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So, AI systems seem to be almost everywhere already or are in the process of being integrated into pretty much any device or product. OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, has now announced that you may call ChatGPT to have a chat with the AI. Call 1-800-ChatGPT, or 1-800-242-8478, to do so. You should note that you…
Copilot Vision is an experimental AI-feature that, Microsoft promises, is going to revolutionize the online life of computer users. Microsoft says that Copilot Vision sees the pages that users are on, reads the content of the pages, and is there for users when they have questions about current or past content, or want to have…
Microsoft released a new build to the Canary insider channel that gives testers on Copilot+ PCs the option to test the AI feature Recall again. You may remember that Microsoft announced it with some fanfare earlier this year only to be overwhelmed by the negative response that it received. It got pulled quickly by Microsoft…
The initial announcement of the AI feature Recall is a great example of shooting yourself in the foot. When Microsoft announced Recall, it floated on a wave of positive and encouraging AI news and developments. Recall was never tested in Insider builds prior to the announcement, at least to my knowledge. While the reason for…
If you use X, you may have heard about the AI Grok already. Currently, xAI and Grok are playing catch-up with the current AI allstars. Plans are to push Grok to first place by the end of the year. Whether that is going to happen or not remains to be seen. What is clear is…
In some years from today, search engines will likely look completely different. The traditional way of showing links to websites that match the search query best, at lest according to the search engine that you are using, is being phased-out. The replacement comes in form of AI generations. AI takes the user’s query, generates a…
Opera Software has released a preview version of its upcoming updated Opera One browser. Called Opera One R2, it comes with new and improved functionality. Where to download: you can download Opera One R2 Preview from this page on Opera’s website. Note: if you install the browser on Windows, you may get a SmartScreen security…
European Facebook and Instagram users may breathe a sigh of relief, as their public data won’t be used by Meta for AI training for the time being. Meta published an update regarding the use of data from European users on Facebook. Here are the highlights: The decision does not change the handling of data from…
A team of security researchers at the University of Illinois published a study back in April 2024 that demonstrated the hacking capabilities of AI. Using OpenAI’s GPT-4 model, they discovered that exploit code could be generated for 87% of the tested 0-day vulnerabilities. This figure dropped to 7% if the CVE description was not provided….
When Microsoft announced the AI feature Recall in May, it felt confidence in its AI strategy. Recall, a feature that takes snapshots of the PC screen every five seconds, was designed to be the selling point for a new breed of PCs, that Microsoft calls Copilot+ PCs. A lot depended on Recall. It was the…