Hail Mary! AI in the confessional
We’ve seen AI chatbots in religious apps before, but a chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland has gone further — putting artificial intelligence inside a confessional. DW’s report shows the “AI Jesus”…
A Guide to Data Analysis in Python with DuckDB
Learn how to perform data analysis in Python using DuckDB.
Partiful is Google’s ‘best app’ of 2024
Partiful, the New York-based event-planning app that’s taking on older solutions like Evite, Eventbrite, and Facebook Events, has been named Google’s app of the year, the tech giant announced on…
Ex-Duolingo execs raise $13M for a startup that’s making it easier to access a college education
As college tuition increases and the student loan debt crisis continues, three former executives from language learning app Duolingo are building a new startup aimed at making college education more…
Google.org commits $20M to researchers using AI for scientific breakthroughs
Google is committing $20 million in cash and $2 million in cloud credits to a new funding initiative designed to help scientists and researchers unearth the next great scientific breakthroughs…
Perplexity introduces a shopping feature for Pro users in the U.S.
AI-powered search engine Perplexity is venturing into e-commerce. On Monday, the company debuted a new shopping feature for its paid customers in the U.S. which offers shopping recommendations within Perplexity’s…
Sam Altman will co-chair San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s transition team
San Francisco’s mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of the administration’s effort to embrace…
ElevenLabs now offers ability to build conversational AI agents
ElevenLabs, a startup that provides AI voice cloning and a text-to-speech API, launched the ability to build conversational AI bots on Monday. The company announced that users can now build…
Is AI Making Jobs Harder? Not for Hourly Workers
Has AI forever changed the way we work? That depends on which “AI” you’re talking about. Artificial Intelligence describes a wide set of computing technologies that perform various functions. It’s…
Matthew Ikle, Chief Science Officer at SingularityNet – Interview Series
Matthew Ikle is the Chief Science Officer at SingularityNET, a company founded with the mission of creating a decentralized, democratic, inclusive and beneficial Artificial General Intelligence. An ‘AGI’ that is…