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Those who dread signing cards need not fear, a flower delivery service has launched an AI bot that can write poems and songs for Mother’s Day.   Dubbed the “MomVerse,” 1-800-FLOWERS.COM says the chatbot can create “original, one-of-a-kind verses including personalized poems and songs just in time for Mother’s Day” this Sunday, May 14.  The chatbot, available on either mobile or desktop, allows users …

Google entered the folding smartphone market, taking aim at rival Samsung, by unveiled its first-ever Pixel Fold on Wednesday. The device morphs from a 5.8-inch phone into a 7.6-inch tablet with a flexible screen and hinge — enabling a wider view for playing video games, watching movies, and running apps. The Pixel Fold includes five cameras — three of them …

Alphabet’s Google is rolling out more artificial intelligence for its core search product, hoping to create some of the same consumer excitement generated by Microsoft’s update to rival search engine Bing in recent months. At its annual I/O conference in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, Google offered a new version of its namesake engine. Called the Search Generative Experience, the revamped …

Artificial intelligence is the ultimate double-edged sword. It’s advancing medical technology at an astonishing rate and improving the quality of life globally, but it’s also being used already for nefarious purposes. “When we’re talking about bad actors, stuff is now available to a lot of people who wouldn’t otherwise think of themselves as technically sophisticated,” J.S. Nelson, a cybersecurity expert …

Microsoft will not raise salaries for full-time employees this year and is reducing budget for bonuses and stock awards, Insider reported on Wednesday, citing an internal email by CEO Satya Nadella. The tech giant did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. “Last year, we made a significant investment in compensation driven by market conditions and company performance, …

A new dating app uses artificial intelligence to create chatbots that mimic users’ interests and personalities — a feature meant to reduce “ghosting” by handling the initial meet-and-greet part of the dating process. Instead of striking up a conversation with a prospect directly, users initially can engage with a chatbot that “gives you a feel” for your match before actually …

The rise of advanced artificial intelligence will upend the white-collar job market and result in a large number of “very unhappy” workers who will be forced out of their professions, according to a co-founder of the Google-owned AI lab DeepMind. Mustafa Suleyman, an AI pioneer who left Google last year, joined a growing list of experts – including his former …

Elon Musk slammed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app messaging service over privacy concerns — even as he announced that Twitter will be releasing its own encrypted messaging feature. Musk took a jab at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday in response to a screenshot tweeted by Twitter engineer Foad Dabiri, which he claimed revealed that WhatsApp had been using Dabiri’s microphone …

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