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Earthquake alert function on Android smartphones fails

Earthquake alert function on Android smartphones fails

A few years ago, Google added earthquake alerts to the Android operating system. But the recent tragedy in Turkey has shown their ineffectiveness. Google claims that this alert system notifies users of an earthquake a minute before it occurs. The system operates in dozens of countries around the world. It uses a large network of […]

LinkedIn is working on creating an AI “coach” for job search

LinkedIn is working on creating an AI “coach” for job search

LinkedIn is developing an artificial intelligence-based tool that automates the task of searching for jobs and applying for jobs. According to a new leak, the Microsoft-owned company is testing a new assistant, LinkedIn Coach. It can guide users through the application process, teach new skills, and help them build connections on LinkedIn. The feature was […]

WhatsApp borrows another popular feature from Telegram

WhatsApp borrows another popular feature from Telegram

The WhatsApp team continues to work on expanding the functionality of the messenger. According to the established tradition, Meta Platforms developers borrow new features from competitors. This time, video messages were added to Whats App. The developers explained the need to launch Instant Video Messages as a way to supplement voice messages with instant video […]

Google Maps competitor: Meta, Microsoft and Amazon launch open source maps Overture Maps

Google Maps competitor: Meta, Microsoft and Amazon launch open source maps Overture Maps

Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and mapping company TomTom have developed a competitor to Google Maps. Last year, four companies formed the Overture Maps Foundation to create the maps, and now the project is ready. This is not a map application in the usual sense: an open API allows third-party developers to create their own projects based […]

OpenAI shuts down a tool for recognizing text written by AI due to low accuracy

OpenAI shuts down a tool for recognizing text written by AI due to low accuracy

OpenAI’s AI classifier has stopped working since July 20, the company reports in a blog post. “We are studying feedback and researching more effective methods of text classification,” OpenAI said. OpenAI admitted that the classifier did not work very efficiently from the very beginning and often gave false answers, marking the text as written by […]

Bing Chat is now available for users of Chrome and Safari browsers

Bing Chat is now available for users of Chrome and Safari browsers

Microsoft has opened access to Bing artificial intelligence chatbot for Chrome and Safari users “for selected users as part of testing”. Bing Chat has several limitations in third-party browsers. The chatbot is not available to unauthorized users. Also, the number of characters in the hints is limited to 2,000 versus 4,000 in Edge. Conversations are […]

Elon Musk announces Twitter rebranding to X

Elon Musk announces Twitter rebranding to X

Twitter is going down in history. Elon Musk is determined to rebrand: he wants to change the logo and name of the social network, as well as its color scheme. A few hours ago, Musk posted a tweet in which he speaks directly about this: And soon we will bid adieu to the twitter brand […]

The official ChatGPT for Android is already on Google Play

The official ChatGPT for Android is already on Google Play

OpenAI has announced the completion of ChatGPT for Android. The application is already available on Google Play, but it is not yet possible to install it. Announcing ChatGPT for Android! The app will be rolling out to users next week, and you can pre-order it in the Google Play Store starting today: https://t.co/NfBDYZR5GI – OpenAI […]

Google Assistant has a cool new feature

Google Assistant has a cool new feature

Google developers decided to take the use of AI to a new level. Soon, owners of Android smartphones will be able to use Google Assistant to voice the content of web pages in a short summary. The Summarize feature was discovered by enthusiasts on Google on 14.29. To listen to a short summary of a […]