OpenAI recently announced an upgrade to ChatGPT (Apple, Android) that adds two features: AI voice options to hear the chatbot responding to your prompts, and image analysis capabilities. The image function is similar to what’s already available for free with Google’s Bard chatbot. Even after hours of testing the limits …
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PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including "free trials" of software like Norton AntiVirus on new devices. The software companies paid to be included. This got so bad in the late 2000s that many …
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The fight against spam never seems to end. Spammers constantly change their tactics to get noticed, and email services and their users constantly try to stem the incoming deluge. Spam filters help, but manual ones can catch false positives, and automatic filters don't always get it right. That means you …
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I don’t remember when my family first acquired our first Lego bricks. Like awakening from a fever dream, I regained consciousness in the past few years and realized we now have a whole room dedicated to Lego, with thousands of bricks organized by color in a chest-high shelving unit (and …
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My name is Reece Rogers, and I’m the service writer here at WIRED. In 2023, I created a five-part newsletter series all about how to use AI chatbots in your daily life. You can find the syllabus below, and use the menu above to read all five of the original …
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Hi again! It’s me, Reece. Back for another day of chatbot exploration. We’re at the halfway point of the newsletter, and I thought it’d be a good idea to take a step back for a moment. 📧 Keep up with the latest—sign up now to get an all-new season of …
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Well, howdy there! Welcome to another edition of AI Unlocked. Hope you’re having fun learning about different ways to use AI. (Have any chatbot-related questions? Reach out!) So far, we’ve used chatbots for brainstorming sessions and email writing, so the focus was primarily on the content it can make. But …
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Hello, hello! Welcome to the first edition of AI Unlocked. I’m so excited to share some tips and tricks I’ve learned as a reporter covering chatbots, like ChatGPT and Gemini, at WIRED. 📧 Keep up with the latest—sign up now to get an all-new season of AI Unlocked delivered right …
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Apple and Google have made it incredibly easy for us to back up our precious photos and videos from our phones. It all happens automatically in the background, with no wires or extra software involved, and all that these companies ask in return is a few dollars a month and …
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I’ve been losing a lot of time to YouTube lately. I don’t even know why. In a down moment, I just find myself heading to the homepage and watching whatever comes up (usually weird Tears of the Kingdom builds). If you’re doing the same thing and you feel bad about …
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