Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features
Microsoft Edge's new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features Microsoft is joining the AI browser wave with the official launch of a new “Copilot Mode” in Edge. The option, first announced in July, turns Copilot into your portal to the web, with each new tab opening a chat window where you can either ask […]
Anthropic’s Claude chatbot is getting a ‘memory’ upgrade
Anthropic's Claude chatbot is getting a 'memory' upgrade Anthropic is rolling out an update for Claude that will let the AI chatbot “remember” past conversations without prompting. The upgrade for all paid subscribers should make Claude more useful and convenient. Max subscribers will be able to turn on Claude’s “memory” in their settings from today, […]
Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy
Meet Mico, Microsoft's AI version of Clippy It’s been nearly 30 years since Microsoft’s Office assistant, Clippy, first graced our screens as an annoying paperclip. After the Groucho-browed interruptions of Clippy came to an end in 2001 with Office XP, Microsoft tried to revive the spirit of an assistant with Cortana on Windows Phone. The technology […]
Amazon’s latest attempt at selling stuff with AI is the ‘Help me decide’ button
Amazon's latest attempt at selling stuff with AI is the 'Help me decide' button Amazon is launching a new AI-powered tool that’s supposed to help you choose which product to buy. Now, when you look at multiple similar items on Amazon’s app or mobile website, it may display a “Help me decide” button that picks […]
Amazon claims the headline isn’t robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots
Amazon claims the headline isn't robots taking jobs as it reveals new cost-cutting robots A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech […]
Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI
Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The […]
Meta is reportedly downsizing its legacy AI research team
Meta is reportedly downsizing its legacy AI research team Meta is planning to axe around 600 roles within its legacy AI research division, according to a report from Axios. The layoffs will reportedly impact Meta’s Fundamental AI Research unit, also known as FAIR, while the company continues to hire workers for its newly formed superintelligence […]
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 […]