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Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them
TechXplore· 2024-10-31 23:26
文章核心观点 谷歌将人工智能技术引入谷歌地图服务,使其从导航工具转变为娱乐指南,同时解决用户抱怨,提升用户体验 [2][3][5] 分组1:谷歌地图现状 - 谷歌地图全球月活跃用户首次超过20亿,人们日常通勤和出行依赖该服务 [3] 分组2:AI新功能 - 本周起美国用户可与谷歌地图对话,获取特定地点周边活动建议、餐厅酒吧等景点列表及详细停车信息和步行路线 [4] - 谷歌地图将提供更详细图像,方便用户提前确定转弯车道 [5] - 允许外部开发者利用Gemini技术语言模型,对特定目的地提问并快速获得答案,该功能将先进行测试并经过事实核查 [6] 分组3:Waze地图AI应用 - Waze地图专注实时驾驶导航,将用AI让约1.8亿月活用户以对话方式报告道路危险和影响出行时间的问题 [6] 分组4:引入AI原因 - 谷歌对Gemini技术防止提供虚假或误导信息的能力更有信心 [7]
Siemens acquires AI specialist Altair Engineering
TechXplore· 2024-10-31 15:56
文章核心观点 - 德国工业巨头西门子收购了美国软件专家Altair Engineering,交易价值约100亿美元,旨在加强在人工智能领域的地位 [2][3] - 此次收购将使西门子的数字业务收入增加8%,2023财年数字业务收入将增加约6.5亿美元 [5] 公司概况 - Altair Engineering成立于1985年,总部位于美国密歇根州,拥有3500多名员工,而西门子全球拥有32万名员工 [6] - Altair Engineering于2017年在纳斯达克上市 [5] 交易动因 - 西门子希望通过收购Altair的仿真、高性能计算、数据科学和人工智能等能力,来增强自身在人工智能和仿真领域的实力 [4] - 西门子近年来一直在努力将业务重心转向数字技术和工厂自动化 [3] - 此次收购将创造"世界上最全面的基于人工智能的设计和仿真组合" [4]
Reddit's explosive user growth and AI tools help it soar to its first profit as a public company
TechXplore· 2024-10-31 15:49
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman and company employees celebrate on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor, prior to his company's IPO, March. 21, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File Reddit has turned a profit for the first time as a public company. The social platform claimed a profit of $29.9 million, or 16 cents per share, ...
Apple launches the iPhone into the AI era with free software update
TechXplore· 2024-10-28 23:20
文章核心观点 - 苹果发布免费软件更新,将人工智能注入iPhone 16系列,以追赶科技潮流,有望推动新机需求,提升公司市值 [1][9] 软件更新情况 - 周一iOS 18操作系统升级,距四款配备AI功能芯片的iPhone 16型号发售超一个月,售价800 - 1200美元,去年的iPhone 15 Pro和iPhone 15 Pro Max安装更新后也能启用AI技术,苹果iPad和Mac电脑近期版本也可更新此软件 [2] - 美国以外国家的iPhone要到明年才能获得AI软件,具体日期待定,苹果过去五周在报名协助微调技术的iPhone用户中测试了该软件 [3] AI功能特点 - AI将使苹果虚拟助手Siri更具对话性、多功能性,处理请求时屏幕会有发光圈提示,但要等后续软件更新才能与其他应用交互 [4] - 此次软件更新的AI功能可处理写作、校对任务,总结邮件和文档内容,提供照片编辑工具、方便查找旧照片 [5] - 未来软件更新的AI功能包括即时创建自定义表情符号、按需生成奇特图像,苹果还计划让AI套件在用户需要时借助OpenAI的ChatGPT [6] 市场竞争与优势 - 苹果周一推出的多数AI功能,今年早些时候三星和谷歌发布的安卓智能手机已具备 [7] - 苹果将新AI技术营销为“Apple Intelligence”,承诺其AI功能在保护iPhone用户隐私方面表现更好,技术可在设备上运行,部分远程处理请求时会在类似堡垒的数据中心进行 [8] 市场影响与销售情况 - 因全球多数在用iPhone无苹果AI所需芯片,该技术有望在假期和明年推动新机需求,自6月初苹果在会议上预览AI战略后,其股价飙升18%,市值增加约5000亿美元,接近成为首家市值达4万亿美元的美国公司 [9] - 研究公司国际数据公司评估显示,上一季度高端iPhone 15型号因降价和苹果进入AI市场的热度,需求上升 [11] - 7 - 9月苹果iPhone全球出货量同比增长3.5%至5600万部,仅次于三星,目前问题是苹果逐步推出更多AI功能能否促使老用户在假期购买新机 [12] 财务信息披露 - 周四苹果将公布7 - 9月季度财务信息,投资者可首次了解iPhone 16销售情况 [10]
Google Flights introduces new feature to find cheaper airfares
TechXplore· 2024-10-28 22:03
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Just in time for the holiday travel frenzy, Google Flights is introducing a new feature designed to help users obtain the lowest airline ticket prices available. The search engine has created a new tab that will be part of Google Flights search results named "Cheapest" and it will feature a vari ...
Waymo ramps up robotaxi push with $5.6 bn in funding
TechXplore· 2024-10-26 18:22
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Waymo plans to have its self-driving taxis on the road soon in two more US cities as it cautiously expands operations. Waymo on Friday said it raised $5.6 billion from investors to expand a robotaxi program now operating in Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco. The investment round was led by Google-parent Alphabet, which spun ...
Google urged to step up efforts to demonetize climate falsehoods
TechXplore· 2024-10-25 16:18
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Environmentalists are urging Google to crackdown on climate denialism. Civil society groups implored Google on Thursday to rigorously enforce its policy to demonetize environmental disinformation, saying ads placed alongside climate denial content persistently popped up despite the tech titan's pledge to crack down. The open l ...
Google's partnership with AI startup Anthropic faces a UK competition investigation
TechXplore· 2024-10-25 04:15
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: This Tuesday, July 19, 2016, file photo shows the Google logo at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday it's opening a formal investigation into Google's partnership with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic. The Competiti ...
American Airlines is testing new tech to catch early flight boarders
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 23:30
文章核心观点 美国航空和西南航空分别对登机流程和运营进行改进 [1][2] 美国航空 - 采用新技术改进登机流程,标记错误登机人群 [1] - 在阿尔伯克基国际机场和图森国际机场进行早期测试,将扩展至里根华盛顿国家机场等其他地点 [1] - 系统在乘客错误登机时发出“声音信号”并提醒登机口工作人员 [1] - 新技术旨在确保乘客轻松享受优先登机权益,提升团队对登机进度的可视性 [1] - 公司对目前测试结果满意 [2] 西南航空 - 运营方面有多项新变化,登机仍会发放登机位置号并排队,高价购票乘客优先登机 [2] - 新增指定座位服务,订票时提供座位图,有额外伸腿空间或前排优选座位 [2]
Microsoft pushes for gaming supremacy with 'Call of Duty' release
TechXplore· 2024-10-24 21:25
文章核心观点 微软以690亿美元收购《使命召唤》发行商动视暴雪,本周五《使命召唤:黑色行动6》发售,这是该系列首次在发售首日就可通过微软Xbox Game Pass订阅服务游玩,此次发售是对微软向订阅模式转型的重大考验 [1] 行业情况 - 游戏行业曾靠向主机玩家销售游戏实体拷贝盈利,如今利润来自游戏内销售和类似Netflix或Disney+的订阅模式 [2] - 自疫情繁荣期过后行业发展放缓 [4] 微软策略 - 微软有到2030年让Game Pass拥有1亿用户的目标 [3] - 为《使命召唤:黑色行动6》发售调整定价,仅最贵的“终极”层级订阅用户可在发售时获得该游戏 [4] 游戏情况 - 《使命召唤:黑色行动6》玩家将置身1991年海湾战争的阴谋与偏执的另类现实中,制作方强调游戏不传达政治信息 [4][5] - 《使命召唤》系列20多年来在全球创收超300亿美元 [5] - 《使命召唤》早期游戏开创了多人在线同玩模式,形成了玩家社区,老玩家可能因社区因素参与游戏 [5]