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Science fiction authors often write stories featuring powerful, intelligent computers that – for one reason or another – become dangerous and decide humanity must suffer. After all, a storyline relies on conflict, and who wants to read about a computer intelligence that is happy with booking doctor's appointments and turning…

Shortly after I learned about Eliza, the program that asks people questions like a Rogerian psychoanalyst, I learned that I could run it in my favorite text editor, Emacs. Eliza truly is a simple program, with hard-coded text and flow control, pattern matching, and simple, templated learning for psychoanalytic triggers—like…

Data: Google Trends; Chart: Axios Visuals Google searches for “how to move to Canada from U.S.” surged on Friday following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, according to Google Trends data. Why it matters: Abortion is legal at all stages of pregnancy in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister…

In anticipation of the Google’s Pixel 6a hitting retail stores next month, US retailer Best Buy already has a listing for the budget-oriented Pixel on its website as “Coming Soon”. The listing doesn’t reveal anything that we didn’t already know, the Google Pixel 6a was fully revealed last month during…

Commentary An article in the Washington Post revealed that a Google engineer who had worked with Google’s Responsible AI organization believes that Google’s LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), an artificially intelligent chatbot generator, is “sentient.” In a Medium blog post, Blake Lemoine claims that LaMDA is a person who exhibits feelings and shows the unmistakable…

Chrome 103 — Google gives Chromebooks more ways to connect with other devices. Scharon Harding - Jun 24, 2022 5:00 pm UTC Google announced Chrome 103 on Thursday, making it easier to share photos from Android to your Chromebook. The company also said an update that will simplify Bluetooth connections…

Google’s Chrome browser isn’t just the biggest desktop browser in the world — it’s also the most popular mobile browser on Earth. That will likely continue as long as Google continues to add new features to its app as frequently as it does. Speaking of, Google announced five new features…

Google launches Think Games & Gaming Growth Lab to grow Pakistan’s gaming industryGoogle on Thursday announced that it has launched Think Games - Pakistan’s first thought leadership and knowledge-sharing event for game developers, to nurture the country’s gaming industry along with the graduation of the Gaming Growth Lab (GGL). According…

Pepperidge Farm and those who closely follow Indonesian tech news may remember the Information and Communications Ministry’s numerous empty threats to ban major online platforms over administrative issues over the years. Well, the ministry has gone and done it again. On November 24, 2020, the ministry issued a regulation requiring…

Announced in March as part of a flurry of updates, the Google Home app has now widely rolled out the new events Feed tab. The updated Home Feed tab will automatically show the newest and most important events in your home. Here you’ll also find ways to get more out…