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Google is adding AI watermarks to photos manipulated by Magic Editor

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Google is adding AI watermarks to photos manipulated by Magic Editor Google Photos is adding its digital SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using the Magic Editor’s generative AI feature. The new feature is rolling out “this week” according to Google, and is intended to make it easier for people to quickly identify images that have been manipulated using the “reimagine” tool in Magic

The Verge 581 2025-02-07

Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: Sal Khan and AI Reimagined Schools: Questions and Concerns

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Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: Sal Khan and AI Reimagined Schools: Questions and Concerns Nancy Bailey’s Education Website: Sal Khan and AI Reimagined Schools: Questions and Concerns Recently, 60 Minutes showcased Sal Khan, known for the popular Khan Academy, describing Sal Khan’s Khanmigo, a new AI-powered program promising to revolutionize teaching by giving students an online personal tutor. Here’s Khan’s TED talk, “…

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Lyft is using Anthropic’s Claude AI for customer service

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Lyft is using Anthropic’s Claude AI for customer service Lyft announced a new partnership with Anthropic to use the Claude AI assistant to handle customer service requests. Claude is already being put to use handling service inquiries from drivers, reducing the average resolution time for a request by 87 percent, the company said. In an example provided by Lyft, a driver asks the chatbot

The Verge 460 2025-02-07

Amazon Plans to Unveil Next-Generation Alexa AI Later This Month

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Amazon Plans to Unveil Next-Generation Alexa AI Later This Month Amazon today sent out invites for an AI-focused event that will be held on February 26, and according to Reuters, the company plans to introduce its next-generation Alexa generative AI service. Since Amazon introduced Alexa in 2014, it has become one of the most widely available voice assistants, but it has been falling behind with the prolifer…

Mac Rumors 672 2025-02-06

AI can now generate viral outbound comments

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AI can now generate viral outbound comments https://preview.redd.it/cdyv8zt1jdhe1.png?width=727&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc48f90338e53bc3fe3d1bb024b8684051d9c032 I know many are skeptical about AI sounding “human” and successfully engaging on social media. My startup has been working with a phone case brand, and we found out that it totally WORKS. The screenshot below shows an AI-generated …

Reddit Social Media 875 2025-02-06

Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ Uses a Realistic AI Voice to Call Businesses for You

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Google’s ‘Ask for Me’ Uses a Realistic AI Voice to Call Businesses for You Google is currently testing an ai feature called ‘ask for me’ which can make enquiry phone calls on your behalf, similar to a personal assistant. I think its quite interesting and hopefully gets rolled into their final gemeni/google assistant AI. “To install it, go to Google Search Labs on either your desktop or mobile device, and install the “…

Reddit Android 382 2025-02-06

Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad

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Google pulls incorrect Gouda stat from its AI Super Bowl ad Google has edited Gemini’s AI response in a Super Bowl commercial to remove an incorrect statistic about cheese. The ad, which shows a small business owner using Gemini to write a website description about Gouda, no longer says the variety makes up “50 to 60 percent of the world’s cheese consumption.” In the edited YouTube

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A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead

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A reviews site embroiled in AI scandal is back from the dead Last summer, the staff at Gannett’s consumer reviews site Reviewed received terrible news: the media giant was shuttering the entire vertical and would be laying off dozens of employees. Effective November 1st, Reviewed would cease operations. Gannett blamed Google’s changing search algorithm, which had “degraded business model.” The shutt…

The Verge 808 2025-02-06

The Gemini AI app can now show its thinking

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The Gemini AI app can now show its thinking Google is bringing its experimental “reasoning” artificial intelligence model capable of explaining how it answers complex questions to the Gemini app. The Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking update is part of a slew of Gemini 2.0 AI rollouts announced by Google today, including its latest Gemini 2.0 Pro flagship model. This comes as the search giant

The Verge 516 2025-02-06

Google expects to spend $75 billion this year on the AI race

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Google expects to spend $75 billion this year on the AI race Google parent company Alphabet expects to invest “approximately $75 billion” in capital expenditures in 2025, according to a statement from CEO Sundar Pichai in Alphabet’s Q4 2024 earnings release. Capital expenditures have become a hot topic as of late as big tech companies race to build infrastructure to support their growing AI ambitions, and…

The Verge 838 2025-02-05