Voice technology is revolutionizing the way consumers shop, with a significant portion of the global population embracing this modern convenience, as young consumers lead the charge. By the Numbers The 2024 PYMNTS Intelligence report, “How the World Does Digital,” surveyed more than 67,000 consumers from...
Tech companies are cashing in on the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, with first-quarter results showing surging demand for everything from voice assistants to cloud computing. The AI gold rush is lifting sales and profit at specialists like SoundHound and Nvidia and more prominent players like Microsoft and Baidu, highlighting...
AirChat, a social media app that was launched Friday (April 12), became the 23rd most popular in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store Monday (April 15). The app has seen thousands of downloads as well as online requests for access to it, because AirChat is...
Apple researchers have unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) system capable of interpreting ambiguous references and contextual cues. The system could revolutionize voice assistant interactions and potentially reshape the commerce landscape. The system, called ReALM (Reference Resolution As Language Modeling), simplifies the complex process of understanding screen-based visual...
February 28, 2024
It’s lights out for Apple’s dream of entering the electric vehicle (EV) marketplace. A Tuesday (Feb. 27) report reveals that the Cupertino, California, personal computer and smartphone pioneer is abandoning its EV plans, sunsetting what was referred to internally as Project Titan. The effort, first started in 2014, spent billions of dollars in pursuit of […]
April 15, 2024
AirChat, a social media app that was launched Friday (April 12), became the 23rd most popular in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store Monday (April 15). The app has seen thousands of downloads as well as online requests for access to it, because AirChat is currently offered on an invite-only basis, Reuters reported Monday. AirChat is centered […]
March 29, 2024
OpenAI suggested Friday (March 29) that voice-based authentication for accessing bank accounts and other sensitive information should be phased out. The company said this while announcing in a blog post that...
