Tag: computing
Amazon’s AI personal shopper is sharing ads with its advice
Amazon proclaimed its shopping AI chatbot Rufus as a solution for people overwhelmed by the dizzying array of products on its website. But, since it’s Amazon, that’s now going to include some ads, as Adweek first noted. Rufus (named for a pet corgi owned by early Amazon employees) uses AI…
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OpenAI Strawberry is here – it’s called o1-preview and it might be the most human ChatGPT ever
Fast answers aren’t always the best, which might be the key takeaway from the arrival of OpenAI Strawberry – now called o1-preview – a new ChatGPT reasoning model that takes longer to give you what might be vastly better answers. OpenAI announced the preview release on Thursday in a blog…
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Google will turn those long documents into your next favorite podcast
If you have a lot of reading to do for school or work but would rather listen to a podcast, Google‘s new AI-powered Audio Overview tool has you covered. As first demonstrated at Google I/O this year, Audio Overviews lets you convert documents, slides, and other text into an audio…
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Microsoft risks annoying Windows 10 users by testing yet more adverts in the Start menu
If you’ve stuck with Windows 10 because you don’t like how Microsoft is seemingly pumping Windows 11 full of adverts then we have some bad news, as it looks like the company could start doing the same with Windows 10’s Start menu. The tech giant is currently testing out bringing…
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5 surprisingly innovative ideas hidden in Apple Intelligence
Apple released a deluge of information hyping up Apple Intelligence this week, promising an AI transformation of your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Even after all of the announcements, there are plenty of questions left unanswered by Apple. But, while I’m mostly skeptical about how much of Apple Intelligence is just…
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Bumble is giving you new AI tools to find love
AI can soon be your wingman when you use the dating app Bumble, according to CEO Lidiane Jones. As people continue to adjust how they look for love with technology, Jones explained during this year’s Goldman Sachs Communacopia technology conference that Bumble has plans to enhance its usual setup with…
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