Month: November 2024
Alexa may get smarter with more APIs rather than more AI
Following ongoing reports that Amazon’s generative AI makeover of Alexa is not going well, it appears Amazon may take a more practical approach to making its smart assistant more useful. According to Business Insider, Amazon is partnering with several companies to make Alexa better at doing things you might want a…
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Zoom claims it is outperforming the likes of Microsoft Teams when it comes to AI power
Zoom AI performance shows “leader” capabilities Conversational AI responses are nearly 2x faster than Microsoft Teams Zoom says it is committed to expanding access to AI A recent report by software testing provider TestDevLab has claimed Zoom is leading the way when it comes to AI, good news for a…
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Microsoft is the mystery AI company licensing HarperCollins books, says Bloomberg
HarperCollins said in a statement to 404 Media that its deal will include “select nonfiction backlist titles” and that authors will have to opt into the training program. One author, Daniel Kibblesmith, posted screenshots a few days ago showing that he was offered $2,500 per book for a three-year AI…
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Jack Black yearns for the mines in new Minecraft movie trailer
A Minecraft Movie has a new trailer giving us a taste at the kind of story moviegoers can expect. The trailer predominately features Jack Black as Steve, the silent protagonist players embody in Minecraft. In the trailer, Black’s Steve is way more chatty, giving us his backstory as a child…
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Netflix says the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight was ‘the most-streamed sporting event ever’
Of those simultaneous streams, 38 million were from households in the US, and the TVision data says it accounted for 56 percent of TV viewing between midnight and 1AM that day. Meanwhile, the match between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano broke the record for the “most-watched professional women’s sports event…
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Update now — Fortinet Windows VPN hacked to steal user data
Researchers spot Chinese threat actor stealing login credentials from Fortinet VPN Thefts carried out with the help of a vulnerability discovered in 2023 The bug is yet to be addressed, or even assigned a CVE Cybersecurity researchers has revealed that for months now, Fortinet’s Windows VPN client has been vulnerable…
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