Hilton’s AI Trip Planner Wants To Book Your Travel. Customers Aren’t So Sure Yet.
The hotel is using AI to keep bookings in-house, but most travelers still don’t trust a chatbot to plan their vacation.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
This Company Warns Applicants About Its ‘Controversial’ Jobs. 800,000 People Still Applied.
The tech company owns both Vimeo and AOL.
Claude Submitted a Fake Homicide Tip to Police, Raising New AI Safety Concerns
The chatbot gave a fake homicide tip to police and filed unauthorized visa applications.
Elon Musk Admits He Has ‘No Idea How to Make Microchips.’ He’s Building a $15 Billion Chip Factory Anyway.
Musk is betting that his experience building cars and rockets will help him take on the world’s top chipmakers. How hard could it be?
Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company
Could AI actually make PR better?
Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation
Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies.
This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes
Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch.
Fitbit Edge is Google’s middle ground between Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch
Google’s newest wearable costs $179.99 and has a sleek feel like the Fitbit Air but with an OLED display.
Smart ring maker Ultrahuman to roll out biological-age model across UAE
Ultrahuman and Abu Dhabi will spend the next two years working on research and clinical validation of the model.
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