Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a person’s silhouette. Ars Technica On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced a new text-to-speech AI model called VALL-E that can closely simulate a person’s voice when given a three-second audio sample. Once it learns a specific voice, VALL-E can synthesize audio of that person saying anything—and do it in a … Read more
Imagine if Siri could write you a college essay, or Alexa could spit out a movie review in the style of Shakespeare. OpenAI last week opened up access to ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot that interacts with users in an eerily convincing and conversational way. Its ability to provide lengthy, thoughtful and thorough responses to questions … Read more
Illustration: ProStockStudio (Shutterstock) The AI chatbot ChatGPT can do a lot of things. It can reply to tweets, write science fictionplan this reporter’s family christmasand it’s even slated to act as a lawyer in court. But can a robot provide safe and effective mental health support? A company called Koko decided to find out using … Read more
Apple today released a second Rapid Security Response (RSR) update for the macOS Ventura 13.2 beta, with the update coming almost a month after Apple provided the first Rapid Security Response test on the Mac. macOS Rapid Security Response 13.2 (b) is applied to the Mac automatically upon restart, and it is also added to … Read more
Image: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade) Welcome to your new Xbox games roundup for January 9th to 13th! Things are still looking pretty quiet as we slowly roll back into a new year of releases, but the likes of One Piece Odyssey, Breakers Collection and the free next-gen upgrade for Dragon … Read more
Prohibited Software Vendors, Products, and Services will include TikToK TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today announced that the State of New Jersey has issued a cybersecurity directive to prohibit the use of high-risk software and services, including TikTok, on State provided or managed devices. The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC), in collaboration … Read more
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend’s brother and engaging in a shootout with police admitted to shooting the man but told police the victim was grabbing at him, an investigator testified Monday. Mobile County Presiding District Judge Spiro Cheriogotis determined prosecutors have enough evidence for a grand jury to … Read more
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up the new iPhone that was introduced at Macworld on January 9, 2007 in San Francisco, California. The new iPhone will combine a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls and an internet communications device with the ability to use email, web browsing, maps and searching. The iPhone will … Read more
“If you encounter a cougar, never approach or offer it food. You are not a Disney princess.” “Most grandma/reindeer collisions are entirely preventable. Please give wildlife plenty of space.” “Please be responsible with hot takes this Thanksgiving if your turkey is as dry as our forests.” These are just a few salient pieces of advice … Read more
I put my hands out flat and loaded them into a pair of gloves loaded with joints, cables, pumps and tightening straps. All of this was connected to a backpack-size box that helped pump pressure around my fingers and create sensations of touching things. I was about to play Jenga in VR using an $80,000 … Read more