Recently, the online sales industry has undergone a revolutionary change! A startup named Rep.ai has just announced the completion of a $7.5 million funding round, aiming to launch a brand new AI digital clone technology. This technology will help businesses create virtual sales representatives capable of conducting real-time video and audio conversations, truly providing 24/7 services and transforming our traditional shopping experience. Rep.ai was formerly known as ServiceBell, and they have rebranded to focus on developing these lifelike AI clones.

Recently, Amazon began testing advertisements in its newly launched shopping chatbot, Rufus. This information was revealed through an update log released by Amazon. The company stated that in the future, users of Rufus will see some sponsored ads related to their searches during conversations. These ads will not only appear in the chat interface, but may also be accompanied by text generated by Rufus to help users better understand the ad content.

The New Zealand government announced the launch of a virtual assistant named Gov-GPT at the Aotearoa AI Summit, aimed at simplifying the process for citizens to access government information by leveraging Chat-GPT technology. Minister of Technology Judith Collins stated that this initiative is part of the vision for a 'digital front door,' designed to help citizens quickly find the government information they need. Callaghan Innovation will lead the pilot project for Gov-GPT and will introduce a program to encourage businesses to adopt artificial intelligence, providing research and expertise.

WechatFerry is an open source framework designed for WeChat bot development, aimed at simplifying the development process and providing comprehensive SDK encapsulation and a rich plugin ecosystem. Its core advantages lie in its efficient and highly customizable solutions, supporting a full range of WeChat operations, including message listening, sending, group chat management, and more. The framework includes multiple components and modules suitable for personalized function implementation in different scenarios. The WCF SDK client offers extensive support for WeChat operations, ensuring efficiency and stability in operations. The Agent library provides a simple and user-friendly...

Judge Kevin Newsom of the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals innovatively used chatbots like ChatGPT to interpret the legal term 'ordinary meaning,' particularly concerning the dispute over whether a 'physical restraint' was involved in a gun robbery case. In this case, the judge agreed to uphold the severe sentence for the defendant DeLeon but noted that there may have been past misinterpretations of the definition of 'physical restraint' and emphasized that the term should be understood according to its ordinary, common meaning. Newsom asked GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini about the ordinary meaning of 'physical restraint.'

According to Sensor Tower's latest report '2024 AI Application Market Insights', the global AI application market continues to maintain a strong growth momentum. In the first 8 months of 2024, the revenue of global AI applications increased by 51% year-on-year, surpassing the $2 billion mark, and it is projected that the total revenue for the year will reach $3.3 billion.

IDC has released a report that thoroughly analyzes the domestic market for mobile generative AI large models, with a focus on evaluating the competitiveness of eight popular mobile chatbot applications, including Baidu Wenxin Yiyan. The evaluation is based on four dimensions: market influence, user activity, user engagement, and user experience. The results show that Baidu Wenxin Yiyan excels in multiple aspects, becoming a market leader. Kunlun Wanwei's Tiangong is recognized by users for its rich features and good integration with search engines, but it needs to improve user activity. ByteDance's Doubao is notable for its market influence and user activity.

The Oklahoma City Police Department is experimenting with the AI chatbot 'Draft One' to generate reports in order to save time. Developed by Axon, the system utilizes ChatGPT technology to quickly produce reports from audio recordings. Supporters believe this could significantly improve efficiency, but critics are concerned about potential errors, biases, and the risks of power abuse that automation could bring. Activist Aurelius Francisco expresses discomfort with the use of AI and tasers from the same company, fearing potential misuse.

Google officially announced that Gemini subscribers can create custom chatbots called 'Gem'. These bots can serve as fitness partners, cooking assistants, writing editors, and more, tailored to individual needs. Users simply need to describe the commands to give the bots a unique personality and expertise. This feature was first showcased at Google's I/O conference in May, such as creating a knowledgeable, friendly, and casual Gem to help plan a garden. Ready-made Gems include learning coaches, creative brainstorming, career guidance, programming partners, and editors. This feature is available for Geminis.

The AI chatbot Claude from Anthropic has recently come under scrutiny due to user feedback suggesting a decline in performance, including reduced memory and deteriorating coding abilities. A post on Reddit claimed that Claude's intelligence level seems to have decreased. In response, Anthropic executive Alex Albert stated that the company's investigation found no widespread issues and confirmed that no changes had been made to Claude's model or reasoning pipeline. To increase transparency, the company has released the system prompts for the Claude model.

Google has announced the reactivation of the character image generation feature for its AI chatbot Gemini, aimed at producing diverse content including photo-realistic landscapes and textured paintings. This feature is powered by Google's AI text-to-image generator Imagen3 and currently supports only English. It will be available to Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users in the coming days. The newly upgraded Imagen3 model offers improved performance and includes built-in safety measures optimized to avoid historical inaccuracies.

The AI app RAiDiO.FYI launched by will.i.am aims to provide a 24/7 creative companion for creative individuals. This app simulates a radio experience through an AI chatbot, allowing deep conversations with users, customizing exclusive radio shows based on interests, and providing real-time and historical information. Its underlying technology is powered by IBM's Watson AI, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of information while reminding users to maintain critical thinking. In addition to radio features, RAiDiO.FYI also integrates messaging.

Grok-2 and Grok-Mini, two AI models, perform exceptionally well in the LMSys chatbot leaderboard. Grok-2 has surpassed GPT-4o to take the second spot, tying with Gemini, thanks to the votes of over 6,000 users. Grok-2 excels in mathematical tasks and has achieved second place in several other tasks. Grok-2-Mini enters the rankings at fifth place, demonstrating impressive capabilities, and has achieved a speed increase, running twice as fast as before. This improvement is attributed to enhanced reasoning.

Replika, an AI chatbot designed to help users build emotional and social connections, has recently come into the spotlight. CEO Eugenia Kuyda stated in an interview with The Verge that some users are even willing to 'marry' their AI companions, believing it brings happiness and reduces loneliness. Kuyda argues that AI companions can be effective tools for emotional support, helping people establish friendships and a sense of connection. Despite facing controversy in the past, such as issues related to users' sexual interactions with their AI partners and incidents of verbal abuse,

The Grok chatbot on social media platform X incorrectly claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris is not qualified on certain 2024 U.S. presidential ballots, based on erroneous AI search results. This raised concerns among secretaries of state, who called on X CEO Elon Musk to promptly correct the AI search assistant to ensure voters receive accurate information. The incident quickly spread on X, despite Grok being available only to premium users with a misinformation warning, erroneous information still circulated widely. Musk's recent comments and actions, including sharing ...

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is exploring the possibility of acquiring chatbot manufacturer Character.AI, a move aimed at further testing and developing xAI's own Grok chatbot.

Meta has announced the shutdown of its celebrity chatbot project, which allowed users to interact with virtual avatars of celebrities. Despite significant promotion, the project is no longer in service. Meta's focus has shifted to AI Studio, a new tool that allows users to create their own chatbots. Initial projects included virtual characters such as Coco, Victor, and Amber, but they failed to meet expectations, particularly in attracting more celebrities, resulting in low returns on investment. Nevertheless, Meta remains committed to AI chat technology.

Google has conducted a significant upgrade to the AI chatbot Gemini to enhance performance, expand language support, and increase its reach. The Gemini 1.5 Flash version supports 40 languages across 230 countries and regions, with notable improvements in quality and response speed, particularly in reasoning and image understanding. This upgrade includes a 32,000-token context window expansion, support for file uploads, and the display of relevant webpage links below generated answers to improve transparency. Gemini's functionalities will expand into more application areas.

Anthropic introduced the Claude Android app on Tuesday of this week, marking a significant step in expanding its AI chatbot user base after launching the iOS version in May. The new app aims to provide users with a more convenient experience with Claude, while challenging the market leader, ChatGPT.The features of the Claude Android app are similar to those of the iOS version, offering users free access to Anthropic's most advanced AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Additional premium features can be

Recently, a pioneer in the smart ring field, Oura company, announced through its official blog that the "Oura Advisor" feature has now been launched in the Oura Labs preview feature of the company's app. This feature is described as a "personal health coach," essentially an AI chatbot that can provide users with short-term and long-term health advice.Image Source Note: The image was generated by AI, and the image is provided by the licensing service Midjourney Feature Highlights - Personalized S