The Download: Google’s AI podcasts, and protecting your brain data
Google’s new AI podcasting tool, called Audio Overview, has become a surprise viral hit.The podcasting feature was launched in mid-September...
Google’s new AI podcasting tool, called Audio Overview, has become a surprise viral hit.The podcasting feature was launched in mid-September...
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The A.I. start-up’s valuation has risen by more than $70 billion in nine months.
The tool generates a podcast called Deep Dive, which features a male and a female voice discussing whatever you uploaded....
The San Francisco company is gathering the billions its executives believe they will need to continue building new A.I. technology.
Generative AI models can produce images in response to prompts within seconds, and they’ve recently been used for everything from...
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U.S. officials are stepping up their warnings about foreign interference in the election, focused on three main adversaries: Russia, China...
The Silicon Valley company would be among the first A.I. companies to go public since the release of ChatGPT nearly...
The bill would have been the first in the nation to place strict guardrails on the new technology, but Gov....
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