Category: Software
The Morning After: Apple’s Invite app and its less welcome third-party porn apps
The week has been a mixed bag for Apple. First, it launched a new iPhone app for organizing events and being actually social; then, it had to contend with a third-party app store offering a porn app in the European Union. And there’s nothing like an Apple-pornography headline to draw…
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‘AI Godfather’ sounds the alarm on autonomous AI
‘AI godfather’ Yoshua Bengio warns that the AI race prioritizes speed over safety This risks unpredictable and dangerous consequences He urges global cooperation to enforce AI regulations before autonomous systems become difficult to control ‘AI godfather’ Yoshua Bengio helped create the foundations of the neural networks running all kinds of…
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Would you use Google Gemini if it fills with ads?
Google CEO Sundar Pichai is teasing that Gemini could one day feature advertisements. It tracks as Google is pretty crafty at inserting ads into most of its offerings You can already see hints of ads in AI overviews in Google Search Google’s Gemini AI might not have ads today, but let’s be…
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Amazon drops unsubtle hints that Alexa AI is landing soon – 3 things to expect from the new voice assistant
Amazon invites literally spell out ‘Alexa’ teasing a major update The new Alexa could be an autonomous AI agent… … but it might also cost you $5-$10 a month Amazon sent out invites to a big product launch event in New York City yesterday that contained plenty of Alexa hints…
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TikTok owner ByteDance has a new AI video creator you have to see to believe
ByteDance is showing off the new OmniHuman AI video model. OmniHuman transforms a single photo into a lifelike, full-body video. The videos show realistic singing, speaking, and movement. TikTok parent company, ByteDance, is showing off a new AI video creator that can produce vivid videos of people talking, singing, and…
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Google Gemini’s new model is the brainstorming AI partner you’ve been looking for
Google has added the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental to the Gemini app. The model combines speed with advanced reasoning for smarter AI interactions. The app update also brings the Gemini Flash Pro and Flash-Lite models to the app. Google has dropped a major upgrade to the Gemini app with…
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