Google reportedly snags up team behind AI voice startup Hume AI
Google has hired the CEO and top top behind voice AI startup Hume AI, signaling that voice is increasingly becoming the preferred interface over screens.
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From invisibility cloaks to AI chips: Neurophos raises $110M to build tiny optical processors for inferencing
Neurophos is taking a crack at solving the AI industry’s power efficiency problem with an optical chip that uses a composite material to do the math required in AI inferencing tasks.
Anthropic has to keep revising its technical interview test so you can’t cheat on it with Claude
Since 2024, Anthropic’s performance optimization team has given job seekers a take-home test to make sure they know their stuff — but as AI coding tools have gotten better, the test has had to change a lot to stay ahead of AI-assisted cheating.
Blue Origin schedules third New Glenn launch for late February, but not to the moon
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin had previously suggested that the third launch of the mega-rocket would take the space company’s robotic lunar lander to the moon.
This plugin uses Wikipedia’s AI-spotting guide to make AI writing sound more human
A new tool aims to help AI chatbots generate more human-sounding text – with the help of Wikipedia’s guide for detecting AI, as reported by Ars Technica. Developer Siqi Chen says he created the tool, called Humanizer, by feeding Anthropic’s Claude the list of tells that Wikipedia’s volunteer editors put together as part of an […]
Nintendo is following up Alarmo with a weird Talking Flower in March
After sharing a brief look at its new Talking Flower toy during a Nintendo Direct showcase last September that generated more questions than answers, Nintendo has finally revealed more details about what the interactive toy actually does. It shares some functionality with Nintendo’s Alarmo alarm clock, but the Talking Flower seems more like a talkative […]
Waymo is accepting public riders in Miami
Waymo is kicking off the new year with a new city: Miami. Starting today, anyone on the company’s waitlist of approximately 10,000 people can hail one of its robotaxis for trips within a 60-square-mile service area that includes popular neighborhoods like the Design District and Wynwood, Brickell, and Coral Gables – but not popular tourist […]
Adobe is developing ‘IP-safe’ gen AI models for the entertainment industry
As Hollywood continues to embrace generative AI, Adobe is taking steps to make its Firefly suite of creative tools the go-to for studios’ entertainment production needs. Timed to this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Adobe has announced that it is working with a number of studios, directors, and talent agencies to develop “private, IP-safe” Firefly Foundry […]
1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature
A successful phishing attack can cost a business an average of $4.8 million, according to research from IBM. To help reduce the risk of one succeeding, either at work or at home, 1Password is introducing a new phishing prevention feature that will watch for telltale signs of an attack, such as a website URL that’s […]
Spotify brings AI-powered Prompted Playlists to the U.S. and Canada
Now available in the US and Canada, Spotify’s AI-powered Prompted Playlists let users describe what they want to hear using natural language commands.