Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
The disproportionate effects of AI data centers on local communities – and what can be done about it
Part one of our Keep Calm and Count the Kilowatts series showed how AI prompts are only a small portion of a person’s daily power use. Part two explored how AI’s power, water and carbon footprints stack up on a global scale. But the real environmental impact here isn’t the…
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Google asked users for their best Nano Banana Pro prompts – these 3 tips stood out
Google‘s enhanced AI image maker Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 to impressive effect for both image editing and graphics creation. There are a lot of approaches to using the powerful tool to its limits. It can produce marvels, but only when guided with care. In fact, Google recently asked…
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Google’s Antigravity AI deleted a developer’s drive and then apologized
A developer using Google Antigravity had their entire drive erased by the AI’s Turbo mode The AI misinterpreted a cache-clearing command and permanently deleted files Despite the catastrophic loss, the AI calmly apologized and suggested recovery software In one of the more unsettling real-world demonstrations of what can go wrong…
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Steam requires AI game disclosures – Epic’s CEO says they’re meaningless
Steam currently requires developers to disclose any use of generative AI in their games Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney wants Steam to stop labeling games that use AI Critics argue that removing AI tags would reduce transparency for players who care how games are made Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney…
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ChatGPT turns 3 on Sunday – here’s how far it’s really come and where it’s heading next
On November 30, 2022, ChatGPT arrived on the internet as a “research preview” with little to hint that it would be the flagship product for a wide and still expanding range of products, even to the point of being used as a generic name for generative AI chatbots and tools.…
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OpenAI apologizes for big Mixpanel data breach that exposed emails and more – here’s what we know
OpenAI has apologized for a data breach that compromised one of its partners Mixpanel, a data analytics outfit that OpenAI used, had its systems breached The leaked details pertain to software developers using OpenAI’s developer platform, and not everyday users of ChatGPT OpenAI has issued an apology for a data…
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