Publishers have long worried that artificial intelligence would drive readers away from their sites. They’re about to find out if those fears are warranted.
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Google Unveils AI Overviews Feature for Search at 2024 I/O Conference
The tech giant showed off how it would enmesh A.I. more deeply into its products and users’ lives, from search to so-called agents that perform tasks.
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A.I.’s ‘Her’ Era Has Arrived
New chatbot technology can talk, laugh and sing like a human. What comes next is anyone’s guess.
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Darren Criss to Return to Broadway as a Robot in Love
The actor will star in “Maybe Happy Ending,” an original musical set in a future Seoul. It will begin previews in September.
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Google strikes back at OpenAI with “Project Astra” AI agent prototype
Enlarge / A video still of Project Astra demo at the Google I/O conference keynote in Mountain View on May 14, 2024. (credit: Google) Just one day after OpenAI revealed GPT-4o, which it bills as being able to understand what’s taking place in a video feed and converse about it, Google announced Project Astra, a...
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Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away
Enlarge (credit: Getty) A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX suggests that return to office (RTO) mandates can lead to a higher rate of employees, especially senior-level ones, leaving the company, often to work at competitors. The study (PDF), published this month by University of Chicago and University of Michigan researchers and reported by The...
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The hunt for rare bitcoin is nearing an end
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Andriy Onufriyenko) Billy Restey is a digital artist who runs a studio in Seattle. But after hours, he hunts for rare chunks of bitcoin. He does it for the thrill. “It’s like collecting Magic: The Gathering or Pokémon cards,” says Restey. “It’s that excitement of, like, what if I catch...
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(BPRW) Minority Business Conference Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council Brings Business Opportunities to Florida – May 22–23, 2024
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI — The Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) will host the Minority Business Conference, a two-day premier event for growth-oriented minority businesses to connect with buyers and key decision-makers….
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OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Listens, Looks and Talks
Chatbots, image generators and voice assistants are gradually merging into a single technology with a conversational voice.
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On Instagram, a Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations for Sex With a 5-Year-Old
Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted sex offenders inquired about a child model.