As AI disrupts the gig economy, Venezuelans who relied on data annotation and content writing jobs face dwindling opportunities, with poor internet access and outdated hardware limiting their ability to adapt to more complex AI-related tasks.
Apple is pioneering private AI by leveraging synthetic data and differential privacy to analyze user data securely, generating artificial datasets mimicking real data to enhance AI models for features like Genmoji, Image Playground, and email summaries while preserving privacy.
Hugging Face, an AI company known for its open-source language models, has acquired Pollen Robotics, a French startup developing affordable humanoid robots, with plans to sell Pollen's Reachy 2 robot and enable developers to enhance its capabilities, bringing advanced robotics into homes.
A new study reveals a striking trust gap between AI experts, who are upbeat about the technology's potential, and a wary public anxious about AI's impacts and concerned over its responsible regulation by governments and companies.
Amazon's groundbreaking 'Buy for Me' feature harnesses AI to seamlessly purchase products from external brands' sites, expanding shopping reach while maintaining Amazon's convenience and security.
In a strategic move to gain an edge in the AI race, Google has replaced the head of its AI chatbot Gemini, prioritizing product experience by appointing Josh Woodward, the leader of Google Labs, to helm the development of consumer-friendly AI products built on Google's powerful models.
Amazon is pushing into generative AI with new conversational shopping and health assistants, including 'Interests AI' for product recommendations and a chatbot offering medical advice and wellness guidance.
A study uncovered the nuanced effects of ChatGPT usage, revealing that while emotional attachment is uncommon, heavy users may experience wellbeing impacts influenced by factors like emotional needs, AI perceptions, and usage duration, with voice mode having mixed short-term and long-term consequences.
The FTC sued Click Profit, an Amazon automation company, for defrauding customers of millions through a 'passive income' scam involving exaggerated earnings claims and misrepresenting its use of AI to manage online storefronts, despite customers failing to recoup investments.
Amazon's decision to eliminate local processing for Alexa requests on Echo devices, mandating cloud transmission of voice recordings from March 28, has sparked privacy concerns despite enabling enhanced AI capabilities through cloud computing power.