Alexa, are you OK?
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Amazon having difficulty gettting an AI upgrade on Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa, which is arguably the most advanced of the voice assistants, is having difficulties with its generative AI transformation.

Windows Recall put on hold
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Not tonight Josephine

Software King of the World, Microsoft has slammed the brakes on the launch of its “Windows Recall” AI feature after shedloads of complaints about security.

Apple scores good AI deal with OpenAI
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Please give it to use for free while we work out a way to do you over

While Microsoft had to pay $10 billion for its OpenAI deal, the fruity cargo cult Apple seems to be getting it for free.

Intel faces battle with foreign-backed patent trolls
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Gaming the system

Chipzilla is entangled in “patent troll” legal cases with the trolls backed by third-party financiers or owned by hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other sophisticated investors.

SoftBank develops AI to make angry customers sound calmer
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Taking the stress of call centre operators with an AI shield

SoftBank has developed AI voice-conversion technology to reduce call centre operators' psychological stress by altering the voices of angry customers to sound calmer.

Dutch spooks warn about Fortinet VPN hack
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Some users might still be vulnerable

Cyber attackers, believed to be working for the Chinese government, breached over 20,000 VPN devices sold by Fortinet by exploiting a critical vulnerability that remained undisclosed by the company for a fortnight post-repair.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't 309GB
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… well not typically

Activision has clarified that Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 isn't 309GB after all – or at least, you can download the guts of it for less.

Adobe promises that creative genius will belong to users after all
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You have not sold your soul

Following a huge backlash, Adobe made it crystal clear in their latest blog post that they're not going to use your creative masterpieces to train their AI.

Stability AI messed up its own AI again
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Keeping US puritans happy creates monsters 

Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion 3 Medium has been borked by its desperate attempt to keep US puritans happy.

MediaTek working on ARM for Windows SoC
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Will push it as soon as Qualcomm's exclusivity deal expires

According to a report from Reuters, MediaTek is allegedly working hard on an ARM-based SoC for Windows-based laptops and could launch it as soon as Qualcomm's exclusivity deal expires.