AI's Infiltration: From CES Trends to Generative Concerns


Get ready for an AI-infused future! CES 2024 buzzed with advancements, showcasing AI's integration into daily life through smart products, accessible travel features, and even mammoth (and affordable!) TVs. But AI's reach extends beyond gadgets. Microsoft's Copilot is empowering businesses and students, while the Linux Foundation paves the way for ethical open-source generative AI. However, concerns linger about the potential downsides of AI-generated content. Meanwhile, experts offer guidance on navigating the AI-driven job market. One thing's clear: AI is transforming our world, and staying informed is crucial. This abstract just scratches the surface - dive deeper and explore the exciting (and sometimes unsettling) possibilities of AI's ever-growing influence!

CES 2024: 3 trends to watch as we learn what's next in tech
From integrating AI into products for streamlining daily life to leaps forward in VR and XR to 100-inch TVs you can actually afford, CES 2024 is coming in hot.
Bringing the full power of Copilot to more people and businesses
As we kick off a new year, we’re thrilled to see people increasingly using and loving Microsoft Copilot for work and life. Our goal is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more by bringing Copilot, the everyday AI companion, to millions of people around the world. We have reached another milestone in this mission...
Galaxy AI: 3 Samsung Galaxy S24 features for monolingual travelers
At Unpacked, Samsung unveiled Galaxy AI, a set of AI-powered tools designed to make your life easier.What really caught my eye, however, are the cluster of new Galaxy AI features that will help the awkward vacationers among us, particularly monolingual travelers, who often struggle with language barriers while visiting unfamiliar cities.3 Galaxy AI...
5 exciting Galaxy AI features that make Samsung's S24 phones worth the upgrade
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Unveiling the future of open-source generative AI: Insights from the Linux Foundation's 2023 survey
The Linux Foundation's report serves as a roadmap for a future where open-source generative AI drives innovation and fosters an ethical, secure, and collaborative environment.
Samsung Galaxy AI hands-on: Your invisible robot friend
There's a lot that was cringe-worthy about Samsung Unpacked in San Jose, where the company just unveiled its flagship S24 phone models with new tech it’s calling Galaxy AI.The focus on "influencers," who had their own entrance to the event: cringe. The video of MrBeast, who was mostly there to pimp his chocolate bar: mega-cringe. The Samsung executive...
Unlocking productivity and personalizing learning with AI
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How tech professionals can survive and thrive at work in the time of AI
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AI Policy
Doug Peterson, doug -- off the record, Jan 25, 2024 One fun thing and one serious thing. The fun thing: Danika Tipping writes, "English teacher friends, you don't need an AI detector. Just search for the word 'nuance' in your students' essays." The serious thing: a reference to Lance Eaton's collection of...
AI Is Already Better Than You
Late last year I was having a coffee with narrative designer, historian and researcher Holly Nielsen. I always enjoy talking to Holly about games because she has a great supply of anecdotes both about her work in today's games industry, and also about her research on the games industry of a hundred years ago. We often talk about AI, and the arguments...
The era of the AI-generated internet is already here
This isn't a conspiracy theory or future prophecy. The idea of an internet dominated by AI-generated content is already happening and it doesn't look good.Ever since ChatGPT hit the market, AI-generated content has been steadily seeping into the internet. Artificial intelligence has been around for decades. But the consumer-facing ChatGPT has pushed...
New AI-powered Google Assistant demo leaks — see what it can do with photos
Google Assistant is the search engine tech giant's answer to Siri that responds to "Hey Google!"In case you missed it, "Google Assistant with Bard" is now in the works, which is set to underpin the assistant with Bard (i.e., Google's AI-powered chatbot). And now, thanks to a new leak, we're seeing some semblance of its existence.'Google Assistant with...
Microsoft Copilot for Sales and Copilot for Service are now generally available
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Google Bard now has an AI image generator — how it plans to avoid another Taylor Swift deepfake fiasco
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Microsoft Copilot Studio – uusi koti Power Virtual Agentsille
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AI will unleash the next level of human potential. Here's how it happens - and when
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This is what AI will produce during the next decade and beyond
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13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives
Ankush Das, It's FOSS, Jan 15, 2024 This article is a useful reminder that there are open source alternatives to chatGPT. After all, the AI we know today began as an academic exercise, created at universities, and intended to be shared. This is a list of 13 alternatives, with the following important caveat:...
Microsoft unveils a slew of Copilot updates, including Copilot Pro. Here's what's new
MicrosoftSince Copilot's initial launch, Microsoft's chatbot has proven to be a worthy ChatGPT rival -- and now a new wave of updates will close the gap between both chatbots even further. Microsoft has announced the availability of Copilot Pro, a supercharged subscription version of Copilot, which is meant for power users who could benefit from...
AI can now copy your handwriting. We're concerned.
Nothing is safe from AI copying it. Researchers at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi say they developed an AI tool that can pretty closely copy a person's handwriting. The researchers said that the model needed just a few paragraphs of writing to be trained. "[People] could not distinguish the mimicked handwriting...

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