Facial recognition is controversial and often banned. But new AI-based technology identifies people without scanning their faces. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
The company’s new warehouse robot — Vulcan — represents a radical leap forward for robotics, where the hardware can “feel” what it’s touching. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Perplexity managed to use Apple’s own APIs to supersede Siri, Google and everyone else as the iPhone’s best place to get information. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Celebrate Towel Day with Leo Laporte, Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, Brian McCullough, and Yours Truly! We talk about Apple’s $900 million tariff nightmare as Trump threatens a 25% tariff on iPhones and Samsung devices. Dive into the latest AI breakthroughs from Google and Microsoft, including science-discovering agentic platforms and hyper-realistic AI video generators that blur the line between fact and fiction.
We also address the coming death of CAPTCHAs, the privacy risks of Amazon’s smart speakers, and the return of smart glasses with Google’s new Android XR partnerships, the FTC's dropping of its challenge to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion hardware gamble with Jony Ive, the killing of the penny, Epic Games’ App Store victory, new brain-computer interface competitors, and infrared contact lenses that give you night vision.
Plus: Jennifer talks about her testing of laser-charged smart home gadgets, and the $2,600 robot vacuum that picks up socks.
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The No. 1 use case for the coming smart glasses revolution will be…subtitles. Here’s why. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
It’s time to up your AI chatbot game by being clear about what you’re after. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Can they beat Meta? In the short term, probably not. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
When it comes to opportunities for bad guys to use drones for cyberattacks, the sky's the limit. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, just accelerated our descent into a world where everything, and everyone, is fake. Read the latest issue of my newsletter at MachineSociety.ai.
Join Mike Elgan and Emily Forlini as they share strange and exhilarating new experiences with AI, particularly ChatGPT. They explore the reliability of AI responses, the evolution of AI tools, and the importance of prompt engineering in enhancing user experience. Mike and Emily then turn to the implications of AI on open access websites, and the challenges faced by platforms like Wikipedia resulting from AI spiders that raise the cost of being stolen from by AI companies, which often ignore restrictions on access. They then explore the environmental costs of AI, the limitations of OpenAI's computing power, and the need for better engineering practices in the industry.
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Generative AI companies are not only taking data without permission, they're also sabotaging the sites they're stealing from. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Hey, I got to co-host Intelligent Machines! Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis and I grilled Gary Rivlin about his brand-new book, "AI Valley."
Plus, we talked about all the big AI news from the past week!
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Instant, easy language translation technology is fast becoming a common feature of everyday products, and could soon be coming to Apple Airpods. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Generative AI tools can say the darndest things. But help is on the way in the form of customization and advanced methods for sourcing the training data. Read my column at Computerworld.com.
I got to be on This Week in Tech with host Leo Laporte and fellow guests Devindra Hardawar and Louis Maresca! We talked about Trump's push to end Daylight Saving Time changes and the potential health implications, the massive $100 trillion economic disruption on the horizon and Apple's delay in rolling out its 'More Personalized Siri' features, AI chatbots repeating Kremlin disinformation and the revival of Digg with an AI twist and much more! Follow this link to watch, list, subscribe and join Club TWiT!
Over the next five years, drone platforms will revolutionize how business and enterprise tasks are optimized. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
Join Mike and Emily on another exciting episode of Unicorn Roast! They explain why robots are wearing glasses (smart glasses for fast training, not for eyesight). They answer the question: Are Apple's $199 AirPods good for using as hearing aids? Plus, they explore the brand-new products and features designed to make AI chatbots like Tolan, Sesame, Perplexity Voice, Grok 3, and Amazon Alexa+ more “human.” Your favorite podcasters expose OpenAI's recent release of the not-ready-for-prime-time GPT-4.5. And more!
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Robots that wear smart glasses might be the future of ubiquitous, mainstream robots for everyone. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
We tackle the latest Tesla self-driving mishap – a Cybertruck versus a pole. Is it the driver's fault, a software failure, or false advertising by Elon Musk? They debate the safety of self-driving cars compared to human drivers and what it all means for the future of transportation. Then, they take a look at Apple's claim that their robot lamp feels emotions, and talk about how this kind of false claim is actually common in the industry. Finally, they unpack the shocking story of Kanye West's Super Bowl ad selling a swastika t-shirt. This leads to a conversation about AI-generated celebrity condemnations and Scarlett Johansson's fight against the misuse of her likeness. Watch and listen now at UnicornRoast.com.
Human-like robots don't need humanoid bodies. They just need to be expressive. (Well, they don't need to be, but they will be.) Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
A fast, cheap open-source LLM-based AI chatbot has emerged from China. Here's what's bugging me about all the hype. Read my Machine Society newsletter.
The integration of AI in cybersecurity has fundamentally changed how organizations approach and measure their security investments. By providing more tangible and comprehensive ROI metrics, AI enables organizations to make data-driven decisions about their cybersecurity strategies. As cyber threats continue to evolve, the role of AI in cybersecurity will only grow more critical, making it essential for organizations to invest in — and effectively measure — the impact of these technologies.
Read my article at SecurityIntelligence.com.
Nvidia has rolled out a new platform to accelerate the training process for robots and self-driving cars. Read my column at Computerworld.com.
First the media, then social media, divided the public into political tribes. Soon, AI chatbots will do the same. Read my latest Machine Society newsletter.
The company's plans to host millions or billions of fake AI-powered users are being rejected by real users. Don't follow Meta's bad example. Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.
UFOs? Foreign spies? The kid next door with a DJI Neo? What's going on? Read my opinion column at Computerworld.com.