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OnePlus SMS app taps AI to categorize messages and display content as visual cards

September 27, 2019
OnePlus is introducing a new AI-powered feature to its SMS app today, one that automatically groups messages together by category — much like Gmail does for email. Additionally, traditionally plain-text SMS messages will now be displayed as visualizations to make them more readable. The news was timed to coincide with the new OnePlus 7T smartphone, which was unveiled at an event in India earlier…
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AI completes users’ rough sketches

September 27, 2019
Artistic composition tools imbued with AI are fast becoming old hat. Scientists at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, a collaboration between MIT and IBM to jointly pursue AI techniques over the next decade, recently detailed a tool that lets users upload any photograph and edit the…
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Google Assistant voice controls come to Xbox One

September 26, 2019
When it launched alongside, one of the Xbox One’s main selling points was voice control, delivered via an upgraded Kinect unit. Kinect was quickly phased out, though, and Alexa and Cortana voice controls eventually served as a replacement. Now, Google Assistant users will be able to yell at their Xbox One, too, thanks to a software update rolling out today. Using Google Assistant to control…
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Alibaba unveils its own AI chip for cloud computing

September 26, 2019
Apparently, Huawei isn’t the only Chinese mega-corporation that was developing its own AI chip. Alibaba has unveiled an in-house-designed AI chip called the Hanguang 800 a month after Huawei launched the Ascend 910. The company, mostly known for its e-commerce…
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McDonald's is using Alexa and Google Assistant to hire new workers

September 25, 2019
McDonald’s has launched a new voice experience for both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, but it’s not for hungry customers looking to order a couple of burgers. It’s called Apply Thru, and the company says it’s the world’s first voice-initiated application process. To summon it, job seekers simply need to say “Alexa/OK Google, help me get a job at…
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MegaBots calls it quits, puts battle robots on eBay

September 25, 2019
The era of giant battle robots appears to be over… although you might have a chance to bring it back. MegaBots has gone bankrupt after once again running out of money, and it’s auctioning its 16-foot-tall Eagle Prime robot on eBay as part of the shutdown.
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now a gymnast

September 24, 2019
The latest footage from Boston Dynamics is, unsurprisingly, both impressive and terrifying. Over the past few years we’ve seen Atlas navigate uneven terrain and even jump around a parkour course. This is on another level, though. The bipedal robot does a handstand…
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Waze can take commands from Google Assistant anywhere in the US

September 23, 2019
Google Assistant is officially available for all English-speaking Waze users in the United States. Waze announced the rollout last week after making the feature available in limited test runs earlier this year. The integration will give users the opportunity to ask Google Assistant to perform commands while on the road without requiring the driver to take their hands off the wheel into interact…
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