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Apple Unveils Enhanced Apple Pencil: Elevating Creativity and Productivity

Apple has officially unveiled a new iteration of the Apple Pencil, replete with impressive features. This cutting-edge stylus boasts pixel-perfect precision, minimal latency, and tilt sensitivity, making it the perfect tool for a wide array of tasks such as note-taking, sketching, journaling, and more. With its sleek matte finish and innovative design, the Apple Pencil Read More →
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Robots Learn Sports by Watching Humans

Researchers from Stanford have developed a humanoid robot capable of learning complex tasks like playing piano, tennis, and boxing by mimicking human movements. This innovative approach could significantly reduce training time and costs for future humanoid robots, which may soon become integral to workplaces and homes. A New Approach to Robot Training Traditional methods of Read More →
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Google Developing AI Chatbots to Mimic Celebrities

According to The Information, Google is developing AI chatbots that can emulate celebrities, YouTube influencers, and fictional characters. Users will also have the ability to personalize these chatbots by customizing their personalities and appearances. These chatbots will be powered by Google’s Gemini AI. The project is spearheaded by Ryan Germick, known for his work on Read More →
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Amazon Enters the AI Chatbot Arena with “Metis”

Amazon is making waves in the AI industry with the announcement of two major developments: an advanced version of Alexa, known as “Remarkable Alexa,” and a new AI chatbot aimed at competing directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This new chatbot will be browser-based, designed to provide basic text and image responses in a conversational manner. While Read More →
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Tips to FaceTiming Between Android and iPhone Users

For quite some time, Android users have found themselves excluded from enjoying several of Apple’s popular apps and services, such as iMessage and FaceTime. While the green bubble for text messages between Android and iPhone users remains, Apple has taken a step forward in extending access to its video-calling platform. Although Android users are still Read More →
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Bing AI Embraces Google Chrome Compatibility 

After six months since its initial launch, Bing AI has now officially expanded its reach to include Google Chrome. Originally confined to Microsoft’s Edge browser upon its February release, Bing AI’s compatibility has been a subject of interest and discussion due to its prolonged confinement despite iterative updates. Towards the end of July, observant users Read More →
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SoftBank Acquires British AI Chipmaker Graphcore in $2 Billion Deal

Graphcore, known for its cutting-edge Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs), has been at the forefront of AI hardware innovation. The company’s IPUs are designed specifically for AI workloads, offering unparalleled performance in machine learning and deep learning tasks. By acquiring Graphcore, SoftBank aims to bolster its AI capabilities and leverage Graphcore’s technology to enhance its portfolio Read More →
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Microsoft outlines how Copilot and other AI tools can address meeting challenges

Many professionals find their schedules filled with meetings, often hindering productivity due to their time-consuming nature or lack of relevance. Microsoft claims that its AI tools can assist in optimizing these meetings. According to a recent Microsoft Work Trend Index report, people identified “inefficient meetings” as their top productivity barrier. In response, Microsoft has outlined Read More →
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From Promises to Pitfalls: The Current State of AI Search

It’s been a month since Google’s major mishap with its new AI Overviews feature, designed to simplify searching by providing concise answers from multiple sources. Instead, it suggested bizarre advice like eating rocks and using glue on pizza. For example, asking Google about an African country starting with “K” would yield no results, despite Kenya’s Read More →
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ChatGPT Experiences Second Major Outage in June

ChatGPT experienced a significant outage this afternoon, marking the second major disruption for the chatbot in June. “We are currently investigating elevated error rates impacting ChatGPT,” OpenAI reported in a message posted at 11:39 AM Pacific Time. The cause of the outage is still under investigation. Users worldwide have reported issues accessing the tool. “Should Read More →
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Musk Criticizes Apple-OpenAI Partnership: Threatens Office Ban on Apple Products

Elon Musk, the world’s richest businessman, has expressed strong opposition to Apple’s recent partnership with OpenAI. Musk took to his social media platform, X, to voice his concerns, stating that if this collaboration proceeds, he will prohibit the use of Apple products in his companies. Apple and OpenAI Partnership Sparks Privacy Concerns Apple recently announced Read More →
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Apple Launches ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI Features at WWDC2024: Create Your Own Emojis and Send SMS via Satellite

Apple introduced new software and features at their annual WWDC event. The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC2024), Apple’s biggest event of the year, commenced on Monday, June 10, at 10:30 PM in Cupertino, California, and will run until June 14. This year’s event spotlighted artificial intelligence. Keynote Highlights by Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook opened Read More →
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Raspberry Pi Joins AI Revolution with New Kit Featuring Hailo Technology

Raspberry Pi Ltd has entered the artificial intelligence arena with an innovative new kit developed in collaboration with AI chipmaker Hailo. Unveiled at this week’s Computex trade show, the $70 bundle enhances the Raspberry Pi 5, delivering impressive performance in a compact, energy-efficient package. The Raspberry Pi AI Kit includes the Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ Read More →
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ChatGPT Experiences Major Outage

On June 4, 2024, ChatGPT, the popular AI language model developed by OpenAI, experienced a significant outage, disrupting services for users worldwide. The outage, which began in the early hours of the morning, left millions of users unable to access the AI for several hours. OpenAI acknowledged the issue through a series of updates on Read More →
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Intel Unveils Groundbreaking Lunar Lake Mobile Platform at Computex 2024

“Chips are cool again,” proclaimed Michele Johnston Holthaus, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Client Computing Group, during a series of presentations about Intel’s forthcoming mobile processors. The recent weeks have indeed been eventful for laptop CPUs, with significant announcements and releases from Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel. Intel has recently unveiled more details Read More →