Month: May 2023
Google, how do I ask your AI the right questions?
A few weeks ago, my spouse and I made a bet. I said there was no way ChatGPT could believably mimic my writing style for a smartwatch review. I’d already asked the bot to do that months ago, and the results were laughable. My spouse bet that they could ask…
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Google’s new Magic Editor pushes us toward AI-perfected fakery
One of the most impressive demos at Google I/O started with a photo of a woman in front of a waterfall. A presenter onstage tapped on the woman, picked her up, and moved her to the other side of the image, with the app automatically filling in the space where…
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Hitting the Books: The abrupt and ignoble downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Seemingly overnight, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, went from cryptocurrency wunderkind to wanted for questioning by the FBI. After years of unfettered success, the walls of SBF’s blockchain empire came crumbling down around him as his tricky financial feats failed and his generalized lack of accounting brought increasing scrutiny…
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14 Best Fitness Trackers (2023): Watches, Bands, and Rings
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you. Source
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The unannounced Beats Studio Buds Plus earbuds are showing up in stores
As yet Apple hasn’t said anything about the Beats Studio Buds Plus, but they’ve already been spotted in at least one store in the US – which is as good a confirmation of their existence as you’re going to get outside of an official press release. Tech tipster Ben Geskin…
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Google’s AI tools embrace the dream of Clippy
The words “it looks like you’re writing a letter, would you like some help with that?” didn’t appear at any point during Google’s recent demo of its AI office suite tools. But as I watched Aparna Pappu, Google’s Workspace leader, outline the feature onstage at I/O, I was reminded of…
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