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WordPress launches generative AI assistant to enhance content writing

WordPress has announced a proprietary AI-powered writing assistant to help users create and edit blog posts. The new tool, called Jetpack AI Assistant, is now readily available on WordPress.com and seamlessly integrates into the editor interface. Users with WordPress blogs hosted on other platforms can also access this tool by utilizing a Jetpack plugin, which offers features to enhance…
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Contextual AI emerges from stealth with $20M to pursue ‘artificial specialized intelligence’

Contextual AI, a new enterprise-focused AI startup founded in Palo Alto by veterans of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and Hugging Face, today emerged from stealth and announced it has raised $20 million in a seed round led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV), with participation from Lightspeed, Greycroft and a long list of other angel investors. The company has a unique focus: Developing what its…
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The best AI features Apple announced at WWDC 2023

Apple announced a host of new software features for its popular devices — computers, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, AirPods and the new Apple Vision Pro headset — at its worldwide developer conference WWDC 2023 on Monday. As expected from pre-event reports and…
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Generative AI can save 5 hours of marketing hustle every week: Salesforce report

A new survey conducted by Salesforce and YouGov has found that marketers see generative AI as a “game-changer” that can save them about five hours of work every week — that’s more than a month every year, assuming eight-hour work days. As part of their Generative AI Snapshot series, the companies polled more than 1,000 full-time marketers in the United States, UK and Australia in May. The…
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Apocalyptic panic and AI doomerism need to give way to analysis of real risks

The rapid advance of generative AI marks one of the most promising technological advancements of the past century. It has evoked excitement and, like nearly all other technological breakthroughs of the past, fear. It is promising to see Congress and Vice President Kamala Harris, among others, taking the issue so seriously. At the same time, much of the discourse on AI has been tilting further…
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