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Google officially clarified that it has no plans to replace its advertising sales staff with AI. Philipp Schindler, Google’s senior vice president and chief business officer, emphasized that recent organizational restructures were geared towards enhancing the efficiency of its services. Additionally, he highlighted that the ongoing development of new AI solutions is to enable its customers to grow and deliver a return on their investments at scale. What Google is saying. Speaking at the Alphabet 2023 Q4…

An employee assembles a fuel cell system in the module final assembly at Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC, GM and Honda's fuel cell joint venture in Brownstown, Michigan.Courtesy imageBROWNSTOWN, Mich. – General Motors and Honda Motor have begun commercial production of hydrogen fuel cell systems in a step toward offering alternative zero-emissions solutions beyond battery-electric vehicles.The fuel cell systems are produced through a 50-50 joint venture between the automakers at an $85 million facility in suburban…

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future TechFor months, I’ve been harping on a particular point, which is that artificial intelligence tools—as they’re currently being deployed—are mostly good at one thing: Replacing human employees. The “AI revolution” has mostly been a corporate one, an insurrection against the rank-and-file that leverages new technologies to reduce a company’s overall headcount. The biggest…

A study reveals that overweight adults who replace animal products with plant-based foods experience significant weight loss and improved health, regardless of the healthfulness of the plant-based foods consumed.Switching from animal products to plant-based foods, regardless of whether these plant-based items are considered healthy or unhealthy as per the plant-based diet index, leads to weight loss in overweight individuals, lowers cholesterol and fat consumption, and boosts fiber intake according to a new analysis by…

says it's selling around 20,000 electric vehicles from its US fleet, which constitutes approximately a third of its total number of in its global fleet. It claimed that "expenses related to collision and damage, primarily associated with EVs, remained high" in the most recent financial quarter, "thereby supporting the company’s decision to initiate the material reduction in the EV fleet." Hertz said it plans to reinvest some of the proceeds into purchasing gas-powered vehicles."The company expects this action to better…

June Wan/ZDNETI've been using Google's Pixel line of phones since the first one dropped years ago. But I have a confession to make: I don't use Google Assistant all that much. I can't explain exactly why I never got into the habit of using such a useful tool, but it never happened. Don't get me wrong: Every so often I do say the magic phrase, "Hey Google…" followed by a question I just don't feel like typing.And I believe that's the crux of the issue for me. I'm a professional writer, so I prefer to type. I don't…

Vehicle-based voice assistants are the next great frontier, incorporating artificial intelligence into the driving experience. At CES 2024, Amazon and BMW announced a partnership to significantly improve the pre-existing experience, marrying a large language model (LLM) with Alexa and the actual driver’s manual. The end result? You can ask the Alexa-powered chatbot anything about your car and receive accurate real-time information. That’s right. That thick and unwieldy manual can stay in the glovebox, for good.Amazon says…

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are among the best true wireless earbuds that you can pair with your iPhone, iPad, and more. Offering vastly improved noise-cancellation and adaptive audio, there’s a lot to like about these small but mighty buds.Having said that, AirPods Pro 2 aren't perfect. While a strong package overall, there are a few ways they could be improved so that the AirPods Pro 3 make an even bigger impression when they are (presumably) released in 2024. With this in mind, here are three suggestions that could tempt…

Yorgos Lathimos’ Poor Things is a movie that’s getting a lot of critic buzz right now. The performances of Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo are all in the Oscar conversation right now, but it turns out Ruffalo was far from sure about his performance, leading to Dafoe deciding to mess with his co-star by telling him he was going to get replaced by Oscar Isaac.Speaking with Esquire, Willem Dafoe praises Ruffalo in Poor Things, but explains that Ruffalo himself wasn’t sure he was doing a great job. He looked to,…

Once considered a fan-favorite to take on the role of Kang the Conqueror in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, John Boyega has dampened any speculation about stepping into the shoes vacated by Jonathan Majors. Although, his reaction about the replacement came a month before, but its clear that the actor is not ready to fill any MCU void right now. John Boyega,Jonathan Majors Online debates erupted when fans began searching for Jonathan Majors' replacement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after the star was…