Self-Checkout on the Outs, Google Search Kind of Sucks, and More

Photo: Reshetnikov_art / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Don’t ring the funeral bells just yet, but the self-checkout kiosk horror show could be nearing its end. So far, the grand experiment in robot cashiers is an abject failure. Stores across the country are reversing course on the machines, and consensus is growing among analysts and insiders that self-checkout … Read more

You’ll Soon Have to Pay $20 a Month to Access Copilot’s Coolest Features

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

Yes, Some New Windows Keyboards Are Getting a ‘Copilot Key’ to Quick-Access AI

The new Copilot key takes over the right ctrl button, mirroring the Windows key.Image: Dell Microsoft’s big early 2024 AI push has PC makers dancing along to the siren song of big tech’s new big obsession. Along with the newly-announced XPS lineup of Dell laptops, there’s one small tidbit of information that isn’t nearly as … Read more

Happy Birthday, ChatGPT

Screenshot: OpenAI Part of OpenAI’s success comes through funding from a multibillion-dollar partnership with Microsoft. It wasn’t long before the aging tech behemoth launched its own AI-powered tools in the form of a new chat feature on its unloved search engine Bing. Bing Chat (launched renamed Microsoft co-pilot) launched in February 2023. In its first … Read more