Tag: computing
I asked all the major AI chatbots which is the most popular – here’s what they said
Is the AI race a popularity contest? Depends on who you ask. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is already positioning Meta AI as the front-runner, promising in a recent earnings report that “Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant in the world by the end of…
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Most 2024 Paris Olympics apps are putting your privacy at risk
As you and other millions of sports fans flock to Paris to follow the Olympic Games from the ground, forget the tickets: you might have to pay a hefty price with your privacy. Most of the 2024 Paris Olympics apps track users, extract private data, and share it with advertisers…
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Google Chrome update aims to supercharge your web browsing with three AI features
Chrome on desktop is set to receive a new series of AI-powered features across several updates that aim to help people find products on the internet. There will be three in total with the first one being a change in how Google Lens functions allowing it to behave similarly to…
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A Taco Bell AI is either the best idea of the 21st century or one that’s going to make you question your choices
The voice taking your order for a Doritos Locos taco at the Taco Bell drive-thru might belong to an AI server. Taco Bell parent company Yum! Brands is spreading its voice AI feature to hundreds of new locations across the U.S. The Mexican food chain has found early success with…
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Remember Skype? Well now it’s ad-free again, which will be a refreshing change for Windows 11 users
Remember Skype? Well, it’s still around, and while the likes of Google Meet and Microsoft Teams might hog the communications spotlight now, Microsoft is still working on Skype – and is hoping to make it more popular by killing the ads in the app and adding (you guessed it) AI…
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Get ready for AI to serve Google Search-style ads
AI conversational search engine Perplexity is taking a page from Google’s advertising playbook with a new sponsorship scheme. Companies will be able to pay for one of the “related follow-up questions” users see when they ask Perplexity to research something. The paid question will be labeled as such, like the…
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