Everyday AI · Page 2
the assistants, apps and tricks changing how ordinary people work, learn and live

Loudcasting: Why Strangers Blasting Phone Videos in Public Is Getting Worse
More people than ever are watching reels and clips on public transport without headphones. Is there anything the rest of us can actually do about it?

Google Search now leads with AI answers. Is that better or worse for you?
Billions of people use Google every day without thinking about it. That habit is changing fast, and not everyone is happy with the new experience.

AI in the Classroom: How One School Stopped Panicking and Started Teaching With It
Cheshire Academy in Connecticut tried banning AI, then tried ignoring it. Neither worked. Here is what they are doing instead.

A Escola de Negócios de Harvard Está a Usar Avatares de IA para Treinar Estudantes do Bootcamp de Startups de $699
Uma cópia digital de um verdadeiro investidor de capital de risco está agora a fornecer feedback a empreendedores em formação. Os estudantes dizem que gostam. O investidor admite que é um pouco assustador.

Argumentistas e realizadores de Hollywood estão a treinar IA para os substituir, e estão a ser pagos para o fazer
Argumentistas e produtores premiados estão a aceitar trabalho ocasional ensinando sistemas de IA o seu ofício, ganhando entre 12 e 200 dólares por hora, naquilo que um criativo descreveu como cavar a cova da sua própria profissão.

LinkedIn's 'AI Slop' Button Has Been Clicked Over a Million Times
The platform says views on posts flagged as AI-generated have dropped 40 percent in just a few weeks, as users take the fight against filler content into their own hands.

From a Village With One TV to Building AI Tools in Milwaukee
Balaji Ingole grew up in rural India without a computer in sight. Now he's using AI agents to cut months of e-commerce grunt work down to days.

You probably can't tell when someone's Meta AI glasses are recording you
Smart glasses are showing up in schools, courts and restaurants. Bans are spreading, but spotting a pair in the wild is harder than you'd think.

ChatGPT Can Now Read, Send, and Delete Your Apple Messages
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plugin lets ChatGPT draft texts, search your message history, and hit send on your behalf. Handy? Yes. Worth a close look at the privacy small print? Also yes.

Google Discover Is Getting an AI Chat Box So You Can Just Tell It What You Want
A new chatbot-style panel in the Google app will let you describe your ideal feed in plain English, and Google's AI will adjust it on the spot.

Google Lets Publishers Add a 'Favourite Source' Button to Fight AI Search Traffic Losses
A new embeddable button lets readers tell Google which news sites they trust, nudging the algorithm to show those sites more often in Search, Discover, and Google News.

This $120 Smart Display Wants to Run Your Whole Household, Not Just Your Calendar
Linkdaze is a touchscreen wall tablet that pulls together every family member's schedule, plans meals from a photo, and skips the monthly subscription fee its rivals charge.

One in three web pages published since ChatGPT launched now shows signs of AI authorship
A Pew Research study of nearly half a million web pages found that 35% of those published after November 2022 carry signs of AI writing. Meanwhile, bots are also doing most of the browsing.

OpenAI's new ChatGPT for Teens is here, with parent controls baked in
A tie-up with CodeAI aims to teach high schoolers how AI actually works, not just how to ask it for essay help.

When Real Faces Start to Look Like Filters: AI Beauty and the Uncanny Mirror
A growing unease is spreading through social media: real people are starting to look like edited versions of themselves. What does that mean for how we see our own faces?