Month: August 2024
ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode First Impressions: Fun, and Just a Bit Creepy
The new voice feature from OpenAI for ChatGPT is often entertaining and will even do a Trump impression. It likely rolls out to all paid users this fall. Source
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Every time Google dinged Apple during its Pixel 9 launch event
In between the reveal of new Pixel phones and AI features at its event today, Google snuck in a few burns targeted at Apple. Some were subtle — others far from it. While it’s not uncommon for companies like Google to draw comparisons to competitors during big events like this, Google…
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Google took a very un-Apple-like approach to its Pixel launch, but then it was always gonna be about Gemini
If you need a reminder that Google is not Apple, just take a look at how the search giant conducted its Made By Google Pixel product fest rollout on August 13. Instead of regaling us with four new Pixel phones, two new Pixel Watches, and a new Pixel Buds Pro 2, Google spent…
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Florida sued over its ban on lab-grown meat
Upside Foods, a cultivated meat firm, sued Florida over its ban on lab-grown meat, arguing that the state’s legislation prohibiting the sale of cultivated meat is unconstitutional. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ban into law in May, describing the legislation as a way of “fighting back against the global…
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Artists’ lawsuit against Stability AI and Midjourney gets more punch
Many artists allege that popular generative AI services violated copyright law by training on a dataset that included their works and, in some cases, that users of these services can directly reproduce copies of the work. Last year, Judge William Orrick allowed a direct copyright infringement complaint against Stability, operator…
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In 1997, the BBC asked Jeff Bezos when internet shopping would take off
Earlier this year, Amazon reported $143.3 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2024. But 27 years ago, the BBC wondered when predictions that the internet revolutionizing shopping would come true, speaking to local bakers, booksellers, and even Jeff Bezos to find out. The Money Programme report, which originally aired…
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