Tag: AI Platforms & Assistants
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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Your Grok chats are now appearing in Google search – here’s how to stop them
Grok conversations shared by users have been found indexed by Google The interactions, no matter how private, became searchable by anyone online The problem arose because Grok’s share button didn’t add noindex tags to prevent search engine discovery If you’ve been spending time talking to Grok, your conversations might be…
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AI that seems conscious is coming – and that’s a huge problem, says Microsoft AI’s CEO
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman warns that AI chatbots could effectively imitate consciousness. This would just be an illusion, but people forming emotional attachments to AI might be a big problem. Suleyman says it’s a mistake to describe AI as if it has feelings or awareness, with serious potential consequences.…
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Grammarly is giving students AI to help them learn – and maybe succeed
Grammarly has debuted a collection of specialized AI tools for aiding students The AI agents can simulate grading, find citations, and predict reader reactions The tools are part of the new Grammarly Docs platform Grammarly is looking to take a more active role in helping students write with a new…
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