It turns out the lay of today’s AI landscape can be traced back to — what do you know — fear, jealousy and intense capitalist ambition. Emails revealed in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google, first reported by Business Insider, show Microsoft executives expressing alarm and envy over Google’s AI lead. That spurred an …
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered, handheld gadget that seems to run Android under the hood. Many reviewers have criticized the utility of AI gadgets like the Rabbit R1, noting that they do little to supplant the smartphone and should just be an app instead. In fact, the R1’s …
Is the future of software development an AI-powered IDE? GitHub’s floating the idea. At its annual GitHub Universe conference in San Francisco on Monday, GitHub announced Copilot Workspace, a dev environment that taps what GitHub describes as “Copilot-powered agents” to help developers brainstorm, plan, build, test and run code in natural language. Jonathan Carter, head …
The more data points the AI system has on facial movements, microexpressions, head tilts, blinks, shrugs, and hand waves, the more realistic the avatar will be. DAVID VINTINER He then asks me to read a script for a fictitious YouTuber in different tones, directing me on the spectrum of emotions I should convey. First I’m …
At CES this January, startup Rabbit , just in time for the end of the year of the rabbit according to the lunar calendar. It’s a cute little orange square that was positioned as a “pocket companion that moves AI from words to action.” In other words, it’s basically a dedicated AI machine that acts …
TL;DR Adobe has announced an upgrade to its Firefly Image Foundation Model, now at version 3. This model enables a new Generate Image feature in Photoshop. Further, the existing Generative Fill feature in Photoshop is getting new capabilities, such as generating backgrounds, generating similar images, enhancing details, and more. One of the most popular use …
Vector databases are all the rage, judging by the number of startups entering the space and the investors ponying up for a piece of the pie. The proliferation of large language models (LLMs) and the generative AI (GenAI) movement have created fertile ground for vector database technologies to flourish. While traditional relational databases such as …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Meta has dramatically upgraded its AI assistant, powered by the new Llama 3 language model. The enhanced Meta AI is available on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and its new standalone website. Meta also announced the rollout of an upgraded image generator, where images change in real-time as you type …
A24’s newly released Civil War movie posters have led to a major uproar from the fans, with people calling them an example of false marketing. Despite the film finding major success at the box office in its opening weekend, it has succumbed to negative controversy before the second week of its theatrical run. Civil War’s …
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Businesses in the San Francisco Excelsior District hope to get more customers in the neighborhood with the help of a community design project. Leaders of the initiative chose one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city as the next place to continue the work that has revitalized shops in other …