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It is perhaps true to say that Apple’s traditional core users are probably among those most likely to be impacted by generative artificial intelligence (genAI), as these tools become better at creating images, movies, stories and more. That kind of automation strikes...

Less than a year after generative AI (genAI) made a splash with the public launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT 3.5, Microsoft is about to make its Copilot assistant available within its ecosystem of productivity and collaboration applications. The rollout begins Nov. 1.But...

Japan’s competition regulator has said it is investigating Google’s parent company Alphabet for a suspected violation of the country’s Antimonopoly Act.The investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission will consist of two parts — an examination into whether Google...

Mac users are already making plenty of use of genarative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools in their apps, and a compilation from Setapp confirms the extent to which ChatGPT has already invaded Apple’s platform.Ukraine software developer MacPaw’s app subscription...

Generative AI (genAI) will soon infiltrate every aspect of our personal and business lives, meaning humanity will need to reevaluate it relationship with machines — machines that are continuing to become more human-like in their abilities.In short order, they've gone...

The digital transformation of everything is best seen as a Darwinian mind-set in which change becomes certainty, even as the pace of transition accelerates. Think about the explosion of generative AI during the past year.ChatGPT is just a year old, and already the...

What a long, strange trip it's been.From its inaugural release to today, Android has transformed visually, conceptually and functionally — time and time again. Google's mobile operating system may have started out scrappy, but holy moly, has it ever evolved.Here's a...

The latest version of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s groundbreaking generative AI chatbot, now has access to real-time information from the internet at large, curing what had been seen as one of its key flaws.Thanks to an integration with Microsoft’s Bing search engine – the...

This week, I’ve been at a major analyst event at Lenovo (a client of mine) where we’re looking closely at how the company’s units work together. Most companies in Lenovo’s class are better known for infighting than synergy, so the absence of the latter has made this a...

Ask anyone who knows, and they’ll tell you that when it comes to security, the weakest point is always people. Yet, as pressure grows for Apple to allow app purchases from outside the App Store, the fact the company fired App Store staff for “business misconduct” is...

How important has prompt engineering become among IT skills?So important that Erick Brethenoux, an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, said all of his students have put artificial intelligence (AI) prompt-engineering skills on their resumes and...

The US is imposing additional export curbs to restrict China from accessing advanced chips for AI and supercomputers, expanding a technology trade war that has intensified over the last year, broadly impacting the global semiconductor supply chain.The US — which began...