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You Can Now Talk to Perplexity AI Directly From WhatsApp
After adding a Voice Assistant feature to the iPhone app, Perplexity is now available in WhatsApp. Working just like any other chat, you can use the Perplexity chatbot without an account or any setup. Simply send it your questions, and the Perplexity AI model will reply to you. It has access to the internet, too, so it can provide the…
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Hello, Flipper! Google has developed a genAI model to talk to dolphins – Computerworld
Google has unveiled a new generative AI (genAI) model, Dolphin Gemma, which will attempt to decode how dolphins communicate with each other. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals on the planet and communicate partly through whistles and calls. However, it is still unknown whether dolphins have an actual language. Google is hoping Dolphin Gemma can help to clarify that.…
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How to Talk to a Real Human at the IRS
Whether you’re filling a prescription, rebooking a flight, or asking a question about your taxes, it seems like the first line of defense between you and any sort of real human helper is a never-ending string of automated prompts. But not all questions can be answered by a computer—especially when it comes to your taxes. The IRS expects more than…
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I only talk to Siri while I’m driving — and that’s a problem for Apple
What is the purpose of a virtual assistant? In theory, it should make our lives easier by letting us make a single request to have our phone perform tasks. However, when it comes to Apple’s virtual assistant Siri, I only ever find it useful in one specific situation. I’ve used an iPhone for a long time, so I’m familiar with…
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Why enterprises are choosing smart glasses that talk — not overwhelm – Computerworld
Enterprise adoption: simplicity over immersion? While Microsoft’s HoloLens and Apple’s Vision Pro pushed the boundaries of augmented and virtual reality, their enterprise adoption remained limited due to cost, complexity, and user resistance. HoloLens found some traction in industrial training and fieldwork, and Vision Pro positioned itself as the future of spatial computing, but neither saw mass adoption. “The failure of…
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Apple’s App Store is inviting me to ‘search the way you talk’
I opened the App Store today to find an emulator I’d read about, and a new prompt appeared under the search bar inviting me to “search the way you talk.” I hadn’t seen the prompt before on my iPhone 13 Pro Max, and quite frankly, I had missed the iOS 18.1 update note about it. As it describes, Apple’s update…
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NetApp wants to talk about cold data and its impact on sustainability
Maximizing the use of data has never been more important for IT leaders in the age of generative AI. It’s the lifeblood of the modern enterprise which fuels innovation, yet a significant number of firms globally are still failing to fully capitalize on this. Worse still, they’re putting it to waste, and it’s taking a serious toll on both bottom…
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How to Contact Amazon Customer Service and Talk to a Real Person
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Amazon is one of the biggest retailers in the world, and that can make it quite challenging to shove past the FAQs, user forums, and Reddit threads to actually talk to a human over the phone. As you probably already know from trying to contact someone on Amazon’s “Contact Us”…
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Don’t Let Your Contractor Talk You Into These Things
Getting work done on your house can be a stressful experience for a lot of reasons. There’s the cost, of course. There’s the disruption—the dust and disorder, plus having people tramping loudly through the house. And there’s the stress of being at the mercy of someone who knows a lot more about your house and its systems than you do.…
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In three or four years, ‘we won’t even talk about AI’ – Computerworld
Why do you think this has been one of the most unique hiring periods over the past decade or so, and how has AI affected that lately? “I do fundamentally think we’ve had a platform shift. We had this around mobile. We had this around e-commerce. Or, if you go back far enough, we had this shift from mainframes to…
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