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Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence startup xAI will be integrated into his social media platform X and also be available as a standalone app, he said on Sunday in a post. The billionaire also said xAI released its first AI model, a bot named Grok, after making it available to all X Premium+ subscribers on Friday.

Louise Matsakis / Wired: Influencers on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other sites are using affiliate links for Chinese ecommerce sites like Pandabuy and DHGate to promote knockoffs  —  Influencers on TikTok and Reddit earn a cut of the counterfeit goods trade by promoting high-quality “replicas” sourced from ecommerce sites in China. Source link

The Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2023 has finally reached its last days. During the entire sale period, which started from October 8 for all the Amazon users, the e-commerce giant has offered discounts on smartphones, laptops, audio devices and electronics items for home. Throughout the duration of last one month, Amazon has also clubbed

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: Looking back at “Deep Learning is Hitting a Wall”, a 2022 article ridiculed by many, and how it still seems that a paradigm shift is needed to attain AGI  —  Report card on an infamous paper.  —  Two years ago today I published my most infamous article: Source link

A robotic device to detect slippery floorings, a wearable pressure sensor to analyze gait patterns and postural deformities, an engineered microbiome and a digital microscope, are among the key technologies showcased at the annual Open House at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.  The 16th edition of the Open House, its flagship event for school students,

Boone Ashworth / Wired: A look at AI-enabled dolls, such as those made by South Korea’s Hyodol and Israel’s Intuition Robotics, which offer companionship and assistance to older adults  —  Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they’re recording, listening—and talking back. Source link

JioMotive, a plug-and-play 4G GPS tracker for cars, has been launched by Reliance Jio. The car tracker is very easy to use as it connects to the vehicle’s OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) port to perform its functions. It can help trace a lot of important functions including the real-time location of a vehicle, driving behaviour as

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Amazon has began the countdown to the Great Indian Festival Sale 2023 with its Finale Days sale. The e-commerce website has listed some of the best products on its catalogue on discount during the ongoing sale offer. Apart from electronic devices like smartphones and tablets, one can also choose to buy audio wearables at the