Razer Project Ava: would you pay an AI to help you get good at games? Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergeGaming hardware manufacturer Razer is introducing what might be its most controversial “project” yet — an “AI gaming copilot” designed to help you get better at video games. With your permission, it takes thousands of pictures of your screen, then tells you how to play a game, optimally in real time, a…

LPT: If you don’t want Google’s b.s. AI answer, add -google to end of your search. Any time you search using Google, you can add modifiers (Operators]) to filter your results. For example, adding ” ” around words or phrases requires they’re verbatim in the sources offered. L You can turn Google against itself by using -google to exclude results from Google, i.e. its AI. Look up Google Search Operators for more information. Enj…

Google is building its own ‘world modeling’ AI team for games and robot training Image: The VergeGoogle DeepMind is assembling a new team of artificial intelligence researchers to develop “world models” that can simulate physical environments. The initiative will be led by Tim Brooks, a former co-lead for OpenAI’s Sora project who joined DeepMind in October to work on Google’s video generation and world simulators. World mod…

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Philips Hue is getting an AI-powered lighting assistant The Philips Hue app already offers a lot of customizable lighting effects, but soon you’ll be able to created personalized ones with the help of AI. | Image: SignifyPhilips Hue users will soon be able to create their own AI-powered lighting scenes, the company announced on Tuesday. Philips Hue’s new generative AI lighting assistant lets users cr…

Samsung Electronics banking on AI to outpace global growth in smartphones, home appliances Samsung Electronics plans to ramp up on-device AI, as it bets on the consumer electronics unit to exceed overall global market growth this year.

Nvidia releases gaming chips for PCs, tapping AI features from data center GPUs At CES in Las Vegas, Nvidia showed that it’s still focused on serving gamers even as the company’s primary business is now in the data center.

CES 2025: HP Will Use AI to Handle Your Game Settings For You But it’s limited to one game at launch.

Get ready for virtual AI cohosts that chat with Twitch stars and control their streams Image: Inworld AI, Streamlabs, and NvidiaInworld AI, Streamlabs, and Nvidia are partnering on a new AI assistant for streamers that can provide technical support for streams in real time and even act as a quippy cohost. As a cohost, the “Intelligent Streaming Assistant” can understand what’s happening in games like Fortnite and offer “contextual…

Nvidia announces $3,000 personal AI supercomputer called Digits Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holding the Project Digits computer on stage at Nvidia’s CES 2025 press conference. | Image: NvidiaIf you were looking for your own personal AI supercomputer, Nvidia has you covered. The chipmaker announced at CES it’s launching a personal AI supercomputer called Project Digits in May. The heart of Project Digits is the n…

Nvidia’s AI NPCs are no longer chatbots — they’re your new PUBG teammate Nvidia has spent the last two years showing off its digital “ACE” characters that can have in-game conversations with you using generative AI. But at CES 2025, the company is taking the ACE characters a step further by showing how they can be “autonomous game characters” — including, sometime this year, a teammate to help you get a chicken dinne…

Samsung Teases ‘True AI Companion’ Debuting on January 22 Alongside New Galaxy Smartphones Samsung today announced that it will hold its next major “Unpacked” smartphone event on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The company claims that it will introduce the “next evolution” of Galaxy AI, which will change the way people interact with the world, setting a new bar for mobile AI experiences. Samsung first showed off Ga…

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Apple says it will ‘clarify’ AI summaries after botching BBC headlines Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeThe BBC reports Apple will change how iPhones and other devices display Apple Intelligence-summarized notifications to make it clearer to users when its AI tech has adjusted the words. Not long after the still-in-beta feature launched in the UK in December, the news organization complained about how it rewr…

Samsung claims its Ballie AI robot will actually be released this year Is Samsung’s round robot finally ready to roll out of CES demos and into actual homes? Ballie, the rolling robot that reemerged at CES last year, will be shipping to consumers as an actual product sometime in 2025. That’s what Samsung is saying at the moment, anyway. We were first introduced to Ballie at CES five years ago. Since then, the robo…

CES 2025 Day 1: Samsung Adds AI to TVs and Companies Get Clever With MagSafe It’s time for the annual CES event where all kinds of tech products and accessories are being debuted, and we sent MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera to check out what’s new this year. While CES officially begins tomorrow, there are pre-show events like CES Unveiled, plus Samsung shared highlights. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for …

Seeking recommendation for a specific requirement of an AI tool. Hello there. Thank you in advance for taking time to read this. I’ll try to explain the situation as best I can. I need photos for my website of people wearing my product . The obvious solution is to higher models and have them wear the product for a photo shoot. I am planning on doing this, but the models are particular type of individual and i…

Google will use more mics and Gemini AI to get you to talk to your TV Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The VergeGoogle TV is getting a Gemini integration that’s supposed to make interacting with your TV “more intuitive and helpful,” the company announced at CES on Monday. With the update, which is set to arrive later this year, you’ll be able to search for content and ask questions without starting with “Hey Goo…

Global chip stocks climb as Foxconn’s bumper results show a continuation of the AI boom Global semiconductor stocks climbed on Monday after Foxconn posted record fourth-quarter revenue, suggesting the AI boom has far more room to run.

Google AI Overviews Appear in 18% Of Publisher-Related Queries via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern Study finds Google’s AI Overviews disrupt search results for publishers, appearing in 18% of publisher-related queries. The post Google AI Overviews Appear in 18% Of Publisher-Related Queries appeared first on Search Engine Journal.