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Researchers find 'dark patterns' in Japanese mobile apps
Popular Japanese mobile apps have malicious design elements called dark patterns or deceptive user interface designs, researchers from Tokyo Tech have found. A new class of dark patterns, called "Linguistic Dead-Ends," of ...
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Driverless cars could be a revolution for people with disabilities, but there are also good reasons to be worried
Like it or not, driverless cars will start to appear on our roads in the not too distant future. In theory, fully autonomous driverless vehicles will offer huge advantages to people with disabilities. Too often, people with ...
Sep 28, 2023
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Will AI kill our creativity? It could, if we don't start to value and protect the traits that make us human
There's no doubt generative AI's ability to rapidly produce new texts, images and audio is shaking up creative jobs.
Sep 28, 2023
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Is 2023 the year of video game romance? Why people like to fall in love in games like Baldur's Gate 3 and Starfield
When it comes to video games, romance might not be the first thing that comes to mind.
Sep 27, 2023
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Understanding how choice overload in ChatGPT recommendations impacts decision-making
Over the past few years, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has witnessed numerous breakthroughs. One such remarkable milestone was the development and adoption of chatbots and conversational agents based on large ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Q&A: Why Amazon's online marketplace drew FTC scrutiny
Amazon.com Inc. and Lina Khan have a fraught history. Khan made her name as a law student in 2017 with an article in The Yale Law Journal that made an example of Amazon to argue for a broad re-imagining of U.S. antitrust ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Microsoft is rolling out generative AI in Windows and Office app
Microsoft Corp. said its AI assistant for Windows will start rolling out Sept. 26 and the Office AI app will be widely available Nov. 1 as the software giant continues to bake generative artificial intelligence into its products.
Sep 23, 2023
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In the future, we'll see fewer generic AI chatbots like ChatGPT and more specialized ones that are tailored to our needs
AI technology is developing rapidly. ChatGPT has become the fastest-growing online service in history. Google and Microsoft are integrating generative AI into their products. And world leaders are excitedly embracing AI as ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Google extends lifespan of Chromebooks—a change that could save school districts millions
Google is finally extending the lifespan of older Chromebooks—the low-cost laptops used by school districts across the country—after years of limited software support sent thousands of those devices to the trash after ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Not everyone wants to delegate their chores to technology
Household chores have a bad reputation. Many of us do not particularly like doing the dishes and cleaning the floor. No wonder companies are leveraging advances in robotics and artificial intelligence to introduce a new class ...
Sep 21, 2023
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AI-generated speech brings a personal voice to books
There's a bold new chapter in audiobooks.
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Amazon unveils a 'smarter and more conversational' Alexa amid AI race among tech companies
Amazon has unveiled a slew of gadgets and an update to its popular voice assistant Alexa, infusing it with more generative AI features to better compete with other tech companies who've rolled out flashy chatbots.
Sep 20, 2023
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AI won't be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soon
Early in the summer of 2023, robots projected on a screen delivered sermons to about 300 congregants at St. Paul's Church in Bavaria, Germany. Created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Starfield is the latest game to be boycotted by conservatives—this time because of pronouns
One of the most highly anticipated game releases this year is Bethesda Studio's action role-playing game Starfield. An open world game set in the year 2330 with more than 1,000 explorable planets, it's been described by producer ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Apple has switched from its Lightning connector to USB-C—we explain which is better and why they did it
After many years of designing and selling a variety of different cables to power and charge its devices, Apple has slowly switched to USB-C chargers for all of its products.
Sep 19, 2023
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