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May 22, 2024
NEWS
The Wall Street Journal

Why Microsoft Is Spreading Its AI Bets to PCs
The software giant kicked off its annual Build developers conference this week with a focus on hardware. The wares on display were mostly new versions of the company’s Surface laptops and tablets designed with generative artificial-intelligence …
WIRED

Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads
Google is set to start mixing ads into its new AI-generated search answers. It’s a test of how the company’s biggest revenue stream can adapt to the age of generative AI.
The Atlantic

Scientists Are Very Worried About NASA’s Mars Plan
The Mars Sample Return mission, known as MSR for short, is one of the boldest undertakings in NASA history, as consequential as it is complicated. The endeavor, which involves sending an extra spacecraft to the red planet to retrieve the samples, serves as …
Visual Studio Magazine

Azure AI Studio Now Generally Available, Sporting New Models Both Big and Small
Azure AI Studio is now generally available, emerging from preview on day one of the Microsoft Build 2024 developer conference. Azure AI Studio serves as a cloud-based platform — akin to an IDE — for developing and deploying generative AI applications …
The Verge

Microsoft Edge will translate and dub YouTube videos as you’re watching them
Microsoft Edge will soon offer real-time video translation on sites like YouTube, LinkedIn, Coursera, and more. As part of this year’s Build event, Microsoft announced that the new AI-powered feature will be able to translate spoken content through …
CNBC

‘Big Short’ investor Steve Eisman predicts huge Apple refresh cycle ahead due to AI
‘Big Short’ investor Steve Eisman predicts huge Apple refresh cycle ahead due to AI. 04:32. AI-related valuations are investing ‘way, way into the future’, says Susquehanna’s Chris Rolland. 04:38. AI and consumer earnings among most important reports …
NPR

COMIC: How to have a healthy relationship with guilt
Have a good gut-check person. Talk to a close friend or family member. Malaka Gharib. The comic was edited by Andee Tagle …
GeekWire

Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ AI assistant runs meetings, manages projects, assigns tasks
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announces Team Copilot at Microsoft Build on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings …
WALB

BNN

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Wants Us to Stop Treating AI Like Humans
“I don’t like anthropomorphizing AI,” Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella told Bloomberg Television on Monday, referring to the practice of using verbs and nouns to describe AI that are typically reserved for people. “I sort of believe …