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The Future. Apple veterans Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno are set to officially launch their buzzy AI wearable, “Pin AI,” on November 9th. The minimalist, screenless, camera-equipped device magnetically clips to clothing to take in the user’s surroundings and leverages their personal data to be a conversational AI assistant. Competing with several legacy companies and […]
The Future. Neal Agarwal, a 25-year-old coder who’s been going viral for his off-kilter websites since childhood, is using his site to archive and build on the kitschy insanity of the early internet — an internet that could’ve still existed if it weren’t for smartphones. But as hanging out online has become a tailspin of […]
The Future. Photographers and illustrators are getting more tools to deter AI systems like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E from using their works in training data without credit or authorization. If they’re able to make enough of a dent in the culture, they could set the criteria for how the general public should view media. […]
AI tries to save the publishing industry
The Future. Company insiders say Apple is working on using the mixed-reality device’s cameras and sensors to diagnose mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and PTSD. That’s a major leap in functionality that still needs to undergo significant clinical testing, governmental approval, and privacy assurances before it can be used that way. But with mental […]
The Future. AI is putting the power of resurrection in people’s hands… and that could have some unintended consequences in the matters of mental health, consent, and copyright — for both the living and the dead. With so much at stake, as companies race to provide more and more powerful tools, everyone may need to […]
The Future. Musician and entrepreneur John Legend and renowned photographer Mike Rosenthal are finally going public with their Yelp competitor, It’s Good, which hopes to be a recommendation platform that’s free of the negativity on the internet. Peppered with a social networking capability, It’s Good may be one of the few places left online where […]
The Future. While photo-editing tools have been around for years, touch-up tools on Google’s new Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro phones make Instagram filters look antiquated, giving users unprecedented accessibility and ease in “capturing” the perfect shot. Soon, Instagram may be littered with not just touched-up pics but also photos of entirely fictionalized moments. […]
The Future. Leveraging ChatGPT’s ability to talk with the API of a website, app, or software, researchers at Nvidia taught ChatGPT to play the game Minecraft without human intervention… paving the way for the chatbot to become a full-fledged “AI agent” and handle any number of online tasks. While there’s still a lot of development […]
The Future. Facial recognition technology is starting to be used by hospitality companies and travel authorities to make every aspect of the business more convenient for customers. But with the potential for that data to be sold to government agencies, be used in identity theft, and maybe even lead some people to be barred from […]