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Google’s AI Saves Your Conversations For 3 Years
If you’ve ever been concerned about the privacy aspects of AI, you may be very surprised to learn that conversations you have with Google’s new Gemini AI apps are “retained for up to 3 years” by default. Up To Three Years With Google now launching its Gemini Advanced chatbot as part of its ‘Google One AI…
Stolen Device Protection Update Rolled Out
Apple iPhone users are being urged to use a new feature called ‘Stolen Device Protection’ which was rolled out in a recent update to iOS. As the new feature’s name suggests, it can help prevent someone who has stolen your device and knows your passcode from making critical changes to your account or device. It…
What Are ‘Blockchain Identifiers’?
In this insight, we look at what blockchain identifiers are, their roles, users, and relevance to businesses, plus how they could work with the domain name system. What Are Blockchain Identifiers? Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies, is the decentralised, secure, incorruptible ledger system that enables transparent and tamper-proof transactions. Its value is in providing enhanced…
Google Launches Gemini Subscription
Google has rebranded its Bard chatbot as Gemini, the name of its new powerful AI model family, and launched a $20 per month ‘Gemini Advanced’ subscription service. Gemini Advanced To compete with the likes of ChatGPT, Google has launched its own monthly Chatbot subscription service for the same price but with some extras thrown in.…
Robo-Calls Now Illegal In The US
The US The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that robocalls using AI-generated voices are now illegal. What Are Robocalls And Why Make Them Illegal? A robocall is a call made using voice cloning technology with an AI-generated voice, i.e. it is a telemarketing call that uses an automatic telephone-dialling system and an artificial or…
Apple Launches $3,500 Pro Vision VR Headset
Apple has launched its $3,500 (starting price) Pro Vision Virtual Reality (VR) headset in the US with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, appearing at its Fifth Avenue New York store to mark the significance of the occasion. The Pro Vision VR Headset allows users to blend digital content with their physical space and users can navigate…
How Fair And Effective Are AI Recruitment Platforms?
With more companies using AI to screen CVs and candidates’ body language during interviews, we look at what this could mean for today’s job applicants. Widely Used IBM research from November last year shows that 4 out of 10 companies now use AI to improve recruiting and human resources. Also, in June last year, IBM…
AI Can Learn To Be Bad. And Stay Bad.
In a recent experiment where AI was taught to behave maliciously and then taught to stop, the bad behaviour continued despite efforts to stop it, giving a chilling reminder of the potential threats of AI. The Experiment The Cornell University experiment was documented in an online paper entitled “Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMS That Persist Through…
UK Cars Now Using Rear HD-Screens Instead of Windows
The new Swedish-made Polestar 4 will be the first car on UK roads to replace a rear window (and traditional rear-view mirror) with a high-definition screen showing a real-time roof-mounted camera feed. Two Digital Cameras With Feed Displayed In ‘Mirror’ In fact, instead of a traditional rearview mirror, the Polestar 4 has a high-resolution rear-view…
Google Maps Gets AI Boost
Google has announced that it is trying out generative AI within Google Maps as a way for users to discover new places based on their questions. How? What Google means is that if users, for example, are visiting a town or city, they can simply tell Google Maps what they’re looking for and AI will…
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