ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video

Big Tech’s race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance’s next-gen video generator. In a blog ...
Wired

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using This Simple, Free Speech-to-Text App

If old sci-fi shows are anything to go by, we're all using our computers wrong. We're still typing with our fingers, like cave people, instead of talking out loud the way the future was supposed to be ...
AppleInsider

The best classic iPad board games to play with your family & friends

Apple's App Store hosts official iPad-optimized versions of classic board games that preserve traditional rules while adding modern multiplayer support. These apps are designed for the iPad's larger ...
Inverse

A Strange Twist On Chess Makes For An Excellent Roguelike Strategy Game In Shotgun King

Shotgun King is a surprisingly clever strategy game that’s also a silly twist on chess. Punkcake Délicieux In Shotgun King, you play as a mad tyrant fighting to put down a rebellion in his dominion — ...
Post and Courier

Columbia-based chess program expands to Charleston schools, aims to broaden who plays the game

NORTH CHARLESTON — On a recent fall afternoon, a group of students at Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori Elementary leaned over a chessboard, their eyes fixed on coach Susan Key as she pointed at each piece ...
CNN

Scientist turns people’s mental images into text using ‘mind-captioning’ technology

A scientist in Japan has developed a technique that uses brain scans and artificial intelligence to turn a person’s mental images into accurate, descriptive sentences. While there has been progress in ...
CBS News

Google lawsuit accuses China-based cybercriminals of massive text-message phishing scams

Google is filing a federal lawsuit against a network of foreign cybercriminals based in China that is accused of launching massive text-message phishing attacks, the tech giant told CBS News in an ...
The Verge

Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence

Apple will pay Google around $1 billion every year to help power AI features inside Siri, according to a report from Bloomberg. Apple will pay Google around $1 billion every year to help power AI ...
The New York Times

Study Finds Evidence That Text-Based Therapy Eases Depression

A large-scale randomized trial of texting therapy concluded that its outcomes were as good as video sessions in treating depression. By Ellen Barry One of the most popular mental health innovations of ...
Forbes

Upset About AI Energy Use For Text? What About Video Generation?

One thing that listeners are hearing from tech media, from the developers, and from the general public is concerns about how much energy AI uses. That makes sense, for a number of reasons. One major ...
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NC-based chess grand champion dies at 29 years old

Daniel Naroditsky, who trained and coached in Charlotte, died on Monday. He is credited with introducing chess to a wider audience through live streaming. Trump’s Canada Gaffe Steals Spotlight Deion ...