Google Cuts AR Staff as AR Tech Looks Set to Take a Significant Leap
It was another tough day for the tech sector yesterday, with Google announcing a new round of lay-offs, and slashing hundreds of roles from several divisions. As reported by The New York Times, the bulk of the cuts were among those working on Google Assistant, with the company now looking to re-shape the tool around […]
New Report Looks at Key App Usage Trends, the Rise of AI, TikTok and More
More people are spending more money in apps, while users are also spending more of their time on social, even if they’re not posting as many updates themselves. These are some of the findings from data.ai’s latest “State of Mobile” report, which looks at how apps across each consumer category performed in 2023, and where […]
X Will No Longer Support NFT Profile Pictures
Bad news for fans of images of cartoon monkeys, with X removing its support for NFT profile pictures, which, till this week, had been a feature included in its X Premium package. Originally launched in 2022, as a feature of its paid “Twitter Blue” offering, NFT profile pictures enabled digital art enthusiasts to showcase their […]
OpenAI Launches GPT Store To Provide More Specialized Assistants
OpenAI’s much anticipated GPT Store is now live, providing ChatGPT users with access to a range of custom apps and tools, all built on OpenAI’s AI models. As you can see in this example, OpenAI’s GPT Store will enable users to choose from specialized ChatGPT tools, that will provide more specific guidance and outputs based […]
Meta’s New Disclosure Requirements for Digitally Altered Ad Content Are Now in Effect
Meta’s new disclosure requirements for digitally altered political ads are now in effect, with all advertisers looking to run ads about social issues, elections, and politics now required to indicate when their ad “contains a photorealistic image or video, or realistic sounding audio, that was digitally created or altered by AI or other methods”. Meta […]
X May Look to Gate Some Video Content to Premium Subscribers Only
Along with X’s new slate of video programming, headlined by exclusive shows from popular TV identities Don Lemon, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jim Rome, the platform is also exploring a new monetization avenue for that content, which will push users to subscribe to X Premium in order to view certain episodes and updates. That’s according to a […]
X May Look to Gate Some Video Content to X Premium Subscribers Only
Along with X’s new slate of video programming, headlined by exclusive shows from popular TV identities Don Lemon, Tulsi Gabbard, and Jim Rome, the platform is also exploring a new monetization avenue for that content, which will push users to subscribe to X Premium in order to view certain episodes and updates. That’s according to a […]
New Report Looks at Key App Usage Trends, Including the Rise of AI, TikTok and More
More people are spending more money in apps, while users are also spending more of their time on social, even if they’re not posting as many updates themselves. These are some of the findings from data.ai’s latest “State of Mobile” report, which looks at how apps across each consumer category performed in 2023, and where […]
Meta’s New Disclosure Requirements for Digitally Altered Ad Content Are Now in Effect
Meta’s new disclosure requirements for digitally altered political ads are now in effect, with all advertisers looking to run ads about social issues, elections, and politics now required to indicate when their ad “contains a photorealistic image or video, or realistic sounding audio, that was digitally created or altered by AI or other methods”. Meta […]
OpenAI Launches ‘GPT Store’ to Provide More Specialized AI Assistants
OpenAI’s much anticipated “GPT Store” is now live, providing ChatGPT users with access to a range of custom apps and tools, all built on OpenAI’s AI models. As you can see in this example, OpenAI’s GPT Store will enable users to choose from specialized ChatGPT tools, that will provide more specific guidance and outputs based […]