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Andrew Tarantola

Andrew Tarantola

Computing Writer

Andrew has spent more than a decade reporting on emerging technologies ranging from robotics and machine learning to space science, medicine, green energy and automated transportation. He has previous bylines at Engadget and Gizmodo, and will be covering all things AI at Digital Trends.

AI Overviews being shown in Google Search.

Despite early blowback, Google expands AI Overviews

AI Overviews gets new features and expands outside of the U.S.
Computing News
Elon Musk as Wario in a sketch from Saturday Night Live.

Grok 2.0 takes the guardrails off AI image generation

Elon Musk's xAI released its updated Grok-2 AI, which features image generation without content guardrails.
Computing News
A laptop screen shows the home page for ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot.

There’s something strange about the latest update to ChatGPT

OpenAI has revealed a new update to GPT-4o, but it won't say exactly what has been changed.
Computing News
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How to use Gemini AI to create presentations in Google Slides

Gemini AI takes the pain out of creating slideshow presentations, but not watching them.
Computing Guides
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How to use Gemini AI to master Google Sheets

Discover how Gemini can enhance your ability to analyze data, automate repetitive tasks, and optimize your entire spreadsheet experience In Google Sheets.
Computing Guides
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A modular supercomputer built to birth AGI could be online by next year

The first node of the network is expected to come online in September.
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How to use Gemini AI to write anything in Google Docs

Gemini AI is revolutionizing the way we create content within Google Docs. Here's how to get the most out of your $20/month writing assistant.
Computing Guides
ChatGPT results on an iPhone.

ChatGPT can now generate images for free using Dall-E

OpenAI's Dall-E 3 image generator is now available to use for free, but with some restrictions.
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More AI may be coming to YouTube in a big way

The "brainstorm with Gemini" experiment marks Google's second foray into including AI assistance in the YouTube creative process.
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The ChatGPT app for Mac just got this helpful new feature

Using Option + Space, the ChatGPT app for Mac can now open up side by side with other apps.
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Figure’s latest robot is already in testing at a BMW plant

The Figure 02 runs 50% longer with three times the compute and inference power of its predecessor.
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Nvidia reportedly caught scraping AI data from Netflix and YouTube (again)

Nvidia helped itself to "a human lifetime visual experience worth of training data per day," according to company execs.
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Nothing Phone 2a and ChatGPT voice mode.

ChatGPT Advanced Voice mode: release date, compatibility, and more

OpenAI has finally released its highly anticipated Advanced Voice feature to a select few of its ChatGPT-Plus subscribers, but everybody will have it by fall.
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An accurate ChatGPT watermarking tool may exist, but OpenAI won’t release it

ChatGPT has reportedly been considering implementation of a text-detection tool for over a year now.
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Meta AI's Dungeon Master looks like Snoop Dogg.

Apparently, no one wanted to talk to Meta’s ‘creepy’ AI celebrities

If you hadn't noticed the end of Meta's celebrity chatbot program, don't worry, neither did anyone else.
Computing News
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Meta’s next AI model to require nearly 10 times the power to train

Mark Zuckerberg expects the compute requirements for next year's Llama 4 to be "10 times" that of last month's Llama 3.
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Apple Intelligence features.

Apple Intelligence: release date, features, privacy, and more

Apple Intelligence is Apple's take on AI, and it's coming to a device near you very soon.
Computing Guides
Nothing Phone 2a and ChatGPT voice mode.

All the wild things people are doing with ChatGPT’s new Voice Mode

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode arrived on Tuesday for a select few OpenAI subscribers chosen to be part of the highly-anticipated feature's alpha release.
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Copilot Pro: how to use Microsoft’s advanced AI sidekick

Get ready to transform Copilot Pro from a helpful tool to a productivity powerhouse.
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Apple Intelligence update on iPhone 15 Pro Max.

We just learned something surprising about how Apple Intelligence was trained

This could signal the start of a wider industry revolt against the so-called "Nvidia tax."
Computing News
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AI can now place a digital Coca-Cola next to any meal

The Coca-Cola Company announced Monday that it has partnered with WPP Open X in an effort to incorporate AI from Nvidia into its global ad campaigns. 
Computing News
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This breakthrough memory technology could make AI 1,000 times more efficient

Engineering researchers have developed and demonstrated a new computer memory design that could drastically reduce the amount of energy AI systems consume.
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ChatGPT’s highly anticipated Advanced Voice could arrive ‘next week’

ChatGPT's Advanced Voice feature could arrive soon, but only a lucky few will be part of July's alpha test.
Computing News
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Microsoft Copilot: how to use this powerful AI assistant

Dive in to unlock the full potential of Microsoft's Copilot and transform the way you work.
Computing Guides
An AI-generated image of a woman with blonde hair.

This new AI video generator just completely outdid Sora

Kling can generate videos up to 2 minutes in length, though they start at just 5 seconds.
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Google Gemini on smartphone.

Google strikes back with its own lightweight AI model

Google announced Thursday that it is releasing Gemini 1.5 Flash, it's snack-sized large language model, to all users, including the free tier.
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ChatGPT vs. Copilot: two sides of the same AI coin

ChatGPT and Copilot are two of the most popular platforms today. Both run on GPT-4, but which is best for you?
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Meta unveils Llama 3.1, its biggest and best open source model yet

The new LLM will be available in three sizes — 8B, 70B, and 405B parameters, with the latter being the largest open-source AI built to date
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Elon Musk stands looking to his right.

Musk promises to deliver ‘the world’s most powerful AI’ by later this year

Musk has stated that Grok 3 will be a huge improvement and topple its competitors when it supposedly launches in late 2024.
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Musk doubles down on promises for Optimus humanoid robots

The company is promising "genuinely useful humanoid robots" if they ever do arrive.
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Google Gemini on smartphone.

What is Gemini Advanced? Here’s how to use Google’s premium AI

Gemini Advanced suite brings AI features to the entire ecosystem of Google apps. Here's how to use it.
Computing Guides
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The best free AI video generators you can try out today

These text-to-video and image-to-video AI generators are really fun to play with, and let you try them out for free.
Computing Guides
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Apple denies reports that its AI was trained on YouTube videos

According to a new report from Proof News, Apple has been using a dataset containing the subtitles of 173,536 YouTube videos to train its AI.
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ChatGPT results on an iPhone.

OpenAI just took the shackles off the free version of ChatGPT

GPT-4o mini is both less resource intensive and cheaper to operate than its the standard GPT-4 model.
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