Chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than people — especially when they are able to personalize their arguments using information about their opponent. The finding, published in Nature Human Behaviour on 19 May, highlights how large language models (LLMs) could be used to influence people’s opinions, for example in Read more…
A next-generation, chatbot version of Siri has reportedly made significant progress during testing over the past six months; some executives allegedly now see it as ‘on par’ with recent versions of ChatGPT, Apple is also apparently discussing giving Siri the ability to access the internet to gather and synthesize data Read more…
OpenAI CEO and Sam Altman believe Artificial General Intelligence could arrive within the next few years. But the speculations of some technologists “are getting ahead of reality, say no one will reach AGI without a new idea — something beyond the powerful neural networks that merely find patterns in data. Read more…
Walmart is preparing for a future where AI agents shop on behalf of consumers by adapting its systems to serve both humans and autonomous bots. As major players like Visa and PayPal also invest in agentic commerce, Walmart is positioning itself as a leader by developing its own AI agents Read more…
In an exclusive interview with the BBC, AWS CEO Matt Garman said the UK must expand nuclear energy to meet the soaring electricity demands of AI-driven data centers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is part of the retail giant Amazon, plans to spend 8 billion pounds on new data centers Read more…
Meta thinks there’s no reason to carry on with its defense after the Federal Trade Commission closed its monopoly case, and the company has moved to end the trial early by claiming that the FTC utterly failed to prove its case. “The FTC has no proof that Meta has monopoly Read more…
Early adopters of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro mixed-reality headset report widespread disappointment a year after its February 2024 launch, with many devices now unused due to physical discomfort and social awkwardness. “It’s just collecting dust,” said Dustin Fox, a Virginia realtor who has used his headset only four times in Read more…