Month: February 2023
Google shows off new AI search features, but a ChatGPT rival is still weeks away
Google demoed its latest advances in AI search at a live event in Paris on Wednesday — but the features pale in comparison to Microsoft’s announcement yesterday of the “new Bing,” which the company has demoed extensively to the press and offered limited public access to. In perhaps the most…
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I Thought Pour-Over Coffee Wasn’t for Me—Until I Did It Right
A trio of inexpensive gadgets helped me get better flavors and more consistent results from the finicky brewing method. Source
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How to Detect AI-Generated Text, According to Researchers
ChatGPT is not as random as a human—for now. Source
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China is killing off fax machines, pagers, and other classic tech
Audio player loading… The Chinese government is introducing several reform measures designed to put an end to aged or obsolete technology, with the likes of fax machines, wireless pagers and ISDN lines set to bite the dust. A Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (opens in new tab) (MIIT)…
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Microsoft’s Activision acquisition in peril after UK regulator warns of harm to gamers
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) already expressed concerns about Microsoft’s plans to acquire Activision Blizzard last year, but it now says the deal could harm UK gamers. The CMA has published provisional findings in its investigation into the Microsoft and Activision deal and found that it “could result in…
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The Morning After: Microsoft’s next-gen Bing is ‘more powerful’ than ChatGPT
Bing may be back. Microsoft announced yesterday it’s partnering with OpenAI to enhance Bing with its AI technology. However, Microsoft also had a surprise up its sleeve: The next release of Bing will tap into a new next-generation language model the company claims is "much more powerful" than ChatGPT and…
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