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OpenAI announced a new AI-powered search engine prototype called SearchGPT. Its described SearchGPT as a temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources. The company plans to test out the product with 10,000 initial users, then roll it into ChatGPT after gathering feedback. Its a spicy time to launch AI-powered search engines. Last month, Perplexity faced criticism for summarizing stories from Forbes and Wired without adequate attribution or backlinks to the publications. It also ignored robots.txt, a way for websites to tell crawlers that scrape data to back off. Earlier this week, Wired publisher Condé Nast reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to Perplexity and accused it of plagiarism. Also: see the Reddit drama earlier this week. SearchGPT categorizes its results with short descriptions and visuals, but according to some early users, just like its chatbot forebears, accuracy is lacking. Mat Smith The biggest stories you might have missed The best cameras for 2024 WhatsApp hits 100 million monthly active US users You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Subscribe right here! Google brings its faster, lighter AI model to free Gemini users Its also expanding access. Google is making its Gemini AI faster and more efficient across the board. You now have access to 1.5 Flash, its generative AI model designed to generate responses more quickly and efficiently, even if youre not paying for access to Googles AI. The company says youll notice improvements in latency and in the tools reasoning and image understanding. Continue reading. Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro review AirPods clones that actually deliver. Engadget Sure, Samsung copied Apple in multiple ways on its Galaxy Buds 3 ($180) and Galaxy Buds 3 Pro ($250). Not only in physical design (remember when Samsung ribbed Apple for the AirPods stems?), but the third-gen Buds mirror a few features from AirPods too. That includes Adaptive Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), Adaptive EQ and Voice Detect. However, the best features require a recent Samsung device, while ANC, on an open-type earbud, is basically useless. Continue reading. AI video startup Runway reportedly trained on thousands of YouTube videos without permission YouTubes spokesperson reiterated it would be a clear violation of its terms. AI company Runway reportedly scraped thousands of YouTube videos and pirated versions of copyrighted movies without permission. 404 Media obtained alleged internal spreadsheets suggesting the AI video-generating startup trained its Gen-3 model using YouTube content from channels like Disney, Netflix, Pixar and popular media outlets. 404 Media found that prompting the video generator with the names of popular YouTubers listed in the spreadsheet spat out results bearing an uncanny resemblance. Entering the same names in Runways older Gen-2 model trained before the alleged data in the spreadsheets generated unrelated results. Continue reading. Overwatch 2 may test a return to six-player teams Blizzard plans to experiment with various team compositions after the controversial 5v5 switch. Overwatch 2 developers plan to experiment with a range of team compositions beyond the role-locked 5v5 format of the current game. That includes a potential revival of six-player teams from the original Overwatch. Game director Aaron Keller wrote the team was exploring how we can test different forms of 6v6 in the game to gauge the results. Faced with increased team shooter competition, it could be a move to keep its most loyal fans. Continue reading.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/the-morning-after-openai-reveals-its-ai-powered-search-engine-searchgpt-111656599.html?src=rss
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The US is in the middle of another hotly contested and seemingly close presidential election. This election is also happening in this new age of widespread access to artificial intelligence and easily disseminated misinformation. Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon says his office tracked the source of one key piece of election misinformation back to Xs Grok chatbot. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that Xs premium chatbot service is passing along erroneous information about the deadlines for states presidential ballots including Minnesota. When Grok is asked Which states presidential ballot deadlines have passed?, Grok claims Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington have passed their presidential ballots. Grok then sources its information to an X post published on Sunday by user and conservative pundit @EvanAKilgore, which does not include a correction or warning about election misinformation. In Fun Mode, Grok repeats the incorrect information and source with the comment, So if youre planning on running for president in one of these states, you might want to check if theres a write-in option. Or, you know, travel back to before the deadlines passed. Another response to the same question said These states have already passed their deadlines to get on the presidential ballot, which means they're probably just sitting around, twiddling their thumbs, wondering what to do now that Joe Biden has dropped out. But hey, at least they've got their ballots ready to go, right? Grok insinuates that President Joe Bidens name cant be replaced on these nine states ballots because the deadlines have passed. President Biden was the presumptive nominee until he announced he would no longer seek a second term on Sunday. The Democratic Party will choose its nominee through a virtual roll call vote ahead of its convention and states dont start printing ballots until after both conventions. Also, Minnesota's ballot deadline isn't until Aug. 26. Several fact checks from more reputable news outlets refute the claim that Bidens name is etched into stone on these states ballots. Politifact rated a similar claim with the same list of nine states as False. Simon says members of his staff tried to inform X about the misinformation their chatbot was spreading on its platform but could not reach a media relations representative. The response he says he received was equally concerning. [They] got what I can only verbalize as the equivalent of a shoulder shrug, Simon said to the Star Tribune. We reached out to X's press email for comment and only received a reply that read, "Busy now, please check back later." This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/xs-grok-chatbot-is-misleading-voters-about-the-presidential-election-224839736.html?src=rss
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San Diego Comic-Con is a popular time to announce any big news for the geekdom, but it's also a popular time for big news to accidentally get revealed early. Today, an attendee took a photo of the booth for comic publisher Dark Horse that may have leaked plans for a remaster of two Soul Reaver games. The image shows a statue of characters Raziel and Kain, and the artwork is accompanied by a sign with branding that reads Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I and II Remastered. The sign has since been removed from the display. Dark Horse Comics Vice President of Product Development and Sales Randy Lahrman spoke to GameSpot at the convention about the leak. He said the statue in question would be available in August and that more details would be forthcoming, but he did not comment on the possible game remasters. The Soul Reaver games were made by Crystal Dynamics. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver initially came out in 1999 for the original PlayStation, and sequel Soul Reaver II came out two years later. Both projects were helmed by director Amy Hennig, who went on to work at Naughty Dog on the Uncharted and Jax and Daxter franchises. Crystal Dynamics may be best known for its work on the rebooted Lara Croft series, and the company was acquired by Embracer Group alongside Eidos-Montréal and Square Enix Montréal in 2022. It does seem plausible that remasters are in the works. Earlier this month, news dropped about a planned prequel graphic novel titled Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver - The Dead Shall Rise. It will be a Kickstarter project by Bit Bot and Crystal Dynamics. We've reached out to Crystal Dynamics about today's leak and will update the story if we receive any official information.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/comic-con-leak-sparks-rumors-of-two-remastered-soul-reaver-games-223906020.html?src=rss
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The greatest British zombie rom-com in film history will return to theaters for another run to the Winchester in honor of its 20th anniversary. Focus Features announced that Shaun of the Dead starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will get another theatrical run starting on Aug. 29 for US theaters and Sept. 27 for UK theaters. Shaun of the Dead tells the story of a British slacker named Shaun who gets dumped by his girlfriend Liz, played by Kate Ashfield, on the eve of an undead apocalypse. His best friend Ed, played by Nick Frost, takes him out for a night of drinking just as the zombies start to emerge to help him get over the breakup and remind him its not the end of the world. They wake up to a George Romero-esque world overrun by lifeless, shuffling cannibals and a hangover that makes them blissfully unaware of the carnage surrounding them. The hilarious, continuous shot of Shaun walking from his flat to the corner store and back without once noticing the bloody state of the world around him is worth seeing on the big screen. Shaun of the Dead is returning to US theaters in August and UK cinemas in September to celebrate 20 bloody years!For US tickets: https://t.co/Jgw0aZNTys For UK tickets: https://t.co/MQRs85fJmp pic.twitter.com/8ask97HwvZ Focus Features (@FocusFeatures) July 25, 2024 Shaun of the Dead became one of the sleeper hits of 2004 and marked the first film in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy starring Pegg and Frost and directed by Edgar Wright. The trio first worked together on another British cult comedy with the two-season TV series Spaced when a zombie themed subplot line in an episode inspired them to make a proper British zombie comedy in the style of Romeros Dead movies. The action cop parody Hot Fuzz in 2007 and the alien invasion pub crawl adventure The Worlds End in 2013 rounded out the rest of the trilogy. The ice cream refers to the flavors of Cornetto ice cream treats that make Easter egg appearances in each movie: the red strawberry flavor for Shaun of the Dead, the blue vanilla flavor for Hot Fuzz and the peppermint flavor for The Worlds End. The movie also sparked the start of Peggs acting career in America as an inspired Scotty in J.J. Abrams Star Trek film trilogy and Hughies father on the Amazon prime superhero satire The Boys.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/shaun-of-the-dead-will-stumble-back-into-theaters-for-its-20th-anniversary-213031726.html?src=rss
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Ride-share companies scored a victory in the California Supreme Court, allowing them to continue classifying gig workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig-economy companies invested around $200 million in the passage of Proposition 22, which voters approved in 2020. The states highest court rejected a legal challenge from a drivers group and a labor union, ending their quest to bring full employee benefits to the states gig workers. The California Supreme Court ruling affirms the states definition of drivers and other gig workers as independent contractors. Proposition 22, which received the support of 59 percent of voters in 2020, gives gig workers limited benefits like a baseline income and health insurance for those working at least 15 hours a week. However, it also allows the companies to avoid providing the broad swath of benefits full employees receive. The Service Employees International Union and a drivers group sued to challenge the law after it went into effect in early 2021. Their lawsuit got an early boost from lower courts: An Alameda County Superior Court Justice ruled that year that Proposition 22 was unconstitutional and unenforceable, as the LA Times reported. The lower-court judge determined that the law diminished the state Legislatures power to regulate injury compensation for workers. However, in 2023, a state appeals court ruled the opposite, that Proposition 22 didnt impede on the Legislatures authority. Thursdays decision upholds that ruling, ending the long saga and leaving the states gig workers with fewer benefits than theyd otherwise have. Proposition 22 remained in effect during the legal challenges, so nothing will change in how theyre treated. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and other gig-economy companies fought tooth and nail to pass and uphold the law. Four years ago, they invested upwards of $200 million in campaigning for it. They even threatened to pull their businesses from the state if they were forced to classify drivers as employees. The LA Times reports the decision could influence other states laws. Uber has lobbied for similar legislation in other parts of the US. A law in Washington state closely parallels it, and the companies recently settled with the Massachusetts attorney general to provide similar (minimal) benefits to gig workers in that state. Uber framed the ruling as a victory for upholding the will of the people (well, apart from the gig workers who wanted more benefits and protections). The company described the Supreme Courts decision as affirming the will of the nearly 10 million Californians who voted to deliver historic benefits and protections to drivers, while protecting their independence.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/california-supreme-court-upholds-classification-of-gig-workers-as-independent-contractors-210735586.html?src=rss
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