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Amazon tablets are getting AI tools, like writing assist and automatic website summaries
02 Oct

Amazon tablets are getting AI tools, like writing assist and automatic website summaries

John RoutledgeLatest News
Did you think Amazon Fire tablets were exempt from generative AI tools? Think again. The company just announced a spate of AI-centric features that are rolling out to the just-announced Fire HD 8 refresh and a bunch of older models.None of these features are too surprising, but they seem useful and fun. There’s something called Writing Assist, which is exactly…
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More ads are coming to Amazon Prime Video
02 Oct

More ads are coming to Amazon Prime Video

John RoutledgeLatest News
Can you hear the soft, cherubic voices of corporate executives singing in unison? That can only mean one thing. They’ve figured out a new way to squeeze money out of our eyeballs. Amazon is adding even more ads to Prime Video, according to reporting by Financial Times. This uptick in corporate-sponsored splendor will go into effect early next year.This comes…
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ChatGPT added 50 million weekly users in just two months
02 Oct

ChatGPT added 50 million weekly users in just two months

John RoutledgeLatest News
It's little wonder that investors were clamoring to plow money into OpenAI. Alongside an announcement that the company had raised $6.6 billion in funding, OpenAI revealed that "every week, over 250 million people around the world use ChatGPT to enhance their work, creativity, and learning." That's a sharp rise since late August, when OpenAI said the chatbot had 200 million…
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Serve Robotics and Wing will partner for drone delivery pilot in Dallas
02 Oct

Serve Robotics and Wing will partner for drone delivery pilot in Dallas

John RoutledgeLatest News
A new joint venture between Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robots and Alphabet’s Wing flying drone service will do a dual test run. Both tech companies hope that flying and sidewalk drones can cover areas its counterpart can’t and speed up delivery times.TechCrunch reported that Serve Robotics and Wing will start making deliveries in Dallas sometime in the coming months. The…
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Students used Meta’s smart glasses to automatically dox strangers via Instagram streams
02 Oct

Students used Meta’s smart glasses to automatically dox strangers via Instagram streams

John RoutledgeLatest News
An unsettling report from 404 Media has shed light on some ways that the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses could be used to violate people's privacy. Two Harvard students used facial recognition tech and a large language model to unearth a subject's name, occupation and other details. Their setup (dubbed I-XRAY) can use that information to pull together other data about…
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Google is making Gmail summaries more useful and adding a ‘Happening Soon’ tab
02 Oct

Google is making Gmail summaries more useful and adding a ‘Happening Soon’ tab

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google is expanding Gmail’s summary cards, the service’s AI-driven contextual snippets extracted for things like incoming packages. Starting today, they’ll include cards for purchases, events, bills and travel. In addition, a new Happening Soon section will live at the top of your inbox, showing upcoming time-sensitive cards. The company says it’s making the changes because “email habits have continued to…
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Meta wants to make it easy for creators to earn on Facebook
02 Oct

Meta wants to make it easy for creators to earn on Facebook

John RoutledgeLatest News
Meta is consolidating its three creator monetization programs for Facebook to make it easier for users to start earning on the social network. The company has three ways for creators to earn on the website: Via In-stream ads, Ads on Reels and Performance bonuses. Each one has a different eligibility requirement and sign-up process. The new Facebook Content Monetization program…
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