AI has already given us some weird demos. And friends, it’s only going to get weirder from here. As the tech world runs screaming head first into the uncanny valley, lines will blur and everything will continue getting stranger. Take, for example, Wednesday’s Meta Connect keynote. There was a constant drum beat of Meta AI […]
Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats
Discord, one of the largest group chat apps in the world, announced on Tuesday that audio and video calls inside the platform will now be end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), meaning even Discord won’t know what users in those conversations talk about. In the last 10 years, end-to-end encrypted chat went from being a rare exception — […]
Telegram quietly enables users to report private chats to moderators after founder’s arrest
Telegram has quietly updated its policy to allow users to report private chats to its moderators following the arrest of founder Pavel Durov in France over “crimes committed by third parties” on the platform. The messaging app, which serves nearly 1 billion monthly active users, has long maintained a reputation for minimal supervision of user […]
TikTok comes for messaging apps with the addition of group chats
TikTok looks to be taking on popular messaging services like Meta’s WhatsApp and Apple’s Messages, as the company announced on Monday that it’s adding group chats to its platform. You can now create group chats with up to 32 people to chat and share content together. While people often share TikTok videos with each other […]
Rabbit’s r1 refines chats and timers, but its app-using ‘action model’ is still MIA
Rabbit’s r1, the AI assistant gadget whose hype train has somewhat slowed since its debut at CES, has some updates to share — but probably not anything that will change its critics’ minds just yet. A new “beta rabbit” mode adds some conversational AI chops to the device, particularly in more complex or multi-step instructions. […]