Lonely on Valentine’s Day? AI can help. At least, that’s what a number of companies hawking “romantic” chatbots will tell you. But as your robot love story unfolds, there’s a tradeoff you may not realize you’re making. According to a new study from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project, AI girlfriends and boyfriends harvest shockingly personal … Read more
Graphic: Microsoft My colleague Maxwell Zeff once described Microsoft Copilot as “if Clippy went to get his MBA.” Microsoft just announced a new premium subscription to its Copilot AI, which can be analogous to Clippy getting a PhD. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech Targeted at “power users and creators,” Copilot Pro … Read more
Microsoft is trying to rebrand its Edge internet browser. No longer should its name remind you that its icon shortcut sits alone and forgotten at the edge of your Windows desktop. Now Microsoft is trying to claim Edge is on the cutting edge of AI. The Redmond tech giant has started calling its native internet … Read more
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) By now you’ve probably heard that ChatGPT has a penchant for making up lies and stating them as fact, or what experts refer to as an AI “hallucination.” That didn’t stop two lawyers in New York City from having ChatGPT spit out some legal documents. Unsurprisingly, the AI fabricated some quotes and … Read more
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, asking that ChatGPT be destroyed, along with any other large language models and training sets that have used The Times’ work without payment. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech This is the first major media organization to sue the … Read more
Google’s antitrust trial revealed the multi-billion dollar tech company paid out a whopping total of $26.3 billion in 2021 to keep its status as the default search engine on phones and multiple browsers, Bloomberg Law reported Friday. The Justice Department argued that by spending an exorbitant amount of money to retain its default status, Google … Read more
Amazon’s second Prime Day of 2023 is here, and it runs October 10-11. Yes, that’s right before the holiday shopping season really kicks off in November, but if you shop early, there are some good deals to be found on TVs, audio gear, laptops and especially Amazon’s own branded items. Top 5 Shopping Tips for … Read more
Yes, Amazon is having a second Prime Day event, this time in the middle of October. The company did the same thing last year, positioning itself right before the holiday shopping season really kicks off in November. Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime Day That means consumers may be wary of buying now vs. … Read more
Regardless of the repeated studies of doom, gloom, and reorganization inside Amazon’s {hardware} division, that hasn’t stopped the corporate from transferring ahead with its imaginative and prescient for the “ambient residence.” At its streamed dwell occasion in Virginia right this moment, Amazon introduced a bevy of recent linked merchandise for its Echo lineup, together with … Read more
Picture: Serhii Yevdokymov / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) As Google confronted off in opposition to the Division of Justice on the primary day of a hotly anticipated antitrust trial, firm lawyer John Schmidtlein laid out an attention-grabbing perspective. “This case is admittedly all about Microsoft,” Schmidtlein stated. For those who can identify one search engine aside from … Read more