Chatbots

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  WhatsApp for Android Tipped to Be Working On a New Widget for Meta AI

  WhatsApp for Android might be working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) widget. According to a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is developing a widget for Meta AI that will allow users to quickly chat with the chatbot directly from the home screen. Meta AI was added to WhatsApp in 2024 in select regions, and it offers a native wa...

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  UK Tech Minister Says Children Should Be Allowed To Use ChatGPT For Homework

  As per Science and Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, the use of ChatGPT could 'turbo-charge' the minds of the children.

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  Woman Claims Elon Musk's Grok Detected Her Daughter's Fracture After Doctors Fail To Diagnose It

  Trusting her instincts, AJ Kay researched further and recalled Elon Musk's claim that his AI chatbot, Grok, could analyse medical images.

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  OpenAI Might Have Briefly Added New Custom Instruction Options to ChatGPT

  OpenAI might have added several new options to its Custom Instructions feature for ChatGPT on Thursday. Several netizens shared screenshots of these new options in custom instructions that allow users to further personalise the responses generated by ChatGPT. These new options include options to add the user’s nickname, profession, as well as per...

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  WhatsApp for Android Could Soon Get an AI Character Creation Feature

  WhatsApp for Android is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will let users create personalised AI characters within the app, as per a claim by a feature tracker. The new feature is said to be similar to the AI character creation feature available on Instagram and Messenger. The feature tracker claimed that users will be able to ...

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  Grok AI App Launched for iOS With Real-Time Information and Image Generation Features

  Grok, xAI’s native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, was launched as a standalone iOS app on Friday. The Elon Musk-owned AI firm has been testing the app in beta for nearly a month, as per reports. The standalone app comes with all the features available on the web version of the platform. Users can generate images and ask web search-based qu...

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  Elon Musk’s Grok AI Could Soon Get an ‘Inappropriate and Offensive’ Unhinged Mode

  Elon Musk-owned xAI could soon add a new ‘Unhinged’ mode to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok. The AI firm recently updated its frequently asked questions (FAQ) page and added mentions of this new mode which is designed to be “objectionable, inappropriate, and offensive.” If this new mode is added, it would join the regular and ...

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  OpenAI's Sam Altman Accused Of Sexual Abuse By Sister, He Calls Claims "Entirely Untrue"

  Mr Altman has released a statement, co-authored with his mother and brother, denying the allegations made by his sister, Ann.

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  Top AI Highlights of 2024: From OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Google’s Gemini and More

  If 2023 was all about the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its entry into the mainstream tech conversations, 2024 became the year when AI began displaying its transformative capabilities. What started as a text-based chatbot fad that could respond to users in a human-like fashion, is today powering many major tech products and pl...

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  Google Reportedly Working On a Content Filter Feature for Gemini

  Google is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for its in-house chatbot Gemini. As per the report, the feature was spotted in the latest beta version of the Google app for Android and is called Content filters. As the name suggests, it is believed that the feature will allow users granular control over unwanted or harmfu...

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  ChatGPT Search Feature Reportedly Vulnerable to Prompt Injection and Hidden Text Manipulation

  ChatGPT Search, a feature that lets the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot look for information on the web, is reportedly vulnerable to manipulation by website developers and owners. As per the report, OpenAI’s search engine’s behaviour can be altered using hidden text on the website. This text is said to be used to feed incorrect and decepti...

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  OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora Services Now Fully Operational After Suffering a Major Outage

  OpenAI artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT services suffered a major outage on Thursday in the US and some other regions. As per reports registered on an online outage monitor, the outage began roughly around 1:30pm ET on December 26 (12:00am IST, December 27). The outage also affected the AI firm’s API service, as well as the text-to-im...

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  Elon Musk-Owned xAI Is Testing a Standalone Grok AI App for iOS

  Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence (AI) firm xAI is testing a standalone app for its in-house chatbot Grok. The chatbot app for Grok is currently only available on iOS in beta. It was first reported on Sunday and is currently only available in select regions. The iOS app will also take advantage of the recently released AI-powered image genera...

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  Gemini 1.5 Pro with Deep Research Now Available Globally in More Than 45 Languages to Advanced Subscribers

  Google expanded Gemini’s agentic function, Deep Research, to more than 150 countries and 45 languages on Saturday. The feature was unveiled alongside the Gemini 2.0 family of AI models earlier this month. However, its capabilities are currently tied to the 1.5 Pro artificial intelligence (AI) model. Currently, Deep Research is only available in t...

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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...