Tag: artificial intelligence
The year in AI: how ChatGPT, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, and more changed everything in 2024
A year ago, it sometimes felt like AI had spread everywhere in some fashion, but it was only a preview of how AI burst into people’s lives, for good or ill. It would take a whole series of books to cover every transformative update, flashy launch, and embarrassing misstep made…
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Here’s why Google’s Gemini AI getting a proper memory could save lives
There’s far too much negativity and fearmongering around AI today. It doesn’t matter what news story breaks – if it’s about Google Gemini getting a ‘memory’ or ChatGPT telling a user something that’s plainly wrong, it’ll cause uproar from some part of the online community. The attention that AI currently…
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I hosted a games night with the help from AI and here’s how you can too
I always love game night with friends. We have an ever-expanding roster of board games, card games, and party games to choose from, which makes each get-together different. On a recent evening, though, I wanted to try using AI as the virtual host of the games. I asked ChatGPT for…
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Don’t judge Apple Intelligence by today’s summaries, smartphone AI is going to be amazing… eventually
It wasn’t a great year for smartphone AI. While AI tech advanced in leaps behind the scenes, the actual AI products we got to use seem less useful than ever. Even though AI computations make the best camera phones fantastic, we feel like we’re being exposed to more bad AI…
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I used AI to help with dinner recipes for a week and it was a success (and a disaster)
Experimenting with AI has become a hobby for me, as well as a professional role. I’d used AI for quick recipe inspiration before, but this time, I wanted to see if it could handle a week of dinners tailored to when I’m cooking, either for my wife and me or…
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How ChatGPT helps me keep my kids entertained over the holiday period and into 2025
The holidays are a magical time, but let’s face it: keeping a young child and a few energetic nieces and nephews entertained during those long winter breaks can be challenging. Enter ChatGPT. While mainly used for adults, the AI-powered chatbot has more than a little Mary Poppins in its features.…
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