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Andrew Tarantola

Andrew Tarantola

Computing Writer

Andrew has spent more than a decade reporting on emerging technologies ranging from robotics and machine learning to space science, medicine, green energy and automated transportation. He has previous bylines at Engadget and Gizmodo, and will be covering all things AI at Digital Trends.

Apple showing the different devices that Apple Intelligence works on at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024.

Apple Intelligence+ could be coming, and it won’t be free

Select premium Apple Intelligence features could eventually be paywalled, Bloomberg reports.
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How to opt out of ChatGPT using your chats to train models

Here's how to opt out of allowing ChatGPT to use your chat history to train OpenAI's models.
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An OpenAI graphic for ChatGPT-4.

AI is now being trained by AI to become a better AI

OpenAI has developed an AI assistant to help its crowd-sourced trainers further refine the GPT-4 model by spotting subtle coding errors that humans might miss.
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A dangerous new jailbreak for AI chatbots was just discovered

Microsoft released more details about a troubling new generative AI jailbreak technique, called "Skeleton Key," that bypasses a chatbot's safety guardrails.
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Character.AI just made talking to an avatar feel more real

Have a conversation with one of more than a million Character.AI vocal avatars with the new Character Call feature.
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Researchers just solved AI’s biggest conundrum

Recent research out of UC Santa Cruz shows that modern LLMs running billions of parameters can operate on just 13 watts of power without a loss in performance.
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This magical new app is an AI Ron Burgundy for your phone

AI audio startup ElevenLabs released its Reader app for iOS on Wednesday, a model that promises to read aloud the words from virtually any content source.
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Google’s Gemini AI is Microsoft Clippy for a new generation

Gemini's AI capabilities are coming to Google's Workspace app suite, but only for paid customers.
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How to use ChatGPT to analyze PDFs

ChatGPT lets you upload PDFs to easily have them analyzed.
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Summarization of notification and emails on iPhone with Apple Intelligence.

Apple Intelligence goes against the entire Apple ethos — in a good way

Apple's walled garden is getting upended by its more open approach to AI partnerships.
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Google is bringing AI to the classroom — in a big way

Google plans to integrate Gemini AI into its Workspace for Education software suite.
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Apple Intelligence features.

Apple Intelligence: release date, features, privacy, and more

Apple Intelligence is Apple's take on AI, and it's coming to a device near you very soon.
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Alexa can now handle multiple requests in a list.

Alexa to get supercharged with AI

Amazon is reportedly preparing a major AI update to Alexa that would implement a two-tier subscription plan.
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GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro just got beat in the AI race

Anthropic's new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model is a little better than ChatGPT-4o and a huge improvement over Claude Opus 3.0.
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A person typing on a laptop that is showing the ChatGPT generative AI website.

I compared ChatGPT against Google Gemini to see which is the better free AI chatbot

Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT are two of the leading digital assistants available today. I tested them both to see which AI is best for you.
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Google’s new AI generates audio soundtracks from pixels

Deep Mind's new generative AI video-to-audio research combines what it sees on-screen with the user's written prompt to create synced audio for a given video.
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The chatGPT chat screen with an uploaded image, on an Acer, on a bench, on a deck.

How to upload images to ChatGPT

ChatGPT can do so much more than sling words. Here's how to upload images to the AI service as well.
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an AI generated images of what they're calling a cheetah but which is clearly more along the lines of a leopard.

Adobe’s Firefly AI is getting competition at the worst time

Adobe Stock suddenly is no longer the only "commercially safe" GenAI game in town.
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This new text-to-video AI looks incredible, and you can try it for free

The debut of Luma AI's Dream Machine proved so successful that the company's website buckled under the user load.
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OpenAI's Mira Murati introduces GPT-4o.

OpenAI defends against Apple Intelligence privacy concerns

Tesla CEO Elon Musk criticized a newly announced partnership between OpenAI and Apple, prompting a rebuke from OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati.
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Apple hasn’t answered the most important question about its AI features

Apple Intelligence will run both on-device and in the company's Private Cloud Compute. That AI cloud may be secure, but is it trustworthy?
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Apple Intelligence acts as a personal AI agent across all your apps

During WWDC 2024, Apple revealed the company's new overarching on-device AI system, Apple Intelligence.
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ChatGPT results on an iPhone.

How to delete your entire chat history in ChatGPT

Want to start fresh with ChatGPT? Here's how to delete your entire chat history quickly and easily.
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Adobe clarifies new AI terms and conditions after high-profile users revolt

Adobe has clarified its changes to its terms and conditions, which seemingly granted the company access to users' works.
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GPT-5 to take AI forward in these two important ways

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott reveals the two advancements that will enable tomorrow's AIs to pass Ph.D. exams and more.
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How to change your password in ChatGPT

You can't be too safe on today's internet. Here's how to change your ChatGPT password to keep your AI conversations secure.
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DuckDuckGo’s new AI service keeps your chatbot conversations private

With DuckDuckGo's new AI Chat, users can anonymously converse with popular chatbots and not worry their data is being used to train the models.
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Intel’s new AI image generation app is free and runs entirely on your PC

Intel is releasing AI Playground later this summer, an approachable, locally run image generation, editing, and chat program for neophyte AI users.
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A person sits in front of a laptop. On the laptop screen is the home page for OpenAI's ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot.

AI researchers warn of ‘human extinction’ threat without further oversight

A group of AI researchers is calling for increased oversight and improved whistleblower protections in the industry to mitigate potential harms.
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Ansel Adams' panorama of Grand Teton National Park with the peak in the background and a meandering river in the forest.

Adobe gets called out for violating its own AI ethics

The estate of 20th-century photographer Ansel Adams publicly shamed Adobe over the weekend for allegedly selling AI generated art “inspired by” his catalog.
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