chatbot
Latest
Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus launches in Europe today
Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant Rufus launches throughout Europe. It’s still in beta, though should roll out to most users within the next few weeks.
Lawrence Bonk13 hours ago
Advanced AI chatbots are less likely to admit they don’t have all the answers
Although AI models predictably get more accurate as they advance, they’re also more likely to (wrongly) answer questions beyond their capabilities rather than saying, “I don’t know.” That’s the conclusion from a team of AI researchers who analyzed chatbots from OpenAI and Meta.
Will Shanklin09.26.2024
Meta’s AI chatbot will soon speak in the voices of John Cena and other celebrities
Meta has reportedly secured the rights to the voices of several celebrities for use in Meta AI.
Jeremy Gan09.25.2024
Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training
X automatically opted users into letting Grok's AI models train on their tweets and interactions with the chatbot. Here's how to opt out.
Kris Holt07.26.2024
X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election
Grok's AI chatbot claims that President Biden's name must stay on the ballot in nine states, a claim that is categorically false.
Danny Gallagher07.25.2024
Firefox starts letting you use AI chatbots in the sidebar
Mozilla is bringing AI chatbots to the Firefox sidebar, but they're entirely optional.
Kris Holt06.25.2024
Google is reportedly building AI chatbots based on celebrities and influencers
Google is reportedly building new AI-powered chatbots based on celebrities and YouTube influencers.
Pranav Dixit06.24.2024
Anthropic’s newest Claude chatbot beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o in some benchmarks
Anthropic rolled out its newest AI language model on Thursday, Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The updated chatbot outperforms the company’s previous top-tier model, Claude 3 Opus, but works at twice the speed.
Will Shanklin06.20.2024
McDonald’s pauses AI-powered drive-thru voice orders
McDonald's has ended a two-year trial of automated voice-ordering systems at more than 100 drive-thru locations. The company is also ending a partnership with IBM over the use of AI order-taking tech.
Kris Holt06.17.2024
NVIDIA's latest AI feature is in-game help
f you've ever wanted an AI assistant to do something useful like make sure your PC is optimized for whatever game you're playing, NVIDIA may have the answer.
Steve Dent06.03.2024
Sure, why not: China built a chatbot based on Xi Jinping
China has developed a chatbot trained on the various thoughts and philosophies of President Xi Jinping. This bot was built using literature attributed to the leader.
Lawrence Bonk05.22.2024
OpenAI hit with another privacy complaint over ChatGPT’s love of making stuff up
OpenAI has been hit with a privacy complaint in Europe due to ChatGPT’s tendency to hallucinate incorrect data. This information was about a private individual.
Lawrence Bonk04.29.2024
Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3
Meta has begun rolling out its new AI assistant, which was built using the long-awaited Llama 3 LLM. You can use Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, with support for the Quest platform coming soon.
Lawrence Bonk04.18.2024
Meta is stuffing its AI chatbot into your Instagram DMs
Meta's chatbot in Instagram isn't doing anything Instagram-specific, however. It's the same bot available in all other Meta apps.
Pranav Dixit04.12.2024
Google Gemini chatbots are coming to a customer service interaction near you
At the ongoing Google Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, the company has revealed the Gemini-powered chatbots its partners are working on, some of which you could end up interacting with.
Mariella Moon04.09.2024
You can now use ChatGPT without an account
On Monday, OpenAI began opening up ChatGPT to users without an account. It described the move as part of its mission to “make tools like ChatGPT broadly available so that people can experience the benefits of AI.”
Will Shanklin04.01.2024
NYC’s business chatbot is reportedly doling out ‘dangerously inaccurate’ information
A report from The Markup that was co-published with the local nonprofit newsrooms Documented and The City revealed numerous instances in which NYC's business chatbot responded with incorrect information about city policies.
Cheyenne MacDonald03.31.2024
Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC
Microsoft engineer Shane Jones previously raised concerns about the safety of the image generation platform DALL-E 3, citing it was easy to create disturbing pictures. Now, he’s taken his concerns to the FTC.
Lawrence Bonk03.06.2024
Google CEO says Gemini image generation failures were 'unacceptable'
Google CEO recently told employees via an internal memo that it was “unacceptable” that the Gemini image generator had started overcorrecting for diversity. He said the company is “working around on the clock” on a fix.
Lawrence Bonk02.28.2024
Google pauses Gemini’s ability to generate people after overcorrecting for diversity in historical images
Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes after viral social posts showed the AI tool overcorrecting for diversity, producing “historical” images of Nazis, America’s Founding Fathers and the Pope as people of color.
Will Shanklin02.22.2024