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Jina AI and Firecrawl compete in the URL-to-structured-text extraction market for large language models. Jina AI's Reader endpoint uses a 1.5-billion-parameter model to convert web pages into clean Markdown or JSON, whil…
Apple announced a dramatically improved Siri AI at WWDC, but enthusiasts on X and Reddit quickly concluded the new assistant is merely a rebranded version of Google's Gemini. Apple executives later clarified in a private…
A Terminal command workaround allows macOS 27 Golden Gate developer beta users to bypass the Siri AI waitlist and immediately enable the new virtual assistant. The command disables the waitlist flag in the system's featu…
SpringerNature is contacting the friends and relatives of deceased academics to request peer reviews, as revealed by a literary executor who received review requests for a mentor who died three years ago. The publisher’s…
DubGuild raised ¥2.1 billion in seed funding led by JAFCO to develop a text-free, voice-focused AI model, signaling Japan's strategic push to build sovereign AI capabilities in niche areas. The investment, supported by M…
A developer built a 340-million-parameter vintage LLM from nearly scratch, training it exclusively on texts from before 1900 using custom scripts and datasets. The open-source model, available on HuggingFace, is time-loc…
Apple SVP Craig Federighi revealed during a post-WWDC tech talk that Apple's collaboration with Google for Siri AI does not involve using Google's Gemini app, client code, models, infrastructure, or Google Search. Federi…
Rivian partnered with Databricks to build a governed intelligence layer that supports self-service analytics, natural-language exploration, and AI-powered workflows from a single trusted foundation. The electric vehicle …
Artificial intelligence tools can supplement cognitive behavioral therapy for addiction by providing psychoeducation, relapse-prevention prompts, and coping strategies, but they cannot replace human psychotherapy due to …
Researchers have identified three distinct types of addiction to AI chatbots, according to a study published in the 2026 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. The University of British Columbia-led team analy…
Apple released iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate to developers on Tuesday, introducing a significantly upgraded Siri AI with personal context, onscreen awareness, and cross-app actions. The new Siri can access use…
A developer built an interactive map visualizing ~250,000 Roman inscriptions from the Epigraphic Database Clauss-Slaby, using AI to extract personal names, status, and gender with 80–85% accuracy. The tool allows users t…
Apple's WWDC26 keynote introduced Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features, but users will need specific devices to access them. Only iPhone 17 Pro or later models support full on-device AI capabilities, while Intel-based…
Apple has released a new Siri AI feature powered by Apple Intelligence, requiring users to install the iOS 27 developer beta and join a waitlist to access it. The updated Siri is more conversational, understands personal…
Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate update launches with Siri AI, a generative AI chatbot integrated into the operating system, now available in developer betas. A Macworld reporter tested Siri AI on a MacBook Neo with an A18 P…
Google DeepMind's DiffusionGemma, optimized for NVIDIA platforms, generates text tokens in parallel rather than sequentially, achieving up to 1,000 tokens per second on a single NVIDIA H100 GPU. The model, built on the G…
Engadget released a special podcast episode recorded at Apple Park following WWDC 2026, featuring executive editor Cherlynn Low alongside tech journalists Daniel Howley, Brenda Stolyar, and Judner Aura. The panel discuss…
Next week at InfoComm, an idea sprint will challenge participants to apply AI at the edge to transform meeting rooms into intelligent, context-aware robots. The event, which includes mentoring and judging from the author…
Accessibility communications service Nagish has rebranded as Rylo and raised $85 million in growth funding, the company announced on June 9. The round, led by General Catalyst and Canaan alongside existing investors, bri…
Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian said Tuesday that AI-powered sales tools are saving the company's salespeople roughly one full day of work per week while increasing Hyatt's market share of group bookings. Speaking at the Fort…