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Microsoft announced today it is launching a new program for its ID@Xbox publishing initiative. This developer acceleration program makes it easier for indie game creators to publish on Xbox. More specifically, the company hopes to bring more underrepresented creators to the platform using this…
Microsoft adds Image Creator to Bing, plus GPT-4 now available in Azure OpenAI Service
March 22, 2023
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What would a week be like without generative AI news from Microsoft? I can hardly imagine. Today, Microsoft announced that it is…
Microsoft is bringing Image Creator to the new Bing to generate images from text prompts
March 22, 2023
With the success of Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing, the company is integrating a secondary tool called the Bing Image Creator powered by the DALL-E model.
Bing’s new setup is simultaneously scary and impressive, as the service is purely AI-based. The new search engine…
Google today opened up early access to Bard, its generative AI chatbot, and we’ve had a bit of time to play around with it. The takeaway so far? Google isn’t exactly treading new ground here, but Bard is at least much more clear on what it can do, can’t do, and where it falls short.
What can you do with Bard?
Google Bard is a generative AI product built on the LaMDA model introduced in 2021.
Apple TV users have had it a bit rough with YouTube TV as of late, but a new update is on its way that fixes a couple of long-standing issues, including HDR handling.
A YouTube TV engineer confirmed on Reddit this week that a new update has “just started” rolling out to…
Google has tasked the Assistant team to work on Bard
March 22, 2023
The conversational aspects of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), like LaMDA, make it ripe for smart assistants. Google specifically mentioned Assistant two years ago as a product where it hopes to incorporate “better conversational features.” That has yet to…
Android Auto’s “Coolwalk” dashboard update has been around for a couple of months now, but Google’s own navigation app, Waze, has lacked support for the platform refresh, but it seems like things are progressing.
When it first debuted in beta, “Coolwalk” came with a notice that Waze was lacking support for Android Auto’s new dashboard view. This left early users frustrated, but there…
Following this morning’s expansion, Google is heavily using its Pixel, Nest, and other consumer-facing brands to invite people to use Bard.
Approximately 90 minutes after Google announced it was opening up access to Bard, Pixel owners received a “You’re invited to try…
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It’s been an interesting few weeks in Pixel software updates. With…
Following its big Material You redesign, Google Docs is adding more customization options for tables of contents, as well as better formatting options for all other tables.
You now get a third default style (Plain text, Dotted, and Links) with the ability to turn on/off page numbers, especially useful if you’re keeping the document online, as well as:
Toggle tab leader styling (adds lines…
