Crafting a Custom Voice Assistant with Perplexity

, Alexa, and Siri are the dominating voice assistants available for everyday use. These assistants have become ubiquitous in almost ...
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Earth models can predict the planet’s future but not their own

Meanwhile, experts say that funding cuts could mean modeling abilities migrate overseas, some science may never be realized, and expertise ...
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Big Tech Companies in the US Have Been Told Not to Apply the Digital Services Act
Trouble is brewing for the Digital Services Act (DSA), the landmark European law governing big tech platforms. On August 21, ...
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AI agents are science fiction not yet ready for primetime

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on all ...
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These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways

The team members went through a process of incrementally determining what elements and molecules the bacterial strain could grow on. ...
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A Single Typo in Your Medical Records Can Make Your AI Doctor Go Dangerously Haywire

A single typo, formatting error, or slang word makes an AI more likely to tell a patient they’re not sick ...
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These Hi-Fi Speakers Are Made out of Rocket Fuel Tanks

Momentum for space development is growing on a global scale. The rocket company SpaceX, led by CEO Elon Musk, has ...
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How a small subwoofer caught this audiophile off guard (and in the best way possible)

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Pebble X Plus speakers are available now for $120 on Amazon. The rich, deep bass perfectly ...
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FriendliAI Raises $20M Seed Extension To Grow AI Inference Platform

FriendliAI, an AI inference platform startup, has raised $20 million in a seed extension round, the company told Crunchbase News ...
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Watch US Open Spatial Videos Captured By Apple Vision Pro & iPhone
For the first time in an UploadVR article, if you’re reading this in a VR headset, you can watch some ...
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