The increasingly discriminatory X (Twitter) now considers the term “cisgender” a slur. Owner Elon Musk posted last June, to the delight of his bigoted brigade of blue-check sycophants, that “‘cis’ or ‘cisgender’ are considered slurs on this platform.” On Tuesday, X made good on the regressive provocateur’s stance and reportedly began posting an official warning that the LGBTQ-inclusive terms could … [Read more...]
Patreon and Grammarly are already experimenting with Gemini Nano, says Google
Mobile app developers, including Patreon and Grammarly, are already integrating with Gemini Nano, its smallest AI model, the company announced during its I/O developer keynote on Tuesday. The companies, along with other select developers were invited to work with Gemini Nano through an early access program announced last year, the company said. In the coming months, Google says it will open up the … [Read more...]
Everything announced at Google I/O 2024 including Gemini AI, Project Astra, Android 15 and more
At the end of I/O, Google’s annual developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company had said “AI” 121 times. That, essentially, was the crux of Google’s two-hour keynote — stuffing AI into every Google app and service used by more than two billion people around the world. Here are all the major updates that Google announced at … [Read more...]
Google’s new LearnLM AI model focuses on education
a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray">Illustration: The VergeGoogle says its new AI model, LearnLM, will help students with their homework.LearnLM, a family of AI models based on … [Read more...]
Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble
a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63">The billboard ads contained messages that seemingly mocked celibate women. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black … [Read more...]
Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature
Reddit announced on Tuesday the launch of five new tools for AMA (Ask Me Anything), its Q&A feature where celebrities, public figures, organizations and Redditors engage with community members and provide answers about a certain topic. The new features include the ability to add guest collaborators, a scheduling function, notifications and more. As part of the update, Reddit also launched a … [Read more...]
Let’s AI Search for You! Google Search Now Gets Advanced AI-Powered Capabilities
In a groundbreaking announcement today, Google revealed its plans to integrate advanced generative AI capabilities into its flagship Search product. This move promises to transform the way users interact with and leverage information on the internet. For over two decades, Google has continuously refined its core information quality systems and amassed a vast knowledge base to provide users with … [Read more...]
Google’s Gemini video search makes factual error in demo
Google made a lot of noise about its Gemini AI taking over search at its I/O conference today, but one of its flashiest demos was once again marked by the ever-present fatal flaw of every large language model to date: confidently making up the wrong answer.During a sizzle reel for “Search in the Gemini era,” Google demoed video search, which allows you to search by speaking over a video clip. The … [Read more...]
LearnLM is Google’s new family of AI models for education
Google says it’s developed a new family of generative AI models “fine-tuned” for learning: LearnLM.A collaboration between Google’s DeepMind AI research division and Google Research, LearnLM models — built on top of Google’s Gemini models — are designed to “conversationally” tutor students on a range of subjects, Google says. LearnLM is already powering features across Google products, including … [Read more...]
Blink and you missed it: Google has a new pair of prototype AR glasses
But we may have written off Google’s Glasses too soon — because Google just revealed a new prototype pair in a blink-and-you-missed-it moment at Google I/O. In the heat of the moment, I thought the Googler simply donned a pair of normal glasses before pulling out their smartphone at 1:30 in the Project Astra demo video below. But no, those frames are thick. There’s even a little picture-in-picture … [Read more...]
Harness Raises $150 Million in New Financing
Developer platform provider Harness today announced $150 million in financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, and Hercules Capital, Inc. The investment will be used strategically to support the expansion of the Harness platform, including the addition of new modules, further integrating generative AI into the platform, and additional … [Read more...]
Gemini 1.5 Flash is a new model from Google aimed at giving you super fast responses
Google has just made another major step forward in its Gemini Era, launching Gemini 1.5 Flash at this year's Google I/O. It's a smaller Gemini model aimed at narrower or high-frequency tasks, focusing on speed of delivery rather than the quality and deep knowledge of the answers. It's available in over 200 countries now in preview and will be reaching general availability in June. Source: … [Read more...]
Animal Well speedrunners are already beating the game in under five minutes
Animal Well is one of the hottest games around. It quickly shot to the top of Steam's top-seller chart after it was released to glowing reviews last Thursday.While most players complete the main story in four to six hours, it hasn't taken long for speedrunners to figure out how to blaze through solo developer Billy Basso's eerie labyrinth. YouTubers are already posting runs of under five minutes … [Read more...]
Google is bringing AI-generated quizzes to academic videos on YouTube
At its annual Google I/O 2024 developer conference, Google announced AI-generated quizzes, where a new conversational AI tool on YouTube will allow users to figuratively “raise their” hand when watching educational videos. Viewers can ask clarifying questions, get helpful explanations or take a quiz on the subject matter. The company says the capability even works with longer educational … [Read more...]
Alert! Microsoft Fixes 60 Vulnerabilities With 2 Actively Exploited Zero-Days
In its May 2024 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft addressed 60 vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. The updates cover a range of vulnerability categories. 27 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities 17 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 7 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities 4 Spoofing Vulnerabilities. 3 Denial of Service … [Read more...]
Watch this screaming, rainbow-clad musician demo Google’s AI DJ
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Google Search is getting some love from Gemini with AI Overview
Google dropped a slew of new goodies at todays I/O event. From Project Astra to the new Imagen AI image generator, Google has a lot of new toys for us to play with. But that doesnt mean that the foundation of Googles services isnt getting an update as well. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Google Gemini is making it easier to find your photos so you don't have to scroll for hours
As a part of its slew AI updates announced at I/O 2024, Google has announced a new feature called Ask Photos. This is a capability in the Google photos app that leverages the company's Gemini 1.5 Pro large language model to make it easier than ever to find your photos. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]
Don’t Let Your Business Starve: Ways To Overcome Digital Disruption
One day, I found myself spending hours researching tech-related books to learn how organizations succeed in the fast-changing digital world. I found a book by Tony Saldhana called “Why Digital Transformations Fail.” This book offers a helpful guide on surviving the current digital revolution. It improved my understanding, and now I'm passing it on to you.Whether you're an experienced leader or new … [Read more...]
The US moves to stop buying uranium from Russia and start producing it at home
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