Couples are using a viral AI agent to do their emotional labor. It’s been helpful — and chaotic.

Couple both on phones

Some early adopters of Instinct are using AI agents to manage common tasks in a relationship, like shared to-do lists and vacation itineraries. It's had mixed results.

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Adam Jones: Former Wales prop sheds five stone in Cardiff half-marathon challenge

Jones was inspired after seeing an image of himself when he was part of the Wales coaching staff in 2025, when he weighed in at 24st 7lb (156kg).

"When I was out in Japan with Wales last year, I remember the camera panning to me at the end of the tour and I was massive," said Jones.

At least 27 dead after two mass shootings in South Africa, police say

Two separate mass shootings near South Africa’s two biggest cities killed at least 27 people, police have said.

The South African police service said on Sunday that 17 people were killed on Saturday night when eight suspects armed with AK-47 assault rifles and pistols opened fire at a bar in Wedela township, south-west of Johannesburg. At least 15 other people sustained gunshot injuries in that attack, police said.

The 10 Best Fights in 'Jujutsu Kaisen' History, Ranked

Jujutsu Kaisen has never treated a fight as mere spectacle. The anime’s best battles reveal how their participants think under pressure, turning elaborate cursed techniques into tactical puzzles that expose a character’s strengths, fears, and capacity for improvisation. The result is one of the most kinetic battle shonen ever made — and one in which “strength” can mean something entirely different from one confrontation to the next.

Kylian Mbappe’s knee injury to keep him out for two weeks

Mbappe suffers a hyperextension of his left knee against Turkiye but is expected to be fit to face Barcelona in El Clasico.

France captain Kylian Mbappe has suffered a hyperextension of his left knee while playing for France, his club Real Madrid says, but the forward could be ready to play again when La Liga resumes.

Scotland: From turgid to thrusting - mixed start for new Scotland

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Highlights: Slovenia 0-0 Scotland

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BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

For 45 turgid minutes in Slovenia, some in the Tartan Army might have reimagined the Steve Clarke years as a time of plenty, the halcyon era of ambitious football when Scotland were an all-electric thrill-fest.

Australia summons OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs to appear at AI inquiry

Call to face Senate inquiry follows security breach of Australia’s Medicare portal by rogue OpenAI bot in June.

Australia has called for the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear before a Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence, just days after revelations that a rogue OpenAI bot had ⁠hacked the country’s health-system database.

Northern Ireland protesters block Orange Order march in Portadown

Crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road early on Sunday to protest against the ruling allowing the march.

Thousands of protesters have blocked a route into the Catholic area of a Northern Irish town that a Protestant organisation was due to march down.

Tony Pulis column: I feel cheated - when do Stoke City get our FA Cup?

When do we get our FA Cup?

That is what all Stoke City fans have been asking me since the news broke on Friday that Manchester City had been found guilty of breaking the majority of the 115 financial rules they have been accused of breaching.

Why families are being urged to look closer on autumn walks

A man holds a young child among trees as the child reaches towards a group of red, white-spotted fly agaric mushrooms growing on the woodland floor.Image source, James Benwell