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Microsoft redesigns Copilot for the web and mobile
Microsoft has redesigned Copilot for the web and mobile. It's rolling out more image generation features too.
Kris Holt02.07.2024
Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories
Microsoft is teaming up with media website Semafor on a new project that uses ChatGPT to aid in the creation of news stories.
Steve Dent02.05.2024
Amazon launches Rufus, an AI-powered shopping assistant
Amazon launched a new generative AI shopping assistant, Rufus, on Thursday. The chatbot is trained on Amazon’s product catalog, customer reviews, community Q&As and “information from across the web.”
Will Shanklin02.01.2024
Govee’s chatbot programs your smart lights for you
Govee is adding Matter compatibility to its newest lighting products, and a new chatbot will apparently program your lighting setups with ease.
Mat Smith01.07.2024
Former Trump ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen admits using Google Bard to cite bogus court cases
Donald Trump’s former “fixer,” Michael Cohen, used Google Bard to cite made-up legal cases that ended up in a federal court. Cohen admitted in unsealed court papers that he passed on documents referencing bogus cases to his lawyer, who then relayed them to a federal judge.
Will Shanklin12.29.2023
Google is giving teens around the world access to its Bard AI chatbot
Google has given teens in most countries around the world access to its Bard AI chatbot, as long as their language is set to English and they meet the minimum age needed to be able to manage their own account.
Mariella Moon11.16.2023
ChatGPT was down for more than 90 minutes after a major OpenAI API outage
OpenAI’s extremely popular ChatGPT service is currently down and non-functional for its 100 million weekly active users. The outage started just before 9AM ET but now it's back.
Lawrence Bonk11.08.2023
What the evolution of our own brains can tell us about the future of AI
How is a AI chatbot like a human neocortex? No, not practice. Prediction!
Andrew Tarantola10.29.2023
Adult film star Riley Reid launches Clona.AI, a sexting chatbot platform
Adult film icon and media investor Riley Reid aims to bring the transformational capabilities of generative AI to adult entertainment with an online platform where users can chat with digital versions of adult content creators.
Andrew Tarantola10.24.2023
Fugees rapper Pras accuses his lawyer of using AI in closing arguments
Rapper “Pras” Michel says his lawyer from a recent federal criminal case of using AI in his closing arguments. Pras, who faces up to 20 years in prison, was found guilty in April of conspiring and acting as a foreign agent.
Will Shanklin10.19.2023
Baidu's CEO says its ERNIE AI 'is not inferior in any aspect to GPT-4'
The chatbot has “achieved a full upgrade,” company CEO Robin Li told the assembled crowd at the Baidu World 2023 showcase.
Andrew Tarantola10.17.2023
UK regulator says Snap’s AI chatbot may put kids’ privacy at risk
A UK regulator has suggested Snap failed to pinpoint and assess privacy risks posed by My AI to kids and other users before rolling out the chatbot. If the company doesn't adequately address the ICO's privacy concerns, the chatbot could be blocked in the UK.
Kris Holt10.06.2023
The NSA has a new security center specifically for guarding against AI
The National Security Agency (NSA) is starting an artificial intelligence security center to safeguard our defense and intelligence systems. This should discourage bad actors from stealing or sabotaging currently-used AI models.
Lawrence Bonk09.29.2023
Meta AI is a new chatbot platform that starts with over 25 personalities
Meta announced at its Connect event on Wednesday that it will release a line of digital personalities on WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger built on the company's freshly announced Meta AI chatbot platform.
Andrew Tarantola09.27.2023
Even the CIA is developing an AI chatbot
The CIA confirmed that it’s developing an AI chatbot for all 18 US intelligence agencies to quickly parse troves of ‘publicly available’ data.
Will Shanklin09.26.2023
Meta's plan to attract young users hinges on cringe-worthy AI chatbots
Meta's prepping dozens of AI chatbots intended to attract younger users. These bots will be filled with various personalities.
Lawrence Bonk09.25.2023
Amazon bets $4 billion on OpenAI rival Anthropic
Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic as a way to provide deep learning and other services to its Amazon Web Service (AWS) customers.
Steve Dent09.25.2023
Baidu opens up its ERNIE generative AI to the public
Baidu has made ERNIE Bot, its generative AI product and large language model, generally available to the public through various app stores and its website. The company also plans to release a string of AI apps it says will allow folks "to fully experience the four core abilities of generative AI: understanding, generation, reasoning, and memory."
Kris Holt08.30.2023
Rally's and Checkers are using AI chatbots for Spanish-language food orders
Checkers and Rally's restaurants have launched the first Spanish ordering system that uses AI.
Steve Dent08.18.2023
Snapchat's My AI chatbot glitched so hard it started posting Stories
A technical issue temporarily gave Snapchat's My AI posting powers and people are freaking out.
Andrew Tarantola08.16.2023