Gemini adds voice dictation, OpenAI hints at hardware

Gemini's new voice feature lets you talk to type, while OpenAI is giving free access to researchers and hinting at future devices.

Gemini

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You can now press and hold the Fn key to dictate text directly into any window on your computer.

Gemini has a new voice feature that works like dictation. You just press and hold the 'Fn' key on your keyboard, start talking, and Gemini will type out what you say in whatever app you're using.

It's designed to make writing emails or documents faster.

A new, upgraded version of the 'Flash' model is now available for faster everyday tasks.

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ChatGPT

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OpenAI's president confirmed the company is working on a 'family of devices' to use with its AI.

In a recent interview, OpenAI's president Greg Brockman said the company is exploring creating its own hardware.

He described it as a 'family of devices' designed for interacting with AI, but didn't give any specifics on what they might be or when they would come out.

Original reportingOpenAI president says it’s ‘building a family of devices’ for its AI chatbots (The Verge)Read original ↗

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The company is giving 100,000 academic researchers free access to its most advanced AI tools.

OpenAI has launched a new program to support scientific research.

It will provide 100,000 researchers at academic institutions with free access to its best AI, including ChatGPT, to help them with their work and encourage new discoveries.

Original reportingAccelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic ResearchersRead original ↗

Grok

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In Minnesota, the state legislature passed a law targeting “nudification” technology, prohibiting site owners from allowing people to “access, download, or use” such software.

Back in January, Grok flooded the internet with millions of sexually explicit deepfakes , including…

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Claude Code

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The inside story of how Claude Code went from an internal CLI to Anthropic's coding agent, told by researchers, engineers and early users who built it.

The Making of Claude Code

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