Author: Zach_Wilson
Salesforce CEO: Get ready for agents – the third wave of AI
The future of AI is set to be powered by agents able to provide a customizable and personalized experience like never before, Salesforce‘s CEO has declared. “This is the third wave of AI – agents,” Marc Benioff said in his opening keynote at the company’s Dreamforce 2024 event in San…
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California governor signs rules limiting AI actor clones
California governor Gavin Newsom has signed two bills that will protect performers from having their likeness simulated by AI digital replicas. The two SAG-AFTRA supported bills, AB 2602 and AB 1836, were passed by the California legislature in August and are part of a slate of state-level AI regulations. AB…
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The Pixel Buds Pro no longer let you ‘touch and hold’ to hear notifications
Google is taking away a Pixel Buds Pro feature that lets users touch and hold an earbud to hear unread notifications. In an update on Tuesday, Google confirmed that Assistant “will no longer read unread notifications when using the press Assistant feature.” Additionally, Google says Assistant will stop automatically alerting you to unread…
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The lone US manufacturer of boutique keycaps may have just been saved
Signature Plastics, the Custer, Washington-based company known for specialized mechanical keyboard keycaps, has announced it’s being acquired by a Portland-based investment group that intends to keep the company operating with all employees maintained. This comes after majority owner Bob Guenser announced his plans to retire and find new ownership back…
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Geralt broods by the campfire in the first clip from Netflix’s The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep
On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a clip from The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep at the company’s Geeked Week 2024 event. The clip for the upcoming animated film leans on the familiar dulcet growls of Doug Cockle, who voiced Geralt of Rivia in the games. Cockle introduces the clip with an…
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SocialAI: We tried the Twitter clone where no other humans are allowed
Remember the last time you posted a salient take to social media and got zero engagement, or trolled? Now you can avoid that with a new “social network” full of inane AI chatbots that will — your pick! — debate you, attack you, or even just say nice things if…
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