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NYC and Dublin lose their portal privileges

 In a development surprising no one, the headline-making pair of giant video portals that allow people in NYC and Dublin to see each other via livestream have been temporarily shut down less than a week into their existence due to inappropriate behaviour from some passers-by.  

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Your resume needs to be AI-proof

AI is calling the shots when it comes to snagging an interview for your dream job, so your resume better stand out.

The AI agents are coming

What might seem like really cool new chatbots are the latest steps towards what several big tech companies hope will be the future of AI.

Why big tech loves to get up in Arms

If you thought the AI boom was done turning companies into tech giants, think again.

A new crop of AI assistants has arrived

Big Tech is doing its absolute best to make the Joaquin Phoenix movie Her (you know, the one where a man falls in love with an operating system) become a reality. 

Driving the news: It was a busy two days in Silicon Valley. Yesterday, Google unveiled an “AI agent” called Project Astra that can respond to video, text, and voice prompts. The day before, OpenAI launched its own AI virtual assistant powered by its newest model, GPT-4o. 

Eric Morrow on how banks are using AI

 On this week’s episode of Free Lunch, we sat down with Eric Morrow, managing director of BMO's enterprise data science and AI group, to discuss the use cases of AI in banking.

TikTok takes on AI fakes and phonies

Like an angry punk rocker yelling at poseurs, TikTok has a plan to call out all (AI) fakes.

What happened: TikTok is poised to become the first social media platform to automatically label AI-generated images and videos on its app. Over the next few months, permanent digital watermarks will be added to such content, with the aim to expand to audio-only posts.

TikTok is making Gen Zers think they’re poor

Even if you’re doing well financially, TikTok has a funny way of making you feel broke. 

New iPads are the first step in Apple’s AI play

Apple’s big event yesterday was less about getting a look at new tablets and more about what’s inside of them.