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Geoffrey A. Fowler

@geoffreyfowler
209 posts
2026-02-14
Wow: Meta has been working on plans to add facial recognition technology to its AI smart glasses. https://www.nytimes.com/... And this was the company's cynical view on when, and how, to do it: [image]
2026-02-14 View on X
New York Times

Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.

2026-01-27
I asked @EricTopol to look at ChatGPT's analysis. His view: “This is not ready for any medical advice.” The bot leaned heavily on Apple Watch VO₂ max estimates — which independent studies show can run ~13% low on average — and treated fuzzy metrics like hard facts.
2026-01-27 View on X
Washington Post

A test of ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare with data from Apple Health finds the chatbots provided questionable and inconsistent responses

ChatGPT now says it can answer personal questions about your health using data from your fitness tracker and medical records.

The more I used ChatGPT Health, the worse its answers got. When I asked it the same heart-health question repeatedly, its analysis changed. My grade bounced back and forth between F and a B. Same data, same body. Different answers. [image]
2026-01-27 View on X
Washington Post

A test of ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare with data from Apple Health finds the chatbots provided questionable and inconsistent responses

ChatGPT now says it can answer personal questions about your health using data from your fitness tracker and medical records.

You can now connect ChatGPT to an Apple Watch. So I imported 29 mil steps and 6 mil heartbeats into the new ChatGPT Health. It graded my heart an F. Cardiologist @erictopol called it “baseless.” Any bot claiming to give health insights shouldn't be this clueless. Even in beta. 🧵 [image]
2026-01-27 View on X
Washington Post

A test of ChatGPT Health and Claude for Healthcare with data from Apple Health finds the chatbots provided questionable and inconsistent responses

ChatGPT now says it can answer personal questions about your health using data from your fitness tracker and medical records.

2025-07-03
What happens when you show up for a Zoom meeting ... and the only other participants are AI note takers?  —  It happened to my colleague:  —  www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2...
2025-07-03 View on X
Washington Post

White collar workers are increasingly using AI note-taking apps to assist them during virtual meetings or listen in their place when they choose not to attend

It happened to my colleague:  —  www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... X: Ben Podgursky / @bpodgursky : One thing I've noticed is that AI is changing the playing field so fast th...

2025-01-18
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban set to start on Sunday. Trump has promised to save TikTok — now the question is how? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2025-01-18 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban set to start on Sunday. Trump has promised to save TikTok — now the question is how? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2025-01-18 View on X
CNBC

TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement

TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …

2025-01-17
Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban set to start on Sunday. Trump has promised to save TikTok — now the question is how? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2025-01-17 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk

The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …

2024-09-10
Here's Apple Intelligence in beta offering nonsense summaries of activity from my video doorbell. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :

The iPhone 16's new ‘Apple Intelligence’ is useful ... except for when it goes completely bonkers. I've been testing the early version of Apple's unfinished AI software @washingtonpost, and it makes me LOL 5 to 10 times per day by just making things up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025

Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta incorrectly summarizing a LinkedIn email to say I'm teaching a class at UC Berkeley. (I'm not.) [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta offering nonsense summaries of activity from my video doorbell. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025

Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta elevating an obvious scam email to the top ‘priority’ spot in my inbox. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025

Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta incorrectly summarizing a LinkedIn email to say I'm teaching a class at UC Berkeley. (I'm not.) [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025

Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta telling me that Donald Trump has endorsed Tim Walz. It's AI summary of a push alert from Truth social was all kinds of wrong. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple plans to launch Apple Intelligence in beta in October for US English language users, in more English countries in December, and in other languages in 2025

Apple today announced that Apple Intelligence will begin in beta starting in October, with iOS 18.1.

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta telling me that Donald Trump has endorsed Tim Walz. It's AI summary of a push alert from Truth social was all kinds of wrong. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :

Here's Apple Intelligence in beta elevating an obvious scam email to the top ‘priority’ spot in my inbox. [image]
2024-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :

The iPhone 16's new ‘Apple Intelligence’ is useful ... except for when it goes completely bonkers. I've been testing the early version of Apple's unfinished AI software @washingtonpost, and it makes me LOL 5 to 10 times per day by just making things up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2024-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Testing the Apple Intelligence beta shows the prerelease software still has a long way to go, with hallucinations, marking scam emails as priority, and more

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post :

2023-09-28
Meta just announced new #AI image generators, stickers and filters for Instagram and chat. Where did Zuckerberg get the data to create this? Your old IG posts, in part: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-09-28 View on X
The Verge

Meta announces AI-generated chat stickers for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and unveils new AI-powered image editing tools for Instagram

New generative AI tools announced Wednesday at Meta's Connect event will allow users to edit images and create stickers using text prompts.

Hands on with the new Quest 3: More MEH-taverse The price is way better than Apple, but there are no new ideas here about why we'd want to wear a face computer or how it can be less awkward to use: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2023-09-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers

- New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase  — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year