Google thinks the future will hold whole ecosystems of interconnected AI hardware, rather than one device to rule them all. One commenter is a little less optimistic about how that’ll work out:
WesSouza:
The correct phrasing is “the future will be a mess of accessories and different AI vendors that interoperate terribly”.
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Bad news if you were hoping to Hulk out: Apple is rolling out a software update across the bloc to reduce transmitter power and meet strict radiation standards. It’s an expansion of a change it made in France in 2023, following a new European Commission decision backing the French regulator.
Tesla has revealed the fourth part of its “Master Plan.” Part three dropped in 2023, promising to create “a sustainable energy civilization.” The new plan is instead about “sustainable abundance,” promoting clean energy and automation that will “give people back more time to do what they love.” Or, as Electrek puts it:
“This is a bunch of utopic nonsense, complete with AI ‘abundance’ buzzwords that Grok could have easily written.”
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Google has been testing Live Updates for its Android mapping app for a while now, but some beta users are seeing a new look. Android Authority reports sightings of a new persistent notification that shows journey progress, ETA, the next turn, and flags any spots of traffic ahead.
After debuting during a PlayStation event in June, Hitman developer IO Interactive’s new James Bond game is getting a little more love from Sony.
A new State of Play this Wednesday at 2PM ET will give us 30 minutes of gameplay centered on “Bond’s first mission as an MI6 recruit.”
[PlayStation.Blog]
We’re a little skeptical about Showrunner, a new platform that promises to be the “Netflix of AI.” It lets viewers generate their own shows from just a few prompts, unlocking whole new levels of streaming indecision.
pretendworld:
“ok so you know how people get paralyzed with indecision when looking at a wall of on-demand content in a streaming app? what if they had to instead pick the plot, characters, visual style and dialog?”
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Taco Bell’s attempt to roll out an AI assistant across hundreds of drive-thrus has gotten off to a rocky start, but at least it’s given us CTO Dane Mathews’ novel approach to taking responsibility.
tokenize:
“‘We’re learning a lot, I’m going to be honest with you,’ is a great euphemism for ‘it’s not working and I’m in trouble.’”
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