Google Photos AI still can't label gorillas after racist errors
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Google Photos: AI functions soon available for free for everyone: Google's Magic Editor includes some image editing functions that are only available to you if ...
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Focus Go: A slim photo viewer for Android: Over the past few years, we have presented alternatives to Google's apps from time to time ...
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Google to Bring AI Photo Editing Tools to More Devices for Free: You'll soon be able to refocus your images and remove unsightly photobombs without buying a ...
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Waymo and Uber Eats start human-less food deliveries in Phoenix: You'll need to run outside when your robot delivery arrives.
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Quick Glance: Uber Eats Embraces Waymo for Robotic Food Delivery
- Uber partners with Waymo to use self-driving cars for meal delivery in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Customers can opt for driver-free delivery through the Eats app but must retrieve their food from the vehicle themselves.
- Automating the delivery process aligns with Uber's strategic shift away from driver-related challenges and increasing pressure from gig workers.
- Global legal developments may impact the future of working conditions for independent contractors at Uber and similar platforms.
Waymo's self-driving robotaxis are awesome. Here's how.: I took a Waymo self-driving taxi in San Francisco. It can be easy to crap on tech ...
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Google's Awesome AI Photo Editing Tools Are Headed To Most Android And iPhone Device
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Humane AI Pin: much-hyped gadget rocked by bad reviews: A new AI-fuelled gadget has fallen foul of the tech world's expectations.
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Meta Faces Oversight Board Investigation Over AI Deepfakes: Meta's Oversight Board examines two incidents where sexually explicit AI deepfakes of real-life women ...
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How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English: Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots ...
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Microsoft to invest $1.5 bln in Emirati AI firm G42, takes minority stake: Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in United Arab Emirates-based artificial ...
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Quick Glance: Microsoft to Invest $1.5 Billion in Emirati AI Firm G42 for Minority Stake
- Microsoft is investing $1.5 billion in the United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence firm G42 to acquire a minority stake and a board seat.
- The partnership aims to deepen ties between the USA and the UAE amid the global battle for tech dominance.
- The deal includes G42 using Microsoft cloud services to run its AI applications.
- G42 and Microsoft plan to jointly bring advanced AI and digital infrastructure to countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.
Netflix true crime documentary may have used AI-generated images of a real person
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Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting: Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to ...
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk plans to impose fees on new X users for posting
- Elon Musk is strategizing to charge new X users a nominal fee to activate posting on the social network and mitigate the bot issue.
- Musk emphasized that implementing a small fee for new accounts was the 'sole method' to halt the 'influx of bots.'
- New accounts are anticipated to have free posting privileges after three months, exempt from any charges.
- At present, there is a lack of specific information on the timeline for enforcing this policy and the potential fees new users might be required to pay.
Baidu says AI chatbot 'Ernie Bot' has amassed 200 million users: China's Baidu said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence chatbot “Ernie Bot” has garnered more ...
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The Humane AI Pin is the solution to none of technology's problems: Engadget's in-depth review of the Humane AI Pin wearable.
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iPhone 16 Cameras: From Longer Zooms to Bigger Sensors, Here Are All the Rumors to Know
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Quick Glance: Samsung Takes Smartphone Crown from Apple
- Apple loses top position in the global smartphone market to Samsung as Chinese competitors gain traction.
- Samsung regains its status as the world's largest smartphone manufacturer in the first quarter of 2024, just three months after Apple claimed the top spot.
- The market's strongest growth comes from two Chinese manufacturers, while Apple continues to face challenges in the world's largest smartphone market.
- Despite an overall increase in global smartphone shipments, Apple experiences a decline in iPhone sales in China and misses out on much of the broader industry recovery.
Millions of dollars for AI experts: The boom in artificial intelligence has triggered a competition for the best skilled workers in the USA ...
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Quick Glance: Amazon Cloud chief's stance on AI advancements
- Amazon's Cloud chief, Adam Selipsky, disagrees with critics claiming Amazon is lagging in developing generative AI.
- Selipsky emphasizes the need for multiple AI models for different use cases rather than a single dominant model.
- Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta focus on foundational models crucial for content creation.
- Generative AI is seen as revolutionary, and cloud computing companies are well-positioned to benefit from this technology.
Adobe previews AI object addition and removal for Premiere Pro: Last year Adobe launched Firefly and now the company is showing how it'll be used its video ...
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iOS 18: First AI functions to work locally: AI functions are finding their way into more and more areas of technology. Whether Google, Microsoft ...
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AI as a "great filter"? - Warning of existential danger for humanity: Some researchers are puzzled as to why we simply cannot find any evidence of ...
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Elon Musk's Grok AI can now 'understand' images: New "Vision" Grok will be available to testers and select users.
mashable.com/article/x-twitter-grok-ai-can-understand-images
AI-Enhanced M4 Chips Reportedly Coming to Apple's Full Mac Lineup: Production on the new chips is expected to begin soon, and will show up on Mac desktops ...
pcmag.com/news/ai-enhanced-m4-chips-reportedly-coming-to-apples-full-mac-lineup
OpenAI announces Tokyo office and GPT-4 model optimized for the Japanese language
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AI Could Help Cruise Ships Become More Sustainable: The first AI-based energy management for the ships debuted this week
pcmag.com/news/ai-could-help-cruise-ships-become-more-sustainable
Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legaltech AI platform for small firms: UK-based legaltech company Lawhive, which offers an AI-based in-house ‘lawyer’ through a ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/lawhive-raises-12m-to-expand-its-legaltech-ai-platform-for-small-firms/
To legislate or not to legislate? How EU and UK differ in their approach to AI: The boom of artificial intelligence has spurred a regulatory frenzy across the ...
thenextweb.com/news/to-legislate-or-not-eu-and-uk-different-approach-ai
Big tech in danger? Why the Magnificent 7 could soon be just 5 stocks, according to top experts
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Top Wall St brokerages start Reddit coverage with doubts over user growth
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OpenAI bids for Japan business as it opens Tokyo office: Microsoft backed artificial intelligence startup OpenAI made a pitch for business in Japan on Monday as ...
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Jim Keller suggests Nvidia should have used Ethernet to stitch together Blackwell GPUs — Nvidia could have saved billions
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Samsung Galaxy S24+ Review: The Samsung Galaxy S24+ is a powerful Android phone for the masses thanks to its high-quality hardware, outstanding software ...
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Elon Musk : l'IA sera "plus intelligente que l'homme le plus intelligent" d'ici deux ans
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AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality: 'Not all AI content is spam, but I think right now all spam is AI content'
theregister.com/2024/04/13/google_ai_spam/
Now also the big short man: Michael Burry is bullish on these 2 AI giants: Michael Burry invests in tech giants Amazon and Alphabet, sees AI growth potential ...
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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny: Do the humans in Israel’s army have sufficient control over its technology?
economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/04/11/israels-use-of-ai-in-gaza-is-coming-under-closer-scrutiny
ChatGPT plays Red Dead Redemption II — AI vision system was overwhelmed: A group of researchers from China and Singapore recently published a paper detailing the ...
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Enthusiast arms 12-slot NVMe NAS with an Nvidia RTX GPU to run local ChatGPT: StorageReview put an RTX A4000 into a QNAP NAS, enabling a local flavor of ChatGPT ...
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AI cloud startup TensorWave bets AMD can beat Nvidia: Starts racking MI300X systems - because you can actually buy them and they beat the H100 on many specs
theregister.com/2024/04/16/amd_tensorwave_mi300x/
What will humans do if technology solves everything?: Welcome to a high-tech utopia
economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/04/09/what-will-humans-do-if-technology-solves-everything
AI is already a favourite travel companion: Presented as a revolutionary tool in many regards of practical life management, including planning a trip enabling ...
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H&R Block 2024 (Tax Year 2023) Review: H&R Block's friendly interface, extensive coverage of tax issues, and context-sensitive help make it an excellent ...
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Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy: Industrial revolution didn't give us human mimics, so why should AI think like us ...
theregister.com/2024/04/14/agi_development_kognitos/
How Neural Concept’s aerodynamic AI is shaping Formula 1: It’s a long way from pedal bikes to Formula 1. But that’s precisely the quantum leap that AI-based ...
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Psychology professor warns about AI: We are losing important skills: AI is already making work easier in many areas. At the same time, it also takes decisions ...
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PVML combines an AI-centric data access and analysis platform with differential privacy
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75% of enterprise coders will use AI helpers by 2028. We didn't say productively: Dev teams must beware inflated expectations of tech leadership, Gartner warns
theregister.com/2024/04/13/gartner_ai_enterprise_code/
AI-Enhanced M4 Chips Reportedly Coming to Apple's Full Mac Lineup: Production on the new chips is expected to begin soon, and will show up on Mac desktops ...
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AI video shows possible future of Germany after far-right election successes: Filmmakers are using an AI-generated video on YouTube to draw attention to the ...
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Elon Musk's Grok AI can now 'understand' images: New "Vision" Grok will be available to testers and select users.
mashable.com/article/x-twitter-grok-ai-can-understand-images
Mod Life: What It Takes to Keep r/ChatGPT's 5 Million Members in Check: The forum's 23-year-old founder explains how he turned a niche hobbyist Reddit group into ...
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How soon will machines outsmart humans? The biggest brains in AI disagree: Elon Musk’s prediction that artificial intelligence will surpass human experts by 2025 ...
ft.com/content/28ac1860-1011-4fa3-97f2-5189b5589fed
These jobs will be replaced by AI, says the founder of OpenAI - Business Punk: Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI and developer of ChatGPT, reveals the jobs that ...
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A Windows 11 'free' upgrade pushes users to buy a new PC: Microsoft is launching ads within Windows 10 to get users to upgrade to Windows 11 ...
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Quick Glance: Performance issues with the Windows 11 Start Menu
- A former Microsoft engineer has noticed the slow and laggy nature of Windows 11 and criticized the Redmond giant.
- Users and enthusiasts have found ways to fix performance problems with simple tweaks.
- Windows 11 performance may be impacted by ads and promotions in the Recommended section.
- It remains to be seen if the upcoming version 24H2 will bring any improvement.
Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs: Meta's chatbot in Instagram isn't doing anything Instagram-specific, however. It's the same bot ...
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Suno AI can generate power ballads about coffee – and jingles for the Guardian. But will it hurt musicians?
theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/13/ai-generated-music-app-suno-ai-impact-musicians-music-rights
Raspberry Pi 4 brings KITT from Knight Rider to life using ChatGPT: Knight Rider Historians show off this incredible Raspberry Pi-powered KITT replica that uses ...
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Australian operation of web host BlueVPS laid low by storage failure: PLUS: AWS expands India payment options; Alibaba co-founders unite in criticism; Korea ...
theregister.com/2024/04/15/asia_tech_news_roundup/
Experts are worried students use AI to write papers. And millions are, new data shows
qz.com/how-many-students-use-ai-write-papers-1851407205
Oppo and OnePlus: Smartphones will rely on Google Gemini: AI everywhere you look. And Oppo and its subsidiary OnePlus will also rely on AI ...
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AI companies are running out of data for training chatbots so Adobe keeps paying for it
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Jim Keller Criticizes NVIDIA’s Blackwell’s $10 Billion R&D Cost, Says It Could’ve…
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Some Older Phones Now Support Circle to Search. See if Yours Is One of Them: More Android devices, including a few tablets, can now access the Google AI-powered ...
cnet.com/tech/mobile/some-older-phones-now-support-circle-to-search-see-if-yours-is-one-of-them/
The first trailer of an AI-generated film is here - and the audience hates him: AI is also a big topic in the film industry. With a first trailer ...
t3n.de/news/trailer-ki-generierter-film-zuschauer-hassen-ihn-1619310/
With French under fire, Mali uses AI to bring local language to students: As the popularity of French wanes, RobotsMali is using AI to create books in Bambara.
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/13/mali-books-artificial-intelligence-ai/
Video Friday: Robot Dog Can’t Fall: Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
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I'm starting to like Xfinity. Why? Its AI bot just fixed my TV - and that's not all
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Small nuclear power plants for AI energy hunger? Too much future doesn't help: Artificial intelligence is supposed to solve climate change, but is itself ...
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Nanotronics promises modular, shippable chip fab facilities powered by Nvidia GPUs and AI
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/nanotronics-promises-modular-shippable-chip-fab-facilities-powered-by-nvidia-gpus-and-ai
Apple's upcoming M4 chips bring AI to its entire line of Macs. Here's when they're expected
zdnet.com/article/apples-upcoming-m4-chips-bring-ai-to-its-entire-line-of-macs-heres-when-theyre-expected/
Using ChatGPT and Video Game Assets: Researchers Create Holodeck for Virtual Worlds
t3n.de/news/holodeck-virtuelle-welten-1619174/
Playstation 5 Pro: Almost all details known: Several sources agree on the PS5 Pro's specifications. The GPU gets the biggest upgrade and AI is also included.
heise.de/news/Playstation-5-Pro-Vor-allem-die-GPU-profitiert-9686290.html
AI Chip Trims Energy Budget Back by 99+ Percent: Photonic tech uses both diffraction and interference to boost performance
spectrum.ieee.org/optical-neural-network
According to Mistral's CEO, AI companies want to 'create God' - but he has doubts
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Humane AI Pin: The first tests are so devastating: The Humane AI Pin is intended to replace the smartphone and enable AI in almost every situation with just the ...
t3n.de/news/humane-ai-pin-vernichtende-tests-1618875/
Intruders beware: New face-detecting AI security cam fires paintballs and teargas
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Apple M4 processor family tipped to deliver AI focus — three next-gen chips believed to be nearing production
tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/apple-m4-processor-family-tipped-to-deliver-ai-focus-three-next-gen-chips-believed-to-be-nearing-production
Quick Glance: Apple Plans Mac Models Update with AI Features via M4 Chips
- Apple plans to incorporate AI-centered M4 processing chips into almost every Mac variant to boost sales of the Apple Mac line through AI capabilities.
- According to insiders, Apple intends to replace every Mac model with the new CPU, which will be available in at least three main varieties.
- The new Macs are set to be released in late 2024 or early 2025, including new iMacs, Mac minis, high-end 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, and a low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro.
- The upcoming macOS version, to be unveiled in June at Apple's annual developer conference, will be showcased by the company and its AI processing capabilities.
How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia : From target hunting to catching sanctions-busters, its war is increasingly high-tech
economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/04/08/how-ukraine-is-using-ai-to-fight-russia
Lean on me: Some AI products still depend on human intervention: Presto Automation, a company that specializes in supplying artificial intelligence solutions to ...
techspot.com/news/102629-lean-ai-products-depend-human-intervention.html
MIT Develops Medical AI Model That Embraces Nuance, 'Talks' to Itself: Rather than spitting out a one-and-done answer, Tyche accounts for anomalies it's ...
extremetech.com/science/mit-develops-medical-ai-model-that-embraces-nuance-talks-to-itself
Intel To Release Two “China-Specific” Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators, Availability In September
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Scammers Target LastPass Employee With CEO Audio Deepfake: The WhatsApp audio call used AI technology to impersonate LastPass CEO Karim Toubba.
pcmag.com/news/scammers-target-lastpass-employee-with-ceo-audio-deepfake
ChatGPT: What you need to know about OpenAI's AI chatbot: Since its first release in November 2022, ChatGPT has revolutionized the digital world ...
t3n.de/news/chatgpt-ki-openai-1618448/
This AI camera takes photos of you naked - although you remain clothed: With the prototype of a new camera, the German artist Mathias Vef and the designer ...
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AI companies are running out of data for training chatbots so Adobe keeps paying for it
qz.com/adobe-ai-training-data-artists-pay-1851407658
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