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The Development of Microsoft Bing’s Chatbot Jordi Ribas and his team at Microsoft have achieved incredible success with the introduction of Bing chat, a search tool that combines the general knowledge and problem-solving abilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4 language model with Microsoft Bing search engine. The project has driven hundreds of thousands of new users to…

Apache Superset vulnerability: servers exposed to RCE attacks via insecure default configuration Apache Superset, an open source data visualization software, was found to have an insecure default configuration that could lead to remote code execution. CVE-2023-27524 was assigned to this vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.9 and affects versions up to and including 2.0.1.…

It’ll soon be easier to find tools in Google Docs, Sheets Google is introducing an ‘enhanced tool finder’ feature to its Workspace apps (Docs, Sheets, and Slides) that will make it easier for users to locate commonly used tools. It appears in the top-left of the app toolbar as a search bar with a pill-shaped…

VMware releases software updates to address critical security issues VMware has released updates to address multiple security vulnerabilities in its Workstation and Fusion software, the most serious of which could enable a local attacker to gain code execution. The flaws were demonstrated by researchers at the Pwn2Own hacking contest and include stack-based buffer-overflow, out-of-bounds read,…

TikTok is launching AI avatars that look like you TikTok is introducing a new feature which uses AI to generate profile pictures. Users can upload 3-10 photos and select 2-5 styles for the AI-made avatar. The avatars created by this tool have a wide range of fun styles and can be used as profile pictures,…

Apple is building a health coach that will charge users for its services, according to reports Apple is set to launch a paid AI-powered health coaching service, Quartz, in 2021. The service will use AI and data from an Apple Watch to suggest and create tailored programs for users. Additionally, iPadOS 17 will include a…

OpenAI will let you erase your chat history in ChatGPT OpenAI has released a new feature that allows users to switch off their chat history when using its ChatGPT chatbot. This setting will not save conversations, nor will it be used to help train OpenAI’s AI models. OpenAI will still store new conversations for up…

Google’s search engine is feeling the heat Google’s search revenues increased slightly in the first quarter of 2023, which is much slower growth than the company saw in the previous two quarters. This is due to competition from Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing chatbot and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google is focusing on building out its AI capabilities and…

Chromebooks get new privacy features with camera and mic switch Google is introducing new system wide camera and microphone access toggles in ChromeOS settings that will block all apps and sites from using them. This is a software-based solution that replaces physical camera and mic kill switches on PC laptops. The new Privacy Controls panel…

Matter compatible WiZ smart lights WiZ, a smart lighting company, has updated all its products manufactured in 2021 or later to the Matter smart home standard. This allows users to add the products to any Matter-compatible platform, including Apple Home. WiZ products are also compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings. WiZ products…