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Microsoft Previews Real-Time Translation in Live Captions for AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) real-time Translation feature in Live Captions for Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD and Intel chipsets. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is being previewed with the latest Windows 11 Insider preview build and is available via the Dev Channel. Additionally, the tech giant is also adding improvem...
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ChatGPT App for macOS Support Expanded to Apple Notes and Other Third-Party Apps
OpenAI added support for several note-taking and coding apps within the ChatGPT app for macOS on Thursday. The AI firm described this feature as agentic and highlighted that the chatbot will be able to read on-screen information in the supported apps and help users with queries. This feature is currently available to only the paid subscribers of th...
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Genesis Open-Source AI Physics Engine Introduced, Can Generate 4D Dynamic Worlds to Train Robots
Genesis, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) physics model that can simulate four-dimensional (4D) worlds, was unveiled on Thursday. This is a unique AI model, as it combines several different capabilities to simulate scenarios for general-purpose robotics and physical AI applications. The researchers behind the project claimed that Genesis e...
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Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI Model With Advanced Reasoning Capabilities Launched
Google released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Gemini 2.0 family on Thursday which is focused on advanced reasoning. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Thinking, the new large language model (LLM) increases the inference time to allow the model to spend more time on a problem. The Mountain View-based tech giant claims that it can solve complex reas...
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Instagram Is Working on an AI-Powered Editing Tool That Can Reimagine Users’ Videos
Instagram is working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to reimagine their videos. The AI-powered video editing tool is built on Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, an early research project that can generate videos from text prompts. On Instagram, instead of letting users generate videos from scratch, the feature will add...
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McDonald’s India Delivery System Reportedly Exposed Personal Information of Customers Due to API Bug
McDonald’s India reportedly left the personal data of its customers and drivers exposed due to a security flaw. As per the report, the vulnerabilities arose due to bugs in the application programming interface (API) of the restaurant franchise’s delivery system. The entire McDonald’s India West and South divisions were said to be affected by ...
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Anthropic Study Highlights AI Models Can ‘Pretend’ to Have Different Views During Training
Anthropic published a new study where it found that artificial intelligence (AI) models can pretend to hold different views during training while holding onto their original preferences. On Wednesday, the AI firm highlighted that such inclinations raise serious concerns as developers will not be able to trust the outcomes of safety training, which ...
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Apple Partners With Nvidia to Improve Performance Speed of Its AI Models
Apple is partnering with Nvidia in an effort to improve the performance speed of artificial intelligence (AI) models. On Wednesday, the Cupertino-based tech giant announced that it has been researching inference acceleration on Nvidia’s platform to see whether both the efficiency and latency of a large language model (LLM) can be improved simulta...
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GitHub Copilot Free Version With 2,000 Code Completion Per Month Launched for All Developers
GitHub launched a free tier of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Copilot on Wednesday. The platform’s Copilot is geared towards coding-related tasks and comes with several third-party agents, extensions and features such as multi-file editing. The free version of the chatbot comes with higher rate limits in code completions and chat messag...
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Google Reportedly Asking Contractors to Rate Gemini Prompts Outside of Their Expertise
Google is reportedly asking contractors working on evaluating Gemini’s responses to rate prompts outside of their domain of expertise. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant has removed the option to skip prompts, which was exercised by these contractors if they felt they did not have enough knowledge about a subject to rate the re...
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OpenAI Introduces New Phone Number for ChatGPT, Lets Users Access Chatbot via Phone Calls and WhatsApp
OpenAI introduced an official phone number for ChatGPT on Wednesday. People in eligible regions can make phone calls to this number to access the company’s chatbot and interact with it verbally. Additionally, people residing in the rest of the world can save the contact and text it on WhatsApp to talk to the generative artificial intelligence (AI...
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YouTube Partners With Creative Artists Agency to Help Celebrities Combat AI-Generated Deepfakes
YouTube announced its partnership with the entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) on Tuesday to protect public figures from deepfakes. With this partnership, the Google-owned video-streaming giant will offer early access to its AI-generated deepfake detection technology, while the celebrities will provide feedback to help You...
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Google Rolling Out Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced Model to Paid Subscribers
Google is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) model from the Gemini 2.0 family. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced, the large language model (LLM) will only be available to the paid subscribers of Gemini. The new model release comes just days after the Mountain View-based tech giant released the Gemini 2.0 Flash model to Gemini’s ...
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Google’s Whisk AI Experimental Tool Can Mash-Up Images to Generate Unique Outputs
Google introduced a new experimental artificial intelligence (AI) tool on Monday that can fuse images to generate a unique output. Dubbed Whisk, it is a fun tool which does not have any larger application outside of its designated function. The Mountain View-based tech giant has released several such fun AI tools recently, such as GenChess which us...
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Google App for iOS May Soon Get a Gemini AI-Powered Search Suggestions Feature
Google is reportedly testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its iOS app. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is working on a new feature that shows AI suggestions when a user begins typing a search query. These words reportedly add more details and context to the query, and can act as a filter to show more targeted...
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Microsoft Previews Real-Time Translation in Live Captions for AMD and Intel Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) real-time Translation feature in Live Captions for Copilot+ PCs powered by AMD and Intel chipsets. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is being previewed with the latest Windows 11 Insider preview build and is available via the Dev Channel. Additionally, the tech giant is also adding improvem...
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ChatGPT App for macOS Support Expanded to Apple Notes and Other Third-Party Apps
OpenAI added support for several note-taking and coding apps within the ChatGPT app for macOS on Thursday. The AI firm described this feature as agentic and highlighted that the chatbot will be able to read on-screen information in the supported apps and help users with queries. This feature is currently available to only the paid subscribers of th...
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Genesis Open-Source AI Physics Engine Introduced, Can Generate 4D Dynamic Worlds to Train Robots
Genesis, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) physics model that can simulate four-dimensional (4D) worlds, was unveiled on Thursday. This is a unique AI model, as it combines several different capabilities to simulate scenarios for general-purpose robotics and physical AI applications. The researchers behind the project claimed that Genesis e...
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Google Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking AI Model With Advanced Reasoning Capabilities Launched
Google released a new artificial intelligence (AI) model in the Gemini 2.0 family on Thursday which is focused on advanced reasoning. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Thinking, the new large language model (LLM) increases the inference time to allow the model to spend more time on a problem. The Mountain View-based tech giant claims that it can solve complex reas...
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Instagram Is Working on an AI-Powered Editing Tool That Can Reimagine Users’ Videos
Instagram is working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to reimagine their videos. The AI-powered video editing tool is built on Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, an early research project that can generate videos from text prompts. On Instagram, instead of letting users generate videos from scratch, the feature will add...
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McDonald’s India Delivery System Reportedly Exposed Personal Information of Customers Due to API Bug
McDonald’s India reportedly left the personal data of its customers and drivers exposed due to a security flaw. As per the report, the vulnerabilities arose due to bugs in the application programming interface (API) of the restaurant franchise’s delivery system. The entire McDonald’s India West and South divisions were said to be affected by ...
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Anthropic Study Highlights AI Models Can ‘Pretend’ to Have Different Views During Training
Anthropic published a new study where it found that artificial intelligence (AI) models can pretend to hold different views during training while holding onto their original preferences. On Wednesday, the AI firm highlighted that such inclinations raise serious concerns as developers will not be able to trust the outcomes of safety training, which ...
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Apple Partners With Nvidia to Improve Performance Speed of Its AI Models
Apple is partnering with Nvidia in an effort to improve the performance speed of artificial intelligence (AI) models. On Wednesday, the Cupertino-based tech giant announced that it has been researching inference acceleration on Nvidia’s platform to see whether both the efficiency and latency of a large language model (LLM) can be improved simulta...
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GitHub Copilot Free Version With 2,000 Code Completion Per Month Launched for All Developers
GitHub launched a free tier of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Copilot on Wednesday. The platform’s Copilot is geared towards coding-related tasks and comes with several third-party agents, extensions and features such as multi-file editing. The free version of the chatbot comes with higher rate limits in code completions and chat messag...
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Google Reportedly Asking Contractors to Rate Gemini Prompts Outside of Their Expertise
Google is reportedly asking contractors working on evaluating Gemini’s responses to rate prompts outside of their domain of expertise. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant has removed the option to skip prompts, which was exercised by these contractors if they felt they did not have enough knowledge about a subject to rate the re...
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OpenAI Introduces New Phone Number for ChatGPT, Lets Users Access Chatbot via Phone Calls and WhatsApp
OpenAI introduced an official phone number for ChatGPT on Wednesday. People in eligible regions can make phone calls to this number to access the company’s chatbot and interact with it verbally. Additionally, people residing in the rest of the world can save the contact and text it on WhatsApp to talk to the generative artificial intelligence (AI...
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YouTube Partners With Creative Artists Agency to Help Celebrities Combat AI-Generated Deepfakes
YouTube announced its partnership with the entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) on Tuesday to protect public figures from deepfakes. With this partnership, the Google-owned video-streaming giant will offer early access to its AI-generated deepfake detection technology, while the celebrities will provide feedback to help You...
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Google Rolling Out Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced Model to Paid Subscribers
Google is rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) model from the Gemini 2.0 family. Dubbed Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced, the large language model (LLM) will only be available to the paid subscribers of Gemini. The new model release comes just days after the Mountain View-based tech giant released the Gemini 2.0 Flash model to Gemini’s ...
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Google’s Whisk AI Experimental Tool Can Mash-Up Images to Generate Unique Outputs
Google introduced a new experimental artificial intelligence (AI) tool on Monday that can fuse images to generate a unique output. Dubbed Whisk, it is a fun tool which does not have any larger application outside of its designated function. The Mountain View-based tech giant has released several such fun AI tools recently, such as GenChess which us...
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Google App for iOS May Soon Get a Gemini AI-Powered Search Suggestions Feature
Google is reportedly testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its iOS app. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is working on a new feature that shows AI suggestions when a user begins typing a search query. These words reportedly add more details and context to the query, and can act as a filter to show more targeted...
