For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, the reactor will start running again in 2028—this time to exclusively supply the tech firm with oodles of low-carbon electricity. It’s all part of an ongoing …
Read More »Spotify wants to make you an AI Playlist for every occasion
Spotify is doubling down on artificial intelligence. First, the music streaming service launched itsAI DJin 2023, and today, Sept. 24, it’s bringing AI Playlists to Premium users in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. SEE ALSO: Here are the 5 songs of the summer, according to Spotify The feature …
Read More »Use Zoom’s AI Companion to Take Notes and Summarize Meetings
Click-clack, click-clack. That’s the sound of someone typing meeting notes during a Zoom call, and it’s super annoying. Like caffeinated chipmunks, people sometimes don’t realize they are clattering away on a keyboard. Yet, someone has to jot down action items and reminders. That “someone” doesn’t have to be a human, …
Read More »New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free
Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare is launching a suite of tools that could help shift the power dynamic between AI companies and the websites they crawl for data. Today it’s giving all of its customers—including the estimated 33 million using its free services—the ability to monitor and selectively block AI data-scraping …
Read More »Apple Intelligence is here in public iOS beta. Here's how to get it.
Apple’s iPhone 16 is launching without Apple Intelligence, but there’s still a pretty simple way for iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 16, and iPhone 16 Pro owners to try it out — all you have to do is install the latest public iOS beta. That’s right, Apple’s iOS 18.1 beta is …
Read More »Meta Connect Starts Today. Here’s What to Expect
Meta Connect, the big developer event and hardware showcase from the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, is kicking off today. Meta is likely to show off its new VR and mixed-reality technology, put a shiny polish on its meandering metaverse ambitions, and delve into all the fresh ways it …
Read More »Welcome to the Era of ‘Deep Doubt’
Given the flood of photorealistic AI-generated images washing over social media networks like X and Facebook these days, we're seemingly entering a new age of media skepticism: the era of what I'm calling “deep doubt.” While questioning the authenticity of digital content stretches back decades—and analog media long before that—easy …
Read More »When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting With an AI Host
A pleasant female voice greets me over the phone. “Hi, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says. “How can I help?” “Do you have patio seating,” I ask. Jasmine sounds a little sad as she tells me that unfortunately, the San Francisco–based Vietnamese restaurant doesn't have outdoor …
Read More »Xavier Niel, a Driving Force of French AI, Is Now Shaping TikTok
I wait to meet Xavier Niel in a room that feels fitting for one of France’s richest men. Gold-encrusted walls frame a boardroom table the size of a small swimming pool. And beyond the large windows, a lily pond. Niel is the original French internet mogul, of the generation before …
Read More »Content Creators in the Adult Industry Want a Say in AI Rules
A group of sex industry professionals and advocates issued an open letter to EU regulators on Thursday, claiming that their views are being overlooked in vital discussions on policing AI technology despite also being implicated in AI’s momentous rise. In response to European internet regulations, a collective of adult industry …
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