Chatbots

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  Meta AI Chatbots Will Soon Send Users Proactive Follow-Up Messages to Boost Engagement: Report

  Meta is reportedly training its customisable artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, which can be created in the AI Studio, to be able to message users unprompted. As per the report, the Menlo Park-based social media giant is adding a new capability to its Meta AI-powered chatbots that will allow them to send follow-up texts to users proactively.

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  WhatsApp Business to Soon Get AI Chatbot That Can Make Product Recommendations

  WhatsApp Business users will soon get to use two new features, Meta announced on Tuesday. The company unveiled new features for businesses at its global Conversations conference in Miami. The first feature is aimed at larger businesses that will soon be able to receive and make voice calls to customers.

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  AI Chatbots Can Give False Health Information With Fake Citations: Study

  Well-known AI chatbots can be configured to routinely answer health queries with false information that appears authoritative, complete with fake citations from real medical journals, Australian researchers have found.

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  Baidu Releases Ernie 4.5 Series AI Models in Open-Source, Offers Multi-Hardware Toolkits

  Baidu released the Ernie 4.5 series of artificial intelligence (AI) models in open-source on Monday. The Chinese tech giant had previously said that it would make its proprietary large language models (LLMs) available to the open community on July 31. It has now released 10 different variants of the series, with each of the models built on Mixture-...

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  "Don't Trust AI For Health Advice": Study Warns Of Serious Consequences

  Experts have recommended that AI systems intended for healthcare use should undergo thorough testing in real-world settings.

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  5 Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About AI Chatbot Like ChatGPT

  AI chatbots have already become embedded into some people's lives, but how many really know how they work?

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  Baidu to Open-Source Ernie AI Model Starting Today, Could Make It China’s 2nd DeepSeek Moment

  Baidu, the Chinese tech giant, is making its Ernie artificial intelligence (AI) model open-source on Monday. The company announced the move in February, and has already made its chatbot free to use. This is being viewed as a watershed moment in China’s AI space, as this is the first time a major AI player has decided to release its proprietary te...

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  Canva Launches Deep Research Connector with ChatGPT, Introduces New Open MCP Server

  Canva introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) features for its visual communications platform on Thursday. While these are backend features that will not be visible on the frontend to the user, they significantly improve its capabilities in terms of platform integration. The first new feature is Canva’s deep research connector for ChatGPT...

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  YouTube Introduces AI-Powered Search Results Carousel, Shows a Snapshot of Suggested Videos

  YouTube is adding a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature to its platform. On Thursday, the video streaming giant announced Search Results Carousel, which will show up when users search certain keywords. The new carousel will feature suggested videos in a new layout as well as a text description of the videos to help users learn more about them ...

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  Anthropic Now Lets Claude Users Build and Share AI-Powered Interactive Apps

  Anthropic released a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Claude on Wednesday. This new feature will allow users to create interactive AI-powered applications using the chatbot. Once created, users can also host and share these apps on the platform to let others use them. Interestingly, when others use these apps, the maker will not have to...

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  Gemini Live’s Real-Time Captions Feature Is Now Rolling Out to All Users

  Google is rolling out a real-time captions feature for Gemini Live. The new feature lets users access Gemini Live while the device’s volume is on mute, and shows subtitles for whatever the chatbot says. The feature is available on both Android and iOS. Android users can also customise how the caption appears on the screen.

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  Grok to Get AI-Powered File Editor Feature With Spreadsheet Support, Tipster Claims

  Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by xAI, might soon get a file editor feature. A tipster claimed that the Elon Musk-owned AI firm is working on this feature, which might support different file types, including spreadsheets. With this, users can chat with Grok and ask it to make changes to various documents.

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  Perplexity Bot on X Gets AI-Powered Video Generation Capability, Available to All Users

  X (formerly known as Twitter) users can now generate artificial intelligence (AI) videos using Perplexity’s chatbot on the platform. On June 19, the company announced that users can now write a prompt to generate a video when tagging “@AskPerplexity” in their posts and top-level comments. The feature is available to all X users.

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  Google's AI Chatbot Panics When Playing Video Game Meant For Children

  During the two playthroughs, the Gemini team at DeepMind observed an interesting phenomenon they describe as 'Agent Panic'.

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  Man With Girlfriend And Child Proposes To AI Chatbot, Cries After She Says 'Yes'

  Chris Smith has a girlfriend and a two-year-old child, but he appears to be head over heels for an AI chatbot named Sol.