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Apple will reportedly unveil its Gemini-powered Siri assistant in February
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (272+ words) We're about to get our first real look at the results of the recently announced AI partnership between Apple and Google, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Gurman reports that Apple is planning to announce a new version of Siri in…...
Google says it's fixed Gmail issues with spam and misclassification
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (301+ words) If your Gmail account didn't seem to be working properly Saturday, you were not alone. But Google says the issue has been be resolved. The official status dashboard for Google Workspace suggests that problems began at around 5am Pacific on Saturday…...
TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (1124+ words) Now onto our regular programming " Tesla made a couple of moves this week " and just before its quarterly earnings drops " designed to show its progress, and even dominance, in automated driving technology. But, hold up, there is more to it…...
Gmail is having issues with spam and misclassification
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (208+ words) If your Gmail account doesn't seem to be working properly today, you're not alone. The official status dashboard for Google Workspace suggests that the issues began at around 5am Pacific on Saturday morning, with users experiencing both "misclassification of emails in…...
A new test for AI labs: Are you even trying to make money?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (414+ words) We're'in a unique moment for AI companies building their own foundation model. The end result?'It's'getting hard to tell who is'actually trying'to make money.' Think of'it'in these terms:' The big names are all at Level 5: OpenAI, Anthropic,'Gemini, and so…...
Tech CEOs boast and bicker about AI at Davos
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (823+ words) There were times at this week's meeting of the World Economic Forum when Davos seemed transformed into a high-powered tech conference, with on-stage appearances by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Microsoft CEO Satya…...
Former Googlers seek to captivate kids with an AI-powered learning app
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (742+ words) Big Tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot of those experiences are limited to text or voice, and kids might not find that captivating. Three former Google employees…...
How PopWheels helped a food cart ditch generators for e-bike batteries
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (795+ words) Food carts are a staple of New York City dining, dispensing everything from dosa and doner kebabs to dogs and dim sum in short order. But no matter how enticing the aroma of a cart's food, the smelly gas generators…...
Who's behind AMI Labs, Yann LeCun's ‘world model’ startup
2+ day, 6+ min ago (1012+ words) Yann LeCun's new venture, AMI Labs, has drawn intense attention since the AI scientist left Meta to found it. This week, the startup finally confirmed what it's building " and several key details have been hiding in plain sight. On its…...
Meta pauses teen access to AI characters ahead of new version
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (538+ words) Meta today said that it is pausing teens" access to its AI characters globally across all its apps. The company mentioned that it is not abandoning its efforts, but wants to develop an updated version of AI characters for teens,…...