Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
Calling AI chatbots ‘Clankers’ is clunky and clueless
The weirdness of AI discussions in 2025 includes its own set of vocabulary, from AGI to agentic action, but one recently viral bit of slang I just can’t stand is “Clanker.” You might see Clanker popping up on Reddit threads, Discord memes, or TikTok video comments as a blanket insult…
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Perplexity says its Comet Plus browser will save online journalism, but it’s still an AI middleman
Perplexity enhanced its AI-powered Comet browser with a new $5 monthly subscription service called Comet Plus, which, at first glance, seems like Perplexity looked out at the bleak, ad-choked wasteland of modern digital publishing and decided it could offer something better to consumers and publishers. It’s a simple pitch. With…
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YouTube admits it’s been enhancing videos behind the scenes with machine learning
YouTube has admitted to digitally polishing creators’ Shorts without their knowledge, following a growing wave of creator confusion that led to accusations of AI interference ruining videos. The company claimed to have been “experimenting” with subtle machine learning enhancements on select Shorts videos. The tweaks are supposed to improve the…
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Sharp’s Poketomo targets millennial loneliness with a glowing meerkat robot AI
Sharp’s upcoming AI companion Poketomo is a palm-sized, meerkat-shaped robot with a glowing belly Poketomo is designed to provide emotional support, especially for women in their 20s and 30s It combines cute design with conversational AI and syncs with a smartphone app to maintain a continuous relationship Japanese consumer tech…
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AI music is fine until it starts pretending to be real people
AI-generated music is becoming more widespread but not necessarily popular. And that’s just the publicly acknowledged AI music. Now, artists are dealing with seeing their name and voice attached to music they never performed or approved of, even if they passed away decades ago. The most recent high-profile incident occurred…
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Report: Apple considers squeezing Gemini into the Siri brain
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is looking at Gemini to power Siri Apple Intelligence’s best bits are still delayed until possibly 2026 No confirmation from either company, and the report put discussions at the earliest stages Apple‘s efforts to deliver the smarter Siri and full Apple Intelligence we were promised…
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