Google’s Bard and other AI chatbots remain under privacy watch in the EU
As we reported earlier, Google’s AI chatbot Bard has finally launched in the European Union. We understand it did so after making some changes to boost transparency and user controls — but the bloc’s privacy regulators remain watchful and big decisions on how to enforce the bloc’s data protection law
Read moreMattilda grabs another $19M, this time to expand beyond Mexico’s private schools
Nine months after announcing its seed round, mattilda, a Mexico City–based company providing collections management and payment processing for private schools, is back with a $19 million Series A investment. In the follow-on round, GSV Ventures is leading the new capital infusion this time and is joined by FinTech Collective,
Read more4 Future-Proof Roles in Cybersecurity
“With World Youth Skills Day being celebrated on 15 July, now is the perfect time to examine the significance of cybersecurity skills and embrace the career opportunities available in this dynamic field,” says Sergey Lozhkin, Principal Security Researcher of Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT). “Given the rapid evolution
Read moreCruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays
Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies are crucial to making roads safer. The moves – full-page ads in major newspapers from Cruise and a blog post from Waymo – come as California regulators delay
Read moreHashtag Trending Jul.13- OpenAI’s GPT-4 shows signs of being lazier and less intelligent; KPMG and Microsoft team up on AI; China espionage groups compromise U.S. govt emails
OpenAI’s GPT-4 AI Model shows signs of being lazier and less intelligent, KPMG and Microsoft collaborate to accelerate adoption of AI in audit and tax services, China-based espionage group compromises U.S. government emails. These and more top tech news stories from Hashtag Trending and Tech News Day. I’m your
Read moreGoogle’s Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages
Google is making its ChatGPT rival Bard available to a wider audience today, launching the generative AI chatbot in more than 40 languages and finally bringing it to the European Union (EU) after an initial delay due to data privacy concerns. The internet giant also introduced a swathe of new
Read moreGoogle Bard Debuts in Swahili, Expanding Language Reach
Google announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service, to 40 new languages, including Swahili, which is the first African language to be included, and 59 new countries and territories. This expansion brings new features that allow users to customize their experience, enhance their creativity, and be more productive.
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Read moreApple introduces bilingual Siri and a full page screenshot feature with iOS 17
Apple released its first set of public beta versions of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma on Wednesday. With these releases, the company introduced new features such as full-page screenshots, bilingual Siri, and better SMS sorting for dual-SIM users. The Cupertino-based company has added support for bilingual queries to
Read moreIndian food delivery giant Swiggy acquires LYNK in retail distribution push
Swiggy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LYNK, a retail logistics startup with a network of over 100,000 stores, the latest in a series of purchases by the Indian food delivery giant in the last two years. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which counts Prosus, Accel and Invesco among its
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