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Artificial Intelligence Tech 2024

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Artificial Intelligence Tech 2024-08-13T18:31:05Z Replika lets you buy an AI girlfriend or boyfriend — and its average user age is surprising Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda said the app’s users are “mostly 35-plus and super engaged.” Some people have formed deep bonds with their AI companions. Tech 2024-08-13T13:40:11Z AI and security concerns fuel a shift to on-premises IT infrastructure as companies seek more control of data AI, data privacy, and security concerns are pushing companies to adopt hybrid IT infrastructure that combines on-prem hardware with cloud services. The best business intelligence (BI) software in Zapier The US and some of its allies just pulled off a milestone first by letting AI target enemies like it would in a war The trial, led by the US Army, was the first time AUKUS members used AI in a simulated battlefield environment akin to a real conflict. It looks like Sam Altman is dropping hints about OpenAI’s next big thing Strawberry aims to give OpenAI’s tech autonomous internet navigation and deep research capabilities, according to a Reuters report. Power BI – Data Visualization Microsoft Power Platform 3 in 4 workers say AI reduced productivity and increased workloads, survey finds A recent survey found that workers were spending more time reviewing AI content or learning how to use the tools. Everything we know about how finance giants are adopting AI, from Goldman Sachs to Blackstone Finance’s biggest firms are considering how AI might impact jobs, how it could cut costs, and reduce “grunt work.” What is Power BI Desktop? – Power BI Microsoft Learn Tech 2024-08-07T18:58:33Z OpenAI’s brain drain isn’t a great look for Sam Altman OpenAI is losing key members like cofounder John Schulman to rivals, adding to challenges in the AI market and trust issues for CEO Sam Altman. A CMO tried Google’s AI tools and stopped using many of them The executive has been using Google’s Performance Max, Smart Bidding, and Gemini. These are their findings. Power BI – Data Visualization Microsoft Power Platform AI was supposed to revolutionize customer service. Morgan Stanley’s interns aren’t buying it. The bank surveys its interns on their technology habits and views. What they said about AI customer service is another warning for the tech industry. Meta’s AI keeps pretending to be me and giving my phone number out to strangers A weird tech glitch with the new Meta AI chatbot highlights the thorny legal and ethical issues facing AI today. Microsoft Business Intelligence The GenAI jitters: Is there enough demand for $1 trillion in AI spending? When you build a lot of new AI data centers, it’s very hard to undo that if end-demand turns out to be weaker than expected. Tech 2024-08-02T21:09:15Z Google, Netflix, and OpenAI execs are hosting a fundraiser for Kamala Harris Kamala Harris has friends in high-tech places as execs from Google, Netflix, and OpenAI organize a fundraiser for the Democratic presidential hopeful. The New York Times and other top news sites block OpenAI’s new SearchGPT web crawling bot The startup launched a new search engine last week. Some top publishers have already made clear that they want nothing to do with the new product. Tech 2024-08-02T18:00:24Z Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet are spending big in a battle to dominate AI. It might not end well. Big Tech giants concede that AI is costing huge sums of money with little return on investment right now. But they say it’s worth the risk. Why workers who lose their jobs to AI might not stay unemployed for long The AI boom won’t follow the same path as the US’s manufacturing decline, an economist says. Workers will have a better chance of finding new jobs. Play Icon A triangle pointing right. It indicates that this type of media can be played or that the linked content is playable. CMO Insider 2024-08-01T20:59:29Z Play icon A circle surrounding a triangle pointing right. It indicates, “this type of media can be played.” How American Express, DoorDash, JP Morgan Chase, and more are using AI to improve business CMOs from major brands reveal how their companies are using AI and its positive impact on the business. Reddit has acquired an AI startup to beef up its ad business in a deal worth around $40 million Reddit hopes its purchase of Memorable AI will boost the performance of advertising on its platform. Meta scraps celebrity AI chatbots after less than a year, despite reportedly paying top creators as much as $5 million Meta is shifting focus to its new AI Studio, which lets users create their own AI bots. Amazon has discussed a ‘DoctorAI’ tool to automate routine healthcare tasks In a leaked document from late 2023, Amazon’s One Medical team discussed their most disruptive ideas. One was a ‘DoctorAI’ large language model. A CIO canceled a Microsoft AI deal. The reason should worry the entire tech industry. The pharmaceutical company IT exec said Microsoft’s Copilot AI tools were not worth the extra money. What Windows users need to know about Chrome’s browser extension shakeup If you’re a Windows user who relies on Google Chrome, get ready: your favorite browser is about to cull your extensions. The Chrome browser is now displaying a message saying some extensions “may soon no longer be supported.” Over the coming months, Google will disable them. (You can turn them back on, but Chrome will still eventually stop running them.) The biggest affected extension: the popular uBlock Origin ad-blocker, though Chrome is warning you’ll have to “remove or replace” many other extensions soon, too. This is just the next chapter in the “Manifest V3” saga — Google’s long-term plan to phase out support for older browser extensions and require developers to adopt a new browser add-on standard. But you do have options to keep using your favorite Chrome extensions — and some browsers, most notably Firefox, will keep supporting them as well. Microsoft Secretly Updates Windows Security (RTTNews) – Microsoft (MSFT) has rolled out several updates in recent weeks, including a Microsoft Defender Antivirus update, …

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You Won’t Need to Pay for Apple Intelligence Anytime Soon

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You Won’t Need to Pay for Apple Intelligence Anytime Soon Despite several analyst reports that Apple will eventually charge for access to Apple Intelligence features, it’s unlikely it plans to do so anytime soon. While many, including Mark Gurman, believe that Apple’s focus on growing its services business makes a paid Apple Intelligence tier inevitable, the Bloomberg analyst is also convinced this won’t be coming in the near future — and that it’s unlikely to encompass any of the Apple Intelligence features that are slated to arrive in iOS 18 over the next year. In late June, Gurman suggested an “Apple Intelligence+” tier could eventually arrive with a monthly fee, but it would most likely consist of extra new features rather than putting things like Siri personal context, Image Playground, and Genmoji behind a paywall. More analysts chimed in last week to suggest a $20 monthly price tag, although it seems like they’re pulling that number out of thin air based on what they feel the market will bear. For example, OpenAI charges $20 per month for its ChatGPT Plus subscription, but that’s not a fair comparison to what Apple is likely to do since OpenAI’s paid plans are about providing higher usage limits more than additional features. Home Office Business Intelligence Help Section – How can we help? However, amidst all this speculation, Gurman has offered an important point of clarification. While he maintains in his latest Power On newsletter that a paid Apple Intelligence tier will eventually arrive, he also emphasizes that it will be years before Apple is ready to go there. That’s because Gurman doesn’t expect Apple Intelligence to be a mature product that people will be willing to pay for before 2027 — and he calls that a “best-case scenario.” Apple isn’t foolish enough to try to charge high fees for something that’s not ready for prime time. Say what you will about Apple TV+ when it first launched in 2019, but even though it had a limited catalog of content, and what was there may not have been everyone’s cup of tea, it still had some big-name talent on board. It also launched at a much lower price than any other streaming service — a price it later admitted was deliberately set low to reflect the smaller amount of content available at launch. Apple Intelligence is arguably launching early in response to the AI hype, but it will be well into 2025 before it offers everything that Apple showed us during its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Business Intelligence Platform: How To Choose the Suitable One? The second iOS 18.1 beta came out earlier this week with preliminary Apple Intelligence features, which still excludes the really fun stuff like Genmoji and Image Playground. Those might be ready by the time iOS 18.1 gets released in October, but ChatGPT integration probably won’t show up until iOS 18.2, and we already know that the more powerful Siri and personal context features aren’t likely to appear until iOS 18.4. Then there’s the wrinkle that Apple Intelligence is only available in the US English and is restricted in the European Union and China due to regulatory issues. Apple has promised to add more languages over the next year, but there’s no word on when those will show up, and while it’s also working on the regulatory hurdles, that could take even longer. As it stands now, Apple Intelligence may not be fully baked until iOS 19 arrives next year, and even then, it’s hard to imagine Apple being ready to add even more features that will be worth charging for. Lastly, it’s important to remember that everything that’s been said about Apple charging for Apple Intelligence is educated speculation, at best. Apple has not even hinted that it will try to monetize any of these features directly from end users. It’s likely getting a cut from ChatGPT subscriptions made through Apple Intelligence, but that’s a typical arrangement for every in-app subscription. What is Business Intelligence and how it supports by office That’s in contrast to Emergency SOS via satellite. When Apple launched that in 2022 with the iPhone 14 lineup, it made it clear that it could eventually start charging for satellite access, promising iPhone 14 owners only two years of free access. It has yet to say what will happen when that time is up, but it’s already extended that into late 2025, matching the two years that new iPhone 15 buyers would have received at launch. Only Apple knows when or if it will charge for satellite access, but it’s left the door open to do so. That’s not the case with Apple Intelligence. While Apple is undoubtedly looking at ways it can grow its services business, it’s not trying to turn everything into a subscription service, and rumors of a paid Apple Intelligence+ tier could end up carrying as much weight as earlier rumors of things like Apple Mail+ and Apple Health+. [The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.] Artificial Intelligence is Taking on More Tasks, and This Can Help HVAC Office Workers Get More Done Business Intelligence Tools You Need to Know Coursera ✕ It may not be able wield a broom just yet, but artificial intelligence (AI) is fast becoming a jack-of-most-trades for HVAC contracting businesses. AI can be employed as a dispatch manager, a job estimator, a business coach, a marketing assistant, even a bill collector — and more. At one field-service software company that incorporates AI, Workiz Inc., the goal is to “automate everything that does not involve a wrench,” said Didi Azaria, the CEO. Didi Azaria of Workiz “This guiding principle ensures that our solutions free HVACR contractors from administrative burdens, allowing them to focus on the hands-on, technical work that requires their expertise,” Azaria said. The newer forms of ready-to-use AI have captured the public’s imagination, …

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