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Google to charge for AI-powered search engine: report
Alphabet’s Google is considering charging for premium features on its generative AI-powered search engine, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the plan. The tech giant is looking at …
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OpenAI delays release of risky voice-cloning technology
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person’s voice, but says it won’t yet release it publicly due to …
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Sophia, the most famous humanoid robot, speaks to Neos Kosmos
Sophia, the most famous humanoid robot, took 18 hours to come from Hong Kong to Rhodes. Her journey was full of adventures. She was delayed in customs and missed her …
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Neuralink implants brain chip in first human, Musk says
Elon Musk, Neuralink’s billionaire founder, says the first human patient has received an implant from the brain-chip startup and is recovering well. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” Musk …
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Power trial promises to fill up electric cars for $5
Australia’s electric car drivers will be offered the chance to fill up their vehicles for less than $5 as part of a trial by the nation’s biggest energy retailer. Origin …
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Consumers warned to brace for AI smartphone revolution
The world’s biggest smartphone maker has unveiled its first handset powered by generative artificial intelligence software, in a move Samsung says will usher in “a new AI era” for the …
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AI will affect 40 per cent of jobs globally, IMF warns
Artificial intelligence is set to affect 40 per cent of jobs around the world, the International Monetary Fund warns. The IMF says the impact will be greater for advanced economies, …
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Social media in 2023: Twitter died and AI got personal
We lost Twitter and got X. We tried out Bluesky and Mastodon (well, some of us did). We fretted about AI bots and teen mental health. We cocooned in private …
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Apple stops online sales of watch models amid dispute
Apple has stopped online sales of two popular models of its internet-connected watch in the US after losing its latest attempt to untangle a patent dispute that is blocking it …
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AI brings back to life the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The powers of Artificial Intelligence have come together to recreate the ancient Seven Wonders of the World, including the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus. Using the imagine …