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Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that its next-generation chatbot, Gemini, will arrive on smartwatches, Android Auto, and other devices later this year. This rollout signifies Google's plan to gradually replace the existing Google Assistant with Gemini, aiming for an enhanced user experience. Gemini is currently available on mobile apps and web, but its expansion to smartwatches, cars, and other smart devices is underway.

Recent reports reveal Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, has achieved over 350 million monthly active users globally. This data, disclosed during ongoing antitrust litigation against Google, showcases Gemini's significant user growth over the past year. Notably, Gemini's daily active users have also seen a substantial increase, rising from 9 million in October 2023 to 35 million currently, representing considerable growth. Despite Gemini's rapidly expanding user base,

In today's world brimming with AI and chatbots, truly useful tools for businesses and consumers are rare. Manychat, a startup succeeding in this space, recently announced a $140 million Series B funding round led by Summit Partners. Founded in 2015, Manychat provides businesses with tools for managing and automating conversations across multiple messaging channels. The company currently serves over 170...

Amidst the rapid growth of the AI industry, Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced AI benchmarking project, is expanding its reach by officially launching a new company, Arena Intelligence Inc. According to Bloomberg, Chatbot Arena aims to leverage this new entity to secure more resources, significantly enhancing the platform's functionality and services. Founded in 2023, Chatbot Arena is primarily spearheaded by the University of California, Berkeley...

In the modern media landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is subtly changing how we consume news. Traditionally, news consumption was a unidirectional experience; readers passively received information. However, with the rise of chatbots, news consumption is evolving into a two-way interactive process, transforming readers from passive recipients to active participants. A growing number of readers are leveraging AI tools and chatbots to filter, summarize, and interpret news, sometimes bypassing traditional media altogether. This "conversational news" allows readers to engage with...

Bloomberg reported that AI company Anthropic is actively developing a new voice assistant feature for its chatbot, Claude, expected to be released this month. This new feature will allow Claude AI to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT in user interaction experience, enriching how users communicate with AI. Nearly a year after OpenAI launched a similar feature, Claude's voice mode is clearly a timely response to market demand.

Anthropic announced on Tuesday that its AI chatbot, Claude, is now integrated with Google Workspace, allowing users to directly search and reference emails in Gmail, scheduled events in Google Calendar, and documents in Google Docs via Claude. This integration marks Claude's first deep connection with the Google ecosystem and will initially be rolled out as a Beta for Anthropic users.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a significant investigation into Elon Musk's social media platform, X. The investigation centers on whether X used European users' personal data to train its AI chatbot, Grok, without their consent. Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), companies must obtain explicit consent before processing user data; violations can result in substantial fines. The DPC has stated that a thorough examination will be conducted.

According to Semafor, Sissie Hsiao, the executive in charge of Google's AI chatbot, is stepping down as head of Gemini applications. An internal memo obtained by the outlet indicates that Josh Woodward, Google's vice president of labs, will assume her role. A Google spokesperson, Alex Joseph, confirmed the change but declined further comment. In the memo, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis stated that this change will allow...

A recent study suggests that frequent users of ChatGPT tend to experience higher levels of loneliness and develop stronger emotional dependencies on the AI tool, often correlating with fewer real-life social connections. The research, a joint effort by OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab, analyzed millions of interactions with ChatGPT. Researchers note that while only a minority engage in deeply emotional exchanges with ChatGPT, these users are typically heavy users. The study found that compared to...

Tencent's Hunyuan officially announced the upcoming release of its new inference model, T1, at 11 PM Beijing time on March 21st. This marks another significant technological iteration and product upgrade in Tencent's AI large model field. Simultaneously, Tencent announced that its Hunyuan large model has successfully entered the top 15 globally on the renowned Chatbot Arena ranking. Chatbot Arena is a widely recognized anonymous evaluation platform for large models, where users anonymously interact with multiple models.

Google recently launched a new feature called "Canvas" for its AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, aimed at improving user collaboration and creative workflows. Similar to tools with the same name in OpenAI's ChatGPT Canvas and Anthropic's Artifacts, this feature provides Gemini users with an interactive space to create, refine, and share writing and coding projects. Gemini's...

For decades, people have been used to finding everything from travel tips to jeans through Google's ten blue links. However, a silent revolution is underway – AI chatbots are rapidly becoming a new way for consumers to find information, streamlining the search process directly for users and fundamentally altering how we interact with the internet. New data from Adobe is startling. By analyzing over one trillion US retail website visits and surveying over 5,000 US respondents, Adobe reveals that AI search has become...