Tag: Software
This AI app claims it can see what I’m looking at – which it mostly can
Hugging Face has launched HuggingSnap, an iOS app that can analyze and describe whatever your iPhone’s camera sees. The app works offline, never sending data to the cloud. HuggingSnap is imperfect but demonstrates what can be done entirely on-device. Giving eyesight to AI is becoming increasingly common as tools like…
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Would you pay for better sound on YouTube? The video-sharing platform could soon let you control audio quality, but it’ll cost you
YouTube might be adding another feature behind its Premium paywall A new report says an audio quality control with three levels is arriving It could bolster the Premium feature set but continue the trend of putting more features behind a membership YouTube is seemingly pulling out all the stops to…
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Threads will finally let everyone change their default feed
Meta’s Threads is finally allowing users to change their default feed in the app, in a move that addresses what has long been one of the most frustrating parts of the service. With the update, users will be able to make the “following” feed or a custom feed the default…
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Stability AI’s new virtual camera turns any image into a cool 3D video and I’m blown away by how good it is
Stability AI’s videos have infused text and images with movement and life for a few years but are now literally adding a new dimension by turning two-dimensional images into three-dimensional videos. The company’s new Stable Virtual Camera tool is designed to process even a single image into a moving, multi-perspective…
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New ad declares Squid Game’s real winner is Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI has launched an ad campaign starring Squid Game actor Lee Jung-jae The ad mocks Google, renamed Poogle, as useless compared to Perplexity The ad showcases how important AI assistant reliability is to consumers AI conversational search engine Perplexity is getting as ruthless in its marketing as the judges…
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Is YouTube auto-playing Shorts when you open the app? Well, you’re not alone – here’s how to fix it
Since its inception in 2020, YouTube Shorts has been TikTok’s fierce competitor in the short-form content sector, but as of recently YouTube has been having a bit of run-in with issues that many users have picked up on. As reported by people on Reddit (see below), a new bug auto-plays…
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