AI-Blogger Jeff Jarvis, a US media critic, warns that AI companies are buying the silence of publishers. He criticizes the exclusive partnerships between AI companies and media corporations. According to him, tech companies are silencing publishers in legal disputes. While companies like Meta and OpenAI make deals with large media houses, smaller and local publications are … Read more
In the confessional of the Lucerne Peters Chapel, visitors had the opportunity for over two months to interact with a Jesus avatar on a screen. This was explicitly not a replacement for confession. The installation of the screen with the Jesus hologram in the confessional was rather an attempt to promote “moments of intimacy” with … Read more
From February 3rd to 7th, the OOP conference will take place in Munich. This event is one of the most important software development conferences in the German-speaking region. This year, the theme is “Bridging the Gap.” The software industry often faces challenges in integrating new systems with existing ones, including legacy systems. Those who book … Read more
AI features have become a success factor in China, with local smartphone manufacturers like Xiaomi, Honor, and Huawei explicitly promoting them. For Apple, this is a problem because the company cannot initially offer Apple Intelligence in the country due to local conditions. According to the Financial Times, this situation is likely to continue for a … Read more
The smartphone app for the AI assistant Gemini is now available for Google Workspace. Users can use the camera to convert handwritten notes into Google Docs or Gmail and transform drawn diagrams into digital graphics. The privacy settings from Google Workspace are applied. Users can download Gemini for Android and iOS from their respective stores. … Read more
AI-based tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot can help make work processes more efficient. But is it worth introducing this tool to your company? Our workshop helps you decide. Together with your trainer, Robin Harbort, you will analyze Microsoft 365 Copilot from various perspectives: IT security, data protection, information security, technical requirements, change management, and quality … Read more
The Heise Group has been successfully using generative AI in their daily work for two years. In a webinar on December 10 at 4 PM, experts will provide exclusive insights on how AI technologies, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), are utilized in practice. In 2024 alone, more than two person-years have been saved through the … Read more
The new version 2022 17.12.1 of Microsoft’s Visual Studio development environment offers improved analysis and debugging features. Many are linked to the Copilot AI to simplify developers’ daily tasks. One of the most requested features is the inline display of values that a function will return in the code. This display is implemented and appears … Read more
In this edition of the discussion, various topics are covered, including Australia’s plan to protect teenagers by restricting social media access to those over 16. The Australian government is considering a law that would require age verification on social media platforms. This raises questions about the effectiveness of such an age limit and the technical … Read more
Smartphones last longer but not forever. After two years of decline, the global market will grow strongly again in 2024, mainly thanks to Android. However, this might not last. Once users have stocked up, market researchers expect significantly lower growth rates in the coming years. Meanwhile, streaming pirates have earned over 250 million euros monthly … Read more
Sneaker enthusiasts are always on the lookout for new and unique models. Often, these sneakers remain unworn as collector’s items in their boxes. Whether this will be the case with the new Shoe 1 remains to be seen, but it certainly has an interesting story. The model is familiar to many Apple users as it … Read more
Google announced in August 2024 that it would integrate a third-party app into its AI application, Gemini. By linking with WhatsApp, users can create messages in the AI app and send them in the messenger using only voice commands. Now, Google is taking the next step by integrating a second external app into Gemini: Spotify. … Read more
Red Hat has announced new features in OpenShift AI version 2.15, including a Model Registry for managing predictive and generative AI models, metadata, and model artifacts. OpenShift AI is a platform for developing and operating AI applications in a hybrid cloud environment, focusing on data collection, model training, fine-tuning, deployment, monitoring, and hardware acceleration. One … Read more
Anthropic has announced an update for its chatbot, Claude AI. Users can now set how Claude AI should respond to requests. There are different modes available, such as formal, precise, and explanatory tones. Users can also create custom response patterns by uploading sample content with their preferred communication style. Personalization is becoming a key factor … Read more
Recently, Meta released its new AI model Llama 3.1. As an open-source AI, researchers can easily experiment with it. A group of researchers led by Colorado Reed, an Applied Research Scientist at Apple, conducted an experiment to see how easily AI models can be disrupted. According to New Scientist, even models with billions of parameters … Read more