Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
Apple will need to show off truly unique AI features for the iPhone 17 to convince me to upgrade
Apple’s next big iPhone event is just around the corner, and the iPhone 17 lineup is likely to take center stage. I’ll be looking to see how Apple melds the new hardware with its AI ambitions. Because unless there’s something unique to the new devices, specifically relating to AI, I’m…
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If ChatGPT can be fooled by this simple optical illusion, why should I trust it with anything else?
Read OpenAI’s marketing or listen to a quote from the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, and you’d be forgiven for thinking ChatGPT is the most powerful, most efficient, most impressive technology we’ve ever seen. Don’t get me wrong, ChatGPT and other AI chatbots like Gemini and Perplexity are seriously impressive, but…
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Snapchat’s new AI Imagine Lens lets you become whoever you can describe
Snapchat’s new Imagine Lens uses AI to produce an image from any prompt The feature blends generative AI with Snap’s real-time camera interface The Lens is only available to Snapchat+ Platinum and Lens+ subscribers for now Snapchat has been offering AI-powered Lenses for pre-programmed filters for a while, but its…
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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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