Zocdoc CEO: ‘Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI’
Zocdoc CEO: 'Dr. Google is going to be replaced by Dr. AI' Today’s Decoder episode is a special one: I’m talking to Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz, and we chatted live onstage at the TechFutures conference here in New York City. You’re almost certainly familiar with Zocdoc — it’s a platform that helps people find and […]
Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are
Opera's Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are The trick to understanding Opera’s Neon browser is recognizing that it’s not just a browser with an AI bot added to it, but a browser with three AI bots all living side by side. This is both a strength and a weakness, because while you […]
Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet
Facebook's new button lets its AI look at photos you haven't uploaded yet Meta has rolled out an opt-in AI feature to its US and Canadian Facebook users that claims to make their photos and videos more “shareworthy.” The only catch is that the feature is designed for your phone’s camera roll — not the […]
OpenAI suspends MLK deepfakes on Sora after ‘disrespectful’ videos
OpenAI suspends MLK deepfakes on Sora after 'disrespectful' videos A real, and not AI generated photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Image: Getty Images OpenAI said on Thursday night that it has “paused” deepfakes of Martin Luther King Jr. on its social app Sora after users created “disrespectful” AI-generated videos of the late civil […]
AI can’t even turn on the lights
AI can't even turn on the lights Large language models are currently everyone’s solution to everything. The technology’s versatility is part of its appeal: the use cases for generative AI seem both huge and endless. But then you use the stuff, and not enough of it works very well. And you wonder what we’re really accomplishing here. […]
Meta is adding more parental controls for teen AI use
Meta is adding more parental controls for teen AI use An early look at Instagram’s parental controls for teen AI use. After enthusiastically rolling AI chatbots out everywhere, Meta has announced new options for parents to get an idea of how teens are chatting with the digital characters and set some limits on use. The […]
Anthropic connects Claude to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive
Anthropic connects Claude to Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive Anthropic is integrating its Claude AI assistant with Microsoft 365 services so it can surface content from Word documents, Teams messages, and Outlook emails in conversations with the chatbot. It’s part of a series of updates to Claude to make the chatbot more useful at work. […]
Pinterest’s ‘tuner’ lets you dial down the amount of AI content — but not entirely
Pinterest's 'tuner' lets you dial down the amount of AI content — but not entirely Pinterest is rolling out a tool that allows users to “dial down the AI” in their feed, the company says. Users can select which categories they want populated with more or less AI-generated content. But Pinterest stops short of promising […]
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10 and gets ready to mark the 40-year milestone of its operating system, it’s looking forward to what’s next for Windows. Microsoft might not be ready to announce Windows 12 just yet, but it clearly wants […]
Google’s AI video generator is getting better editing and more audio
Google's AI video generator is getting better editing and more audio Google is making videos created with the AI filmmaking tool Flow even more realistic — and harder to identify as AI-generated at first glance. The company announced Wednesday that users can add in and change the shadows and lighting of their AI videos. The […]