Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

ask.comThe search engine and question-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves has shut down. Ask Jeeves was first launched in 1996 and focused on answering conversational questions asked in natural language. A precursor to today’s AI-powered chatbots. However, for most of its 30-year history, it has been overshadowed by other search products, especially Google. Holding…

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Musk v. Altman is just getting started

Elon Musk spent most of three days On the witness stand this week In its lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s already getting messy. Email, text, and his own tweets There are going to be a lot of witnesses coming forward in court. Musk’s argument against OpenAI? By converting the company to a for-profit model, Sam…

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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO

Tech companies are racing to build the infrastructure that can fuel the automation boom. Now, Japanese multinational SoftBank is reportedly planning to create a new company designed to automate the creation of that infrastructure. SoftBank is setting up a new business called Rose AI, Financial Times Originally reported. According to the Wall Street Journal, Rose…

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Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

Google Translate is now 20 years old, and to celebrate, the company has added a new feature that lets users practice pronunciation and pronunciation of words and phrases in different languages. When you translate a word, sentence or phrase, you can navigate to the “Practice” menu to find the “Pronunciation” button, which shows you the…

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