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A smarter Alexa? Sign me up

Amazon says its Alexa voice assistant is about to get a lot smarter. It's about time. Source link

When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host

A pleasant female voice greets me over the phone. “Hi, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says. “How can I help?”“Do you have patio seating,”...

This New Tech Puts AI In Touch with Its Emotions—and Yours

A new “empathic voice interface” launched today by Hume AI, a New York–based startup, makes it possible to add a range of emotionally expressive voices, plus an emotionally...

What Is Gemini Live and How Do You Use It?

I can imagine following this approach now when I want to learn about anything, and just continuing the conversation even after Gemini answers my initial query. I still...

I Used ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode. It’s Fun, and Just a Bit Creepy

I leave ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on while writing this article as an ambient AI companion. Occasionally, I’ll ask it to provide a synonym for an overused word,...

With OpenAI’s Release of GPT-4o, Is ChatGPT Plus Still Worth It?

Barret Zoph, a research lead at OpenAI, was recently demonstrating the new GPT-4o model and its ability to detect human emotions though a smartphone camera when ChatGPT misidentified...

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A new breed of Android flagships is coming and it should make Samsung nervous

A new wave of Android flagships is on the horizon, and they’re not playing it safe. The biggest shift is that these phones...

Watch the trailer for Science Saru’s Ghost in the Shell anime series

A new trailer has given us our best look yet at the upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime. While it might not...

Apple is opening Siri to pick AI models, but there’s only only that makes sense to me 

Apple promised us a smarter, more capable Siri at WWDC 2024. The pitch was compelling: a Siri that understands your personal context, digs...

YouTube CEO opens up about AI slop, and it sounds like cozy promises

YouTube is in a slightly tricky position right now. On one hand, it’s encouraging creators to use AI tools to make content faster...

Meta’s next smart glasses sound like a treat for humans stuck with prescription lenses

For the billions of people who rely on corrective glasses every day (including me), smart glasses have always been a slightly awkward conversation....