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Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side

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Bing’s AI redesign shoves the usual list of search results to the side Illustration: The VergeBing’s new search experience puts AI-generated answers front and center while pushing traditional search results to the side. The new layout, which is rolling out for a small number of queries, fills your search results page with AI-generated summaries addressing various aspects of your question. Microsoft has shared an ea…

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Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay

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Reddit is now blocking major search engines and AI bots — except the ones that pay Illustration: The VergeReddit is ramping up its crackdown on web crawlers. Over the past few weeks, Reddit has started blocking search engines from surfacing recent posts and comments unless the search engine pays up, according to a report from 404 Media. Right now, Google is the only mainstream search engine that shows recent results when you s…

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Google had a massive quarter thanks to Search and AI

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Google had a massive quarter thanks to Search and AI Illustration: The VergeGoogle made nearly $85 billion over the past few months as revenue from its Search and cloud computing businesses soared. That’s according to the quarter two earnings report released by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, on Tuesday, which says Search alone raked in $48.5 billion. Meanwhile, Google’s cloud division hit $10 …

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Adobe rolls out more generative AI features to Illustrator and Photoshop

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Adobe rolls out more generative AI features to Illustrator and Photoshop Illustrator’s new Generative Shape Fill tool allows users to fill a selected shape with scalable generated images. | Image: AdobeAdobe is introducing some new tools and generative AI features to its Illustrator and Photoshop design software that aim to help speed up creative workflows. The most notable updates are coming to Illustrator courtesy …

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Are you being exploited by AI-powered surveillance pricing?

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Are you being exploited by AI-powered surveillance pricing? Image: Hugo Herrera / The VergeNearly a decade ago, Uber revealed that customers are more willing to pay surge prices when their phones are about to die. That data point sparked a pervasive belief that Uber and other ridehailing apps use algorithms to tailor each passenger’s price to their behavior and willingness to pay — a practice known as “s…

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AI terminology, explained for humans

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AI terminology, explained for humans Image: Hugo J. Herrera for The VergeArticles today are filled with AI jargon. Here are some definitions to get you through. Continue reading…

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The all-seeing AI webcam

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The all-seeing AI webcam Image: Samar Haddad for The VergeOn the infinite list of possible uses for AI, “getting selfie advice from a Kylie Jenner voice clone” seems both completely off-the-wall and also pretty inevitable. So of course it does exist. It’s not a widely-available app, at least not yet; it’s an experiment from artist and programmer Dries Depoorter. With a…

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Kinda scared for ai

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Kinda scared for ai So i had started a youtube channel + instagram for my short films that i made but in all those videos you hear my voice and see my face. Now with Meta training their ai with your post without asking i took all my videos down. The thing is that im kinda scarred that my face could be used for deepfake or ai. My mother already got 2 scam calls with…

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