Category: Software
AI just made a mockery of CAPTCHA and that’s bad news for real people
Filling out CAPTCHA puzzles is tedious, but using them as (imperfect) shields against malicious bots made sense, at least until now. Artificial intelligence can now defeat those puzzles every time, according to new research from ETH Zurich. CAPTCHA, an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and…
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The ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode rollout is starting, and you might be one of the lucky ones
A new leak on X.com seems to confirm that a select group of ChatGPT Plus users will be getting access to Advanced Voice mode today, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Advanced Voice mode, which OpenAI demoed back in May this year, allows you to talk to ChatGPT on your smartphone and…
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macOS Sequoia review: iPhone mirroring is more useful than you think
Apple's macOS updates have been so dull lately, the most interesting part of last year's macOS Sonoma ended up being widgets. Widgets! Thankfully, macOS Sequoia has a lot more going on — or at least it will, once Apple Intelligence rolls out over the next few months. For now, though,…
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I tried Google’s new one-click AI podcast creator, and now I don’t know what’s real anymore
I’ve had a glimpse of how AI will change the world, and it’s filling me with both fear and wonder in equal measure. The source of my consternation is Google NotebookLM. NotebookLM takes an article, blog post, or web page, and with just one click produces an audio file of…
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For smart glasses and other wearables, fashion is as important as function
This week we saw the arrival of new Snap Spectacles, and based on what’s been announced they sound like beefy AR glasses that inch closer than ever to our expectations based on sci-fi depictions of the tech. But while they might be in the running for the best smart glasses,…
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Jony Ive confirms he’s working on an AI device for OpenAI – but what could it be?
Back in April, we heard that ChatGPT developer OpenAI was busy working on a hardware device in partnership with ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive – a rumor that has now been confirmed in a new profile of Ive. The profile appeared in the New York Times (via The Verge), and…
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