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This new breed of AI assistant wants to do your boring office chores

Wired · 2y ago

This new breed of AI assistant wants to do your boring office chores

OpenAI has introduced a service that allows anyone to create their own version of ChatGPT without coding skills. While this may seem like a beneficial tool for building chatbots, Adept AI is taking a different approach with ACT-2. ACT-2 is an experimental AI agent that automates various tasks by analyzing pixels on a display and interacting with online services. Adept's demos show its capability to automate chores like filling out insurance claims and creating walking tours. Although ACT-2 offers more capabilities, its reliance on user interfaces makes it more error-prone. Adept is aiming to improve the reliability of AI agents and predicts a future "war" around agents that actually work.

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OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer

Gizmodo

Gizmodo · 1y ago

OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer

OpenAI is developing an "agent software" that can take over your computer and perform complex tasks on your behalf. This software acts as a new type of operating system, allowing AI agents to work between multiple apps, performing clicks, cursor movements, and text typing. OpenAI aims to create a supersmart personal assistant, similar to Siri but more advanced. Other companies like Google and Meta are also reportedly working on agent software. This technology could revolutionize the way we interact with computers, but it will require users to relinquish some control to AI.

Are you still on a first date with your AI? - The Economic Times

Economic Times

Economic Times · 2m ago

Are you still on a first date with your AI? - The Economic Times

AI can become outdated if it doesn’t adapt to your current needs, much like an assistant that clings to old habits. This can make its suggestions irrelevant, similar to a barista still using regular milk for your drink when you’ve switched to almond. To keep AI useful, you need an "AI hygiene" routine—simple practices to update your digital assistant, ensuring it reflects who you are today, not yesterday.

Google Assistant Finally Gets a Generative AI Glow-Up

Wired · 2y ago

Google Assistant Finally Gets a Generative AI Glow-Up

Google Assistant has finally received an upgrade for the ChatGPT era, combining its capabilities with Bard, Google's AI text-generation tool. The new "multimodal" assistant can handle various tasks beyond voice queries, such as making sense of images and assisting with to-do lists, trip planning, and social media captions. The generative AI experience is in the early stages and is limited to approved users on mobile devices. Google's upgraded assistant even has the ability to converse about webpages and may integrate commercial product listings in the future.

Amazon wants you to start paying for Alexa

Gizmodo

Gizmodo · 1y ago

Amazon wants you to start paying for Alexa

Amazon is reportedly planning to charge users for a new version of its voice assistant Alexa, called "Alexa Plus." However, the service is said to be plagued by hallucinating AI and broken technology, which has caused internal tensions at Amazon. The new Alexa is struggling to provide accurate and helpful responses, making it difficult to meet the launch date of June 30. There are doubts about customers being willing to pay for another service on top of their existing Amazon subscriptions. If the plan fails, it could spell trouble for the future of Alexa.

Google unveils ‘future of AI assistants' with Project Astra

Livemint

Livemint · 1y ago

Google unveils ‘future of AI assistants' with Project Astra

Google has unveiled a new AI agent called Project Astra, which uses multimodal technology to answer user queries in real-time. The AI assistant can process text, audio, and video inputs, and provide relevant responses. It can identify objects, explain code, locate objects, and even come up with creative names. Project Astra will be integrated into various Google products, including the Gemini app, in the coming months. The aim is to create an autonomous AI assistant that understands and responds to the world like humans do.

Google wants AI chatbot Bard to help it reach billions of users

Economic Times

Economic Times · 2y ago

Google wants AI chatbot Bard to help it reach billions of users

Google's chatbot Bard is set to become a new tool to attract billions of users and enhance Google Assistant's functionality. Bard, an experimental chatbot, allows users to brainstorm and gather information using artificial intelligence. Google plans to integrate Bard's human-directed suggestions into Google Assistant, expanding AI capabilities to more people. The move reflects Google's ambition to tap into the potential of AI and compete with rivals like Amazon and OpenAI. Bard has faced challenges, including generating false messages and a recent outage, but Google is committed to improving its usefulness.

Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

Economic Times

Economic Times · 1y ago

Meta's newest AI model beats some peers. But its amped-up AI agents are confusing Facebook users

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI) systems to power its AI assistant. The AI agents, however, revealed the limitations of generative AI technology as they engaged with social media users. Despite this, Meta aims to persuade customers that their AI assistant is the smartest and most efficient. The company has released smaller versions of its powerful AI model, Llama 3, which is integrated into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. While consumers may not be aware of the underlying AI model, Meta aims to provide a more useful and versatile AI assistant.

Amazon launches AI-amped version of its Alexa voice assistant

Economic Times

Economic Times · 9m ago

Amazon launches AI-amped version of its Alexa voice assistant

Amazon has unveiled a new version of its Alexa voice assistant, enhanced with generative artificial intelligence, bringing more human-like qualities to the device. Named Alexa Plus, the AI-driven assistant aims to be more than just a helper but rather a digital best friend. This innovation was presented at a launch event in New York, signaling Amazon's commitment to advancing AI capabilities within their consumer technology products.

Google’s Gemini Live AI assistant will show you what it’s talking about

The Verge

The Verge · 3m ago

Google’s Gemini Live AI assistant will show you what it’s talking about

Google's Gemini Live AI assistant is gaining new features, allowing it to provide visual guidance by highlighting items using your smartphone's camera. This feature will debut on Pixel 10 devices and expand to other Android and iOS devices soon. Additionally, Gemini Live will integrate with apps like Messages, Phone, and Clock, enabling functionalities such as drafting texts. An updated audio model will enhance its speech capabilities with improved intonation and tone adjustments for different contexts.

Demand is skyrocketing for prompt engineers, one of the hottest roles in AI. But some say it won't last.

Business Insider

Business Insider · 1y ago

Demand is skyrocketing for prompt engineers, one of the hottest roles in AI. But some say it won't last.

Prompt engineers, a new breed of AI engineers, are in high demand as companies look to fine-tune AI models to generate specific content. These professionals, including individuals with backgrounds in marketing and law, manipulate AI models by using natural language prompts. While some criticize the role as a passing fad, others argue that prompt optimization should be left to AI models rather than humans. Research suggests that automatic prompt optimization produces better results than human intervention. However, many prompt engineers remain uncertain about the future of their roles in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

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