My FanCam is Samsung’s AI video editor for focusing on your favorites.
A fancy person detection algorithm picks subjects to focus on, and crops video to track your favorite. Samsung is pitching it for fans and stans, but I suspect it’ll get more…
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Apple is embracing the fantasy of AI photo editing
…photograph of the person as a reference. The manipulated image doesn’t just add the cake, it also entirely replaces the original background. Until now, Apple avoided photorealistic AI generation. Image Playground…
Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI
…Magnifica Humanitas is the pope’s manifesto on “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence,” in which he discusses the dangers of AI-powered warfare, the effects of AI…
Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses
…year: “[C]onversation focus uses your AI glasses’ open-ear speakers, beamforming technology, and real-time spatial processing to dynamically amplify the voice of the person you’re talking to.” Not only…
Microsoft updates Copilot with the greatest hits from other AIs
…None of these features are firsts — ChatGPT added memory features last year, Google Gemini has a vision mode, and absolutely every AI company wants to build personalized AI agents — but adding them…
AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed
…In the year that followed, it would become one of the strangest manifestations of a rise in highly personal, highly persuasive AI. And while GPT-4o is long retired, new models aren…
Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to
…This creates a narrow channel for human-AI collaboration that limits how much of a person’s knowledge, intent, and judgement can reach the model, and how much of the model’s…
Meta is making its AI chatbot more like an assistant
…In a blog post, Meta says this update marks its “next step toward personal superintelligence,” something CEO Mark Zuckerberg has touted as the future of AI. Meta is powering the update with…
Today’s Vergecast: Nvidia just started a new chip war.
Nvidia is betting that AI is going to change the way you use your computer — and with a new chip, the RTX Spark, it’s hoping to ensure it powers that new…
Vibe coding is coming to your phone
…If it works as advertised — again, emphasis on if — it kind of unlocks a whole new level of personalization for your phone. Google calls the AI-generated widgets a first step toward…