Adobe Acrobat uses AI to turn your PDFs into podcasts
Adobe Acrobat uses AI to turn your PDFs into podcasts Generate Podcasts will let you listen to a summary of any documents you don’t have time to read. Adobe has added new generative AI features to Acrobat that aim to help you quickly edit PDFs and summarize them in audio and visual formats. These updates […]
ChatGPT is using age prediction to restrict what minors see
ChatGPT is using age prediction to restrict what minors see Age prediction is rolling out almost globally, with users in the EU getting it ‘in the coming weeks.’ OpenAI has added age prediction features to ChatGPT, meant to identify and bolster protections for underage users. These age detection plans were announced in December alongside updated […]
Gamers love AI in game dev — they just don’t know it yet, says Razer’s CEO
Gamers love AI in game dev — they just don't know it yet, says Razer's CEO We’re back to start the year off with a very special live interview with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, which we taped in front of a terrific audience at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas during CES. Razer is obviously best […]
Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on dystopian developments in AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started You could say […]
Google brings its AI videomaker to Workspace users
Google brings its AI videomaker to Workspace users An AI-generated scene created by Flow. Google is expanding access to its AI videomaking tool. Launched last May, Flow was initially only available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but now, those with Business, Enterprise, and Education Workspace plans can access it, too. Flow uses […]
Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links
Ads are coming soon to ChatGPT, starting with shopping links ChatGPT will soon start showing you sponsored products or services if they’re related to your conversation. In an announcement on Friday, OpenAI says it will start testing ads in the coming weeks for logged-in users in the US who use the app for free or […]
X is still having issues following an hour-long outage on Friday
X is still having issues following an hour-long outage on Friday On Friday morning, X and Grok went offline for users around the world on both the websites and apps. Outage reports began spiking on DownDetector around 10:00AM ET, while Cisco’s ThousandEyes outage map noted over 600 X servers around the world that were having […]
Siri is a Gemini
Siri is a Gemini We know how the next-generation Siri is supposed to work. Apple showed it off in 2024, made commercials about it, and generally promised that AI would change the way we used our gadgets forever. And then, well, none of that came to pass. So Apple made a deal: It tapped Google’s […]
‘Sideshow’ concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
'Sideshow' concerns and billionaire dreams: What I learned from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Elon Musk first sued OpenAI in February 2024. Despite OpenAI’s repeated attempts to throw it […]
Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing
Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk's kids — and now she's suing Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk’s children, is suing his company for enabling its AI to virtually strip her down into a bikini without her consent. St. Clair is one of the many people […]