Tag: artificial intelligence
New research says using AI reduces brain activity – but does that mean it’s making us dumber?
Amid all the debates about how AI affects jobs, science, the environment, and everything else, there’s a question of how large language models impact the people using them directly. A new study from the MIT Media Lab implies that using AI tools reduces brain activity in some ways, which is…
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Google Gemini’s super-fast Flash-Lite 2.5 model is out now – here’s why you should switch today
Google’s new Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite model is its fastest and most cost-efficient The model is for tasks that don’t require much processing, like translation and data organization The new model is in preview, while Gemini 2.5 Flash and Pro are now generally available AI chatbots can respond at a pretty…
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I watched some of the viral ASMR videos made with AI and I feel more confused than soothed
Google’s Veo 3 Fast generates 720p AI videos twice as fast as standard Gemini Pro users can create three videos per day Flow Pro users pay just 20 credits per clip There’s a strawberry made of glass that someone is cutting like it’s made of jelly, then the same thing…
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I don’t like the idea of my conversations with Meta AI being public – here’s how you can opt out
Meta AI prompts you to choose to post publicly in the app’s Discovery feed by default Meta has a new warning pop-up, but accidental sharing remains a possibility You can opt out of having your conversations go public entirely through the Meta AI app’s settings The Meta AI app’s somewhat…
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You can now create ChatGPT AI images using WhatsApp and it’s ridiculously easy to do – here’s how
You can now create ChatGPT images in WhatsApp Ask it to create any image you want Upload an image and ask it to modify it You can now create and modify images using ChatGPT’s AI chops inside WhatsApp without having to use the ChatGPT app at all. WhatsApp, the MetaAI-owned…
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Here’s why you should be excited about Audio Overviews coming to Google Search
Google is testing the NotebookLM feature Audio Overviews in Search The feature will offer short, AI-generated audio summaries for certain queries. The feature uses Gemini models to deliver podcast-style explanations with clickable links. I’ve been a fan of the Audio Overviews feature in Google’s NotebookLM since I first experimented with…
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