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Chinese competitor Vidu rivals OpenAI’s Sora
Vidu, China’s answer to OpenAI’s Sora, is creating videos that rival the ChatGPT maker’s technology.
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Scientists find a way to detect AI deepfake videos
Scientists are arming AI against AI in a quest to identify deepfake videos.
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Airchat – the latest social networking platform for audio communication – review
The new audio-only social networking app Airchat, trending among Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, offers a way to communicate via audio.
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New home security system meets intruders with paintballs and tear gas
PaintCam, a Slovenian startup, claims to be the "first security system with integrated real-time face recognition" and can also fire paintballs and release tear gas.
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Extinction of headphone jacks is not here yet
While big brands are dropping 3.5mm jacks from the newest smartphone models, audiophiles and wire lovers can applaud their potential comeback.
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Android users are at high data tracking risk, study shows
Almost 200,000 data tracking attempts were made in just 30 days on a regular Android device through installed apps.
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The cost of training AI models is rising exponentially
It’s becoming more expensive to train large language models (LLMs), underpinning chatbots created by Open AI, Microsoft, and other companies.
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Web3 will come back because of AI – interview
AI will lead to an explosion in new digital experiences and will pave the way for the comeback of Web3, says futurist Aragorn Meulendijks.
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What’s the secret behind artificial rain in Dubai
The United Arab Emirates is already living in the future, with technological solutions battling the harsh environment of the Arabian Peninsula. However, did the recent images of a drowning Dubai show that something went wrong?
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Apple pulls WhatsApp and Threads after Beijing order
Apple has removed Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China after being ordered to do so by the Chinese government, which cited national security concerns.
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Google fires 28 employees for protesting Israeli cloud contract
Google said it had terminated the contracts of 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company's cloud contract with the Israeli government.
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Boston Dynamics announces new electric Atlas
Atlas, the humanoid robot and parkour legend, goes electric as Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic predecessor in a move to commercialize the technology.
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EU iPhone users can now bypass the App Store
iPhone users located in the European Union (EU) can now download apps from developer websites instead of going through Apple's App Store.
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The world's first AI beauty pageant is here
Beauty pageants have a bad reputation for being fickle and a little slimy. Now, AI creators are competing to create the most beautiful, well-rounded, and realistic AI.
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What we can learn from the story of Humane’s AI Pin
AI Pin was described as a modern AI device that could replace your phone. But now the future of the device now seems gloomy.
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X may charge new users a “small annual fee”
X might introduce a policy that would force new users to pay up if they want to like, comment, or bookmark posts.
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Ernie Bot attracted 200M users, Baidu boasts
China's Baidu said that its artificial intelligence chatbot Ernie Bot has garnered more than 200 million users as it seeks to remain China’s most popular ChatGPT-like chatbot amid increasingly fierce competition.
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Elon Musk’s Tesla literally saves a man’s life
Director MaxPaul Franklin found himself in a life-threatening situation, which was later rectified by his Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode, he explained in a recent post on X.
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Google DeepMind teaches mini robots soccer skills
Scientists at Google DeepMind have trained miniature humanoid robots to master their soccer skills while playing on the field – just the way humans would.
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Meta to blur Instagram messages containing nudity
Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them.
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