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Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
Facebook owner Meta Platforms is planning to announce this week that it has secured deals with actors including Judi Dench, Kristen Bell and John Cena to give voice to its Meta AI chatbot, a source familiar with the company's plans told Reuters on Monday.
Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
Constellation to Launch Crane Clean Energy Center, Restoring Jobs and Carbon-Free Power to The Grid
Constellation to Launch Crane Clean Energy Center, Restoring Jobs and Carbon-Free Power to The Grid
Constellation announced today the signing of a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft that will pave the way for the launch of the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) and restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1, which operated at industry-leading levels of safety and reliability for decades before being shut down for economic reasons exactly five years ago today.
Constellation to Launch Crane Clean Energy Center, Restoring Jobs and Carbon-Free Power to The Grid
eBay to Add AI-Powered Image-Based Listing Tool
eBay to Add AI-Powered Image-Based Listing Tool
eBay will be adding an image-based listing tool to its range of offerings powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This tool will allow sellers to simply take or upload a photo within the eBay app and watch as AI automatically fills in item information details, the company said in a Thursday (Sept. 7) article posted on its website. […]
eBay to Add AI-Powered Image-Based Listing Tool
Are We Watching The Internet Die?
Are We Watching The Internet Die?
Sometime this month, Reddit will go public at a valuation of $6.5bn. Select Redditors were offered the chance to buy stock at the initial listing price, which it hasn’t announced yet but is expected to be in the range of $31-34 per share. Regardless of the actual price,
Don't buy their lies. Generative AI might be steeped in the language of high fantasy, but it’s a tool, one that they will not admit is a terribly-flawed and unprofitable way to feed the growth-at-all-costs tech engine.
Are We Watching The Internet Die?
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call, according to Hong Kong police.
the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like colleagues he recognized
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome
How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome
Last week, Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro, a $3500 “spatial computer” that is its first real “new” thing since the Apple Watch, and arguably its most notable release since the iPad or iPhone. Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the few truly reliable Apple analysts, estimates that the Vision Pro
How Tech Outstayed Its Welcome
The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit - Aftermath
The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit - Aftermath
The Internet used to be so simple to use that people collectively coined the term “let me Google that for you” to make fun of people who had the audacity of asking other people questions online. In the future I fear that people will have no other choice but to ask people for information from the Internet, because right now it’s all full of AI dogshit.
The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit - Aftermath
The Uncanny Valley
The Uncanny Valley
It has been a truly bizarre week. We’ve watched three banks die, and then a fourth bank almost died (Credit Suisse) before being scooped up by UBS for the rock-bottom price of $3.2bn. Credit Suisse’s fall from grace is especially remarkable given that it was
The Uncanny Valley