Tag: Software
Uber’s new XXL rides will have extra room for your big-ass suitcase
Uber is rolling out some new features for the holiday travel season. On Wednesday, it announced a new, super-duper-sized option with extra trunk space for airport travel. In addition, there will be a third shuttle route for NYC travelers. UberXXL is the company’s new extra-spacious rideshare option. These airport-only rides…
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Meet your own personal AI Jesus in this Swiss church’s confessional
A church in Switzerland has an AI Jesus taking confession and offering advice The church worked with a local university to design and deploy the AI The AI is trained on the New Testament to mimic Jesus A Swiss church is trying a new way of connecting with Jesus in the…
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The AI health coach from OpenAI and Arianna Huffington sounds like it’s still out of shape
The AI health coach hyped up by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington earlier this summer as Thrive AI Health may not be ready to come off the bench just yet, as first found in what seems to be a brief and inadvertently released demo by TechCrunch. The health…
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Samsung might finally launch a Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses rival in 2025
The Samsung XR headset project has been an open secret for some time, but a new report suggests it has finally settled on a design we’ll see in 2025. The bad news? It could be landing later in the year than we’d like and might not be as ‘XR’ as…
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People can’t tell when a poem is written by AI
People often praise poets for their soulful turns of phrase and how they can evoke deep emotions in ways that feel uniquely human. It turns out AI might be even better at tugging at our heartstrings, according to a newly published study in Scientific Reports. Not only do people struggle…
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Did Google’s Gemini AI spontaneously threaten a user?
Google‘s Gemini AI assistant reportedly threatened a user in a bizarre incident. A 29-year-old graduate student from Michigan shared the disturbing response from a conversation with Gemini where they were discussing aging adults and how best to address their unique challenges. Gemini, apropos of nothing, apparently wrote a paragraph insulting…
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