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Why reliable data is essential for trustworthy AI

After decades where artificial intelligence (AI) was largely confined to research projects, niche applications or even science fiction, it’s now a mainstream business tool. Driven by applications such as Google’s Bard (now Gemini), Mistral and ChatGPT especially, generative AI (GenAI) is already impacting the workplace.  Industry analyst Gartner, for example, predicts 95% of workers will…

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Google should cancel AI Overviews in Search and end this nightmare

Google “upgraded” the Google Search experience at I/O 2024, bringing AI Overviews to the top of search results. This seemed like a good idea, at least from Google’s perspective, since there’s no hotter trend in tech right now than AI. Google wants users to let Google do the googling for them and speed up the…

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YouTube videos might skip to the end if you use an adblocker

YouTube’s war on adblockers has been well-documented over the last several months, but it’s taken a frustrating new twist for users still attempting to block ads on the popular video platform. According to reports from Reddit (via 9to5Google), YouTube’s latest tactic appears to be forcing videos to skip to the end right away when a…

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The iOS 18 feature everyone will use: Generative AI emojis

About a week ago, I joked inside BGR’s Slack that the Slack AI that Salesforce is training with the help of chats should let me come up with generative emojis on the fly to react to conversations. After all, emojis are an integral part of communication. We use them across chat platforms regularly, no matter…

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Apple might not need a ChatGPT chatbot for iPhone AI to beat rivals

I’m a longtime iPhone user who has been using generative AI products for quite a while now, with a big focus on ChatGPT. But my genAI experience is limited to talking to some sort of chatbot. Whether it’s ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or Perplexity, I’m essentially chatting with AI.Apple has to play catch-up to all those…

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Maybe Google Search AI is right, and I should put glue on my pizza

If you woke up this morning to all sorts of reports talking about putting glue on pizza so the cheese sticks better, it’s because that’s what Google Search will tell you to do. It’s all because of the Gemini-powered AI Overviews that appear at the top of the results.Putting glue on pizza or any kind…

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I ran my slowest marathon ever because I didn’t listen to ChatGPT

I told you recently that I ran my first marathon using AirPods 2 and Apple Watch SE and that I trained for it with the help of ChatGPT. So, why was my first marathon slower than expected? That’s simple, actually, and something I’ll prove in this post: I didn’t stick to ChatGPT’s training regimen, and…

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3 big ChatGPT developments that have made me lose trust in OpenAI

I thought OpenAI’s GPT-4o demos were incredible, as the new model gives ChatGPT a massive upgrade over competitors. Google demoed similar multimodal assistant features for Gemini, but that demo was not live, and the features won’t be available until later this year. The GPT-4o upgrade rolled out almost immediately after the short press event.Reports that…

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Goodbye, humans: I’ll talk to ChatGPT more than people pretty soon

Texting is probably my top means of communication during daytime hours. I talk to family, friends, and coworkers mainly by text. It’s not just iMessage on the iPhone, but also a plethora of chat apps that serve the same purpose across my devices.Messaging has been my primary form of communication for years, even before the…

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ORBs: Hacking groups’ new favourite way of keeping their attacks hidden

Cyber-espionage groups are making it harder to spot where their attacks are coming from by upping their usage of proxy networks – known as operational relay box networks or ORBs – that can throw defenders off the scent. Cyber security company Mandiant has warned that it has seen a growing trend for China-backed espionage operations,…

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