new report claims OpenAI is secretly working on a social network.
Hertz customer data stolen in breach, possibly including licenses, social security numbers
This week, Hertz alerted customers of a cybersecurity breach related to one of the company's vendors.
Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call to delete IP laws, but artists are pushing back
Creatives react to Dorsey's provocative statement.
ChatGPT will help you jailbreak its own image-generation rules, report finds
Political deepfakes were easy to generate on ChatGPT.
Tech CEO promised AI but hired workers in the Philippines instead, FBI claims
"Fake it till you make it" doesn't always work.
Microsoft's record-everything Recall feature is rolling out now
After several delays, Microsoft's controversial Recall is 'gradually' rolling out as an opt-in feature.
ChatGPT now remembers even more about your past conversations
Yes, there's a way to turn off this setting.
Google debuts more Gemini updates: New Workspace tools, Gemini 2.5 Flash, and agentic AI
Google has been releasing a steady drip of Gemini news and updates at the Google Cloud Next event.
Google reveals Reddit Answers is powered by Gemini AI
Reddit Answers uses Gemini to find and summarize responses from the Reddit community.
Google releases Pixel Watch 3 Loss of Pulse Detection
The health and safety feature is rolling out to US users over the next few weeks.
Tesla reportedly stops accepting Cybertrucks trade-ins as unsold trucks pile up
No recourse for buyer's remorse.
Apple planning massive redesign for iPhone 19 Pro, reports say
Apple is preparing something big for the iPhone's 20th anniversary.