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More than 75 million people use Alexa, but by Amazon’s standards, the service is a total failure. The problem is Alexa doesn’t make any money, and the service is a huge drain on company resources. Apparently, Amazon has a last-ditch plan to save its digital assistant by supercharging it with AI and charging you for the privilege of using it—but things aren’t looking good. Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime DayAccording to a report in Business Insider Thursday, the secret new Alexa barely works thanks to hallucinating AI…

For the past few years, a growing number of users, analysts, and experts raised alarms about a truth that feels obvious to a lot of people who surf around in web browsers: the quality of Google results is in serious decline. Google disagrees.Google’s Antitrust Case Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to AI When you ask the company, the search giant’s PR teams promise its flagship product is best in class. In fact, we’re told Google Search is better than ever. Strange, then, that yet another study just confirmed what…

Graphic: MicrosoftMy colleague Maxwell Zeff once described Microsoft Copilot as “if Clippy went to get his MBA.” Microsoft just announced a new premium subscription to its Copilot AI, which can be analogous to Clippy getting a PhD. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechTargeted at “power users and creators,” Copilot Pro promises to be an advanced version of the free tier for a monthly fee of $20. It runs across your devices (yes, on your phones, too—more on that in a bit) to deliver what Microsoft calls a…

OpenAI launched its much-anticipated GPT Store on Wednesday, offering its customizable AI chatbots to ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise, and Team users. The GPT Store is Sam Altman’s biggest consumer product launch since ChatGPT, and it aims to make AI more practical and accessible.I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future Tech“Today, we’re starting to roll out the GPT Store to ChatGPT Plus, Team and Enterprise users,” said an OpenAI blog post. The company will launch a revenue sharing program in Q1 and “US builders will be…

Microsoft is trying to rebrand its Edge internet browser. No longer should its name remind you that its icon shortcut sits alone and forgotten at the edge of your Windows desktop. Now Microsoft is trying to claim Edge is on the cutting edge of AI. The Redmond tech giant has started calling its native internet explorer “Microsoft Edge: AI Browser.” If you think that’s already a little on the nose, expect more companies to do so in the coming year.Warning! Microsoft Wants ChatGPT to Control Robots NextThe monicker appears…

The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement on Wednesday, asking that ChatGPT be destroyed, along with any other large language models and training sets that have used The Times’ work without payment.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechThis is the first major media organization to sue the creators of ChatGPT, and the ruling could set a precedent for fair use laws around AI moving forward. The lawsuit alleges OpenAI and Microsoft trained AI models on copyrighted data from The New…

Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock)By now you’ve probably heard that ChatGPT has a penchant for making up lies and stating them as fact, or what experts refer to as an AI “hallucination.” That didn’t stop two lawyers in New York City from having ChatGPT spit out some legal documents. Unsurprisingly, the AI fabricated some quotes and citations out of thin air, but the lawyers submitted the documents anyway, apparently without doing any diligence to check the facts.The shenanigans came to light when the court noticed six of…

The lonely “Windows” button on most modern keyboards is an old joke turned into a bore. The key is a lonely, barren island sitting between “alt” and “ctrl” that’s long proved more of a nuisance for a wayward finger that strays a little too far southwest than it is a usable function. While some might find the key good for accessing the Start menu, it’s emblematic of how Microsoft has failed at making Windows UI comprehensive for most users. Now, Microsoft and PC makers will start asking a new question: would you want to…

Midjourney is one of the most popular and capable natural language artificial intelligence (AI) art generators out there, but it’s no monolith. There are a lot of exciting competitors, and not all of them will charge you for the privilege. Want to try your hand at prompting an AI to paint or draw you something amazing? Here are the best free Midjourney alternatives and a record of my journey to turn myself into a Power Ranger. Starry AI Jon Martindale / DigitalTrends Starry AI is a straightforward image generation…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology with untapped potential, and many experts believe we are still just scratching its surface. Not only it is being used as a standalone model, but various AI tools, including AI chatbots are being created to use this technology creatively. However, a major bottleneck in its integration and adoption remains AI hallucination, which is something even companies such as Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI have struggled with, and continue to do so. So, what…