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Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee”
or want to know—about Tesla's robotaxi service David Pierce / The Verge : Tesla's robotaxi reality check Richard Brack / Austin American-Statesman : Tesla robotaxis begin rolling in Austin, but only f...
Google and UCB researchers detail “inference-time search”, which some call a fourth AI scaling law, though experts are skeptical of its usefulness in many cases
But Can It Deliver? Eric Zhao : Why We Can't Escape Brute-Force Search Bluesky: Dave Lee / @davelee.me : An AI that adds “but there's reason to be skeptical” to the end of every sentence in a story ab...
Sources: Meta cancels a premium MR headset codenamed La Jolla, in development since November, that was meant to debut in 2027 to compete with Apple's Vision Pro
Meta responds Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac : Meta just canceled its Vision Pro competitor, reportedly it was too pricey to ‘sell well’ Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Meta cancels Vision Pro competitor...
What to expect at WWDC 2024: plans to integrate AI into Apple's apps with a new opt-in service called Apple Intelligence, iOS 18, macOS 15, visionOS 2, and more
Is it Mission Impossible? Jade Bryan / nextpit : Apple May Enhance Mail App with New AI Features in iOS 18 Lloyd Coombes / iMore : WatchOS 11 might add a huge upgrade, but you'll need a 2024 Apple Wat...
Google debuts Gemini Ultra 1.0, its largest and most capable LLM, renames Bard as Gemini, debuts a dedicated Android app, and plans to add Gemini to its iOS app
its multimodal genAI engine Alexey Shabanov / TestingCatalog : Gemini takes over Bard: Google's AI with a dedicated Android app Mike Viray / Phandroid : Google Finally Launches its Gemini App for Andr...
Microsoft launches Microsoft Copilot for iOS and iPadOS, a free ChatGPT-like app that supports GPT-4 and DALL-E 3, three days after its Android launch
Screenshots — Improve Your Productivity with Copilot-Your AI-Powered Chat Assistant Thurrott : Microsoft Copilot Comes to iPhone and iPad Emily Price / PCMag : Microsoft's Copilot App Launches For i...
Amazon unveils generative AI updates for Alexa, aiming to become more conversational and personalized, available as a free preview on all Echo devices in the US
what you need to know Will Knight / Wired : Amazon Upgrades Alexa for the ChatGPT Era Rikka Altland / 9to5Toys : Amazon's September hardware event set to reveal latest Echo devices, more [Liveblog] Ma...
Meta rolls out its Threads web app to all users, featuring an app bar at the top with the same five tabs as in the mobile app; tapping Home refreshes the Feed
here's how to install it as an app or in Edge's Sidebar Juli Clover / MacRumors : Threads Social Network Expands to the Web Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Threads takes next step, expands to t...
Hands-on with the new AI-powered Bing, which, when asked for the 2023 Grammys winners, made a list with citations in a minute; search will never be the same
CEO Satya Nadella explains why Michael Crider / PCWorld : How to try the new AI-powered Bing search Clare Duffy / CNN : I tried Microsoft's new AI-powered Bing. Here's what it's like Microsoft : Reinv...