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Track your PC energy costs with this Windows 11 smart feature soon
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Track your PC energy costs with this Windows 11 smart feature soon

[ad_1] In an upcoming update for Windows 11, Microsoft is set to introduce a groundbreaking feature that could potentially revolutionize the way users monitor and manage power consumption on their desktop PCs. Spotted in the latest preview build (from the Dev channel), the feature, though currently hidden away, promises to shed light on the energy usage of your PC on a daily basis, along with per-app power consumption data.The discovery was made by the Windows "detective" on Twitter known as PhantomOfEarth, who used ViVeTool, a Windows configuration utility, to unearth this hidden functionality. While the feature is still a work in progress and may not be entirely reliable in its current state, its potential implications are captivating, according to a Techradar report. From battery usa...
Google is testing ‘Genesis’ AI tool that can write news articles, assist journalists
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Google is testing ‘Genesis’ AI tool that can write news articles, assist journalists

[ad_1] No field is beyond the influence of artificial intelligence. After demonstrating its impact on customer service, business operations, academics, and entertainment, it is even looking at newsrooms. In the last month, many news publications, including The New York Times, NBC News, and Gizmodo have begun their own attempts at using AI. And now, Google has previewed its new AI tool called Genesis, which is capable of writing news articles.According to a report by The New York Times, Google showcased the new product to some of its executives, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal's parent company News Corp. Genesis appears to be a working name, and is not final. And the tool is not only geared towards taking over the newsroom and writing articles, but also to act as a perso...
Your Future AI Will Have Multiple Personalities
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Your Future AI Will Have Multiple Personalities

[ad_1] Chatbots aren't just useful for writing essays and emails. Those designed to show empathy and retain memories about their users are already acting as personal guides. A man who recently tried using a chatbot called Pi realized it could help him give up smoking if he went to it each time he had a craving. Whenever he did, it would remind him of all the reasons why quitting was a good idea, including being around in the future for his child.Pi's creator is a Silicon Valley startup called Inflection, which raised a remarkable $1.3 billion last week to build a “personal AI for everyone,” a chatbot that can act as a confidante for personal matters. The funding round made Inflection the second-highest funded generative AI startup after OpenAI, which has raised more than $11 billion to ...
Jugalbandi: Microsoft-backed Indian group aims to bridge language barrier with AI assistant
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Jugalbandi: Microsoft-backed Indian group aims to bridge language barrier with AI assistant

[ad_1] An Indian research group backed by Microsoft and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is using generative AI, the technology behind chatbot sensation ChatGPT, for a mobile assistant that aims to make information on government schemes accessible in multiple languages.The Jugalbandi bot, named after a duet where two musicians riff off each other, uses language models from government-backed AI4Bharat and artificial intelligence tech through Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service. Operating over Meta Platforms-owned WhatsApp messaging service, the bot can understand questions in 10 Indian languages and retrieves information that is usually written in English on government websites to relay it in local languages. Microsoft said the bot could help bridge the language barrier in India where Eng...
‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa
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‘Home Assistant’ to get its own voice separate from Siri or Alexa

[ad_1] 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. No need for Google, Siri or Alexa to speak with your AI-powered smart home platform anymore. 'Home Assistant', an open-source platform for smart home interaction, would soon be having all its voice commands localized. The platform's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, took to the official 'Home Assistant' blog last week to announce the launching of the project which would give the housing platform its own voice assistant with a set of basic sentences to start with. "It is our goal for 2023 to let users control Home Assistant in their own language," the blog read. According to a report by US-based tech portal 'The Verge', the Schoutsen-run company 'Nabu Cas...