Category: News
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Google expands Gemini for academic work
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Google is expanding Gemini with new features for studying and exam preparation and combining them with a special subscription offer. Students worldwide can use Google AI Plus free of charge for one year, including 400 GB of storage. According to Google, the offer can be activated until 31 December 2026 and will then renew as…
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AI continues to gain importance in everyday business
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A recent McKinsey survey of 1,719 professionals and executives across 97 countries shows that the wider use of AI has so far had only a limited impact on company profits. Nevertheless, around 37% of respondents report a positive effect on operating profit, roughly the same proportion as last year. Companies also report benefits in areas…
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Time Magazine seeks to influence AI models: Perplexity pushes back
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Time Magazine is experimenting with a new advertising model aimed not at human readers but specifically at AI crawlers such as ClaudeBot, OAI-SearchBot and PerplexityBot. The publisher is also making its articles available in simplified Markdown versions that are easier for AI systems to process. These versions include sponsored content designed to influence which information…
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Switching chatbots without losing what they know about you?
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Anyone switching AI chatbots will want to preserve as much as possible of the information that has built up over time. With regular use, the existing system often becomes familiar with users’ working methods, recurring tasks and preferred wording. When moving to another provider, however, this contextual knowledge is not automatically carried over. Two approaches…
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Google Adjusts Data Storage for AI Training
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Google recently changed its privacy settings and can now store additional user data, including images, files, and audio and video recordings. This data may be used to improve and train its own AI models unless users opt out. This also includes images uploaded via Google Lens, as well as voice input and audio recordings. Voice…