Tag: artificial intelligence
Google’s new AI video feature is rolling out on another company’s smartphones
Google is debuting an AI-powered image-to-video tool on smartphones built by the Chinese firm Honor Honor’s new 400 series phones are getting the Google Veo-powered tool even before Google Pixel phones. The feature produced five-second animated videos in portrait or landscape orientation from a single image. Google is showing off…
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When I die, please do not produce an AI version of me
Someday, hopefully not soon, I’ll shed this mortal coil and in short order be forgotten. Unless someone makes an AI Lance Ulanoff. In short, please don’t. I had this epiphany and realized the need for a public statement that might one day protect my likeness from appearing after my demise…
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NBC resurrects legendary NBA voice Jim Fagan using AI
NBC Sports will use an AI-generated version of legendary announcer Jim Fagan’s voice in its upcoming NBA coverage The re-creation will appear in intros and promos with the approval of Fagan’s family NBC hopes to evoke nostalgia for 1990s basketball with the AI voice The booming, baritone narration by Jim…
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I asked the Google Pixel 9a to make an image of a successful person and the results were depressingly predictable
If a new phone gave me an electric shock, I wouldn’t recommend it. Even if it only shocked me occasionally, when I open a specific app, I’d say no. If a phone wasn’t just bad, but shockingly harmful, I would say that phone, or at least the electric shock part,…
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Pinterest’s new AI tools help you shop by visuals and vibes
Pinterest has debuted a set of new AI-powered visual search tools The AI tools enable users to explore fashion by vibe, mood, or aesthetic The results are aimed at helping produce personalized shopping ideas Pinterest has always been about visuals over text. Now, with the help of AI, you can…
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You can use the Google app to decode any eye-watering jargon you read on your iPhone – here’s how
Google’s new Simplify tool for iOS explains dense and confusing text on the web Simplify uses Gemini AI to translate the text into plain, readable language without leaving the page Users can highlight confusing content and tap the “Simplify” button to unravel the jargon Reading an article on a technical…
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