Artificial intelligence has become the talk of town this year all thanks to the hype around ChatGPT which has gotten billions from Microsoft. Google is an obvious player in the AI sector with its vast amount of data processing and machine learning models.

And now, Google has announced a slew of AI-centric additions to Search for images and videos. The new features come 24 hours less than after Microsoft’s ChatGPT integration on Bing Search and Teams was announced.

Google has been using Lens to offer visual searches on mobile and other platforms. Now, the company is going to implement AI to enhance the experience. “In the coming months, you’ll be able to use Lens to “search your screen” on Android globally,” Google said in a post. Google says using this feature in Lens you will be able to search for content within a photo or video from your messaging or video app itself.

The company has even given an example to explain this tool. Let’s say your friend shares a photo of the Taj Mahal or some other unknown historic monument, you can long-press the power button to activate Lens via Google Assistant then tap on the search screen. The Lens will give you more details about the particular place.

The other next AI feature for visuals on Search is based on image search for products. Let’s say you see a good-looking table or cupboard that catches your eye and you want to see if the product is available via different sellers, Google will let you frame that product for visual matches and allow you the chance to find it through a retailer in your area/city.

The multi-search option is available globally on mobile and comes in all languages. But you can only use the feature in countries where Lens is available for mobile devices.

These are some interesting use cases of visual search as the textual version has slowly lost its impact with the involvement of voice and other elements. Google has also confirmed that its ChatGPT rival Bard will be soon available to more developers and partners for testing.

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Some Twitter users were unable to tweet on Wednesday, prematurely encountering a message that said ”You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.”

Twitter was down for about 9,000 users in the United States at 5 p.m. Eastern time, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The number of outages declined to 2,500 by 6 p.m. Eastern.

”Twitter may not be working as expected for some of you. Sorry for the trouble. We’re aware and working to get this fixed,” tweeted Twitter’s support account on Wednesday.

The bug comes as billionaire owner Elon Musk has slashed Twitter’s staff since taking over the company in October, leading to concerns about the viability of the service with fewer engineers.

The Information reported Musk told Twitter employees on Wednesday to pause on new feature development ”in favor of maximizing system stability and robustness, especially with the Super Bowl coming up.”

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India was the highest attacked country by hackers in Asia and the second-most attacked country globally (after the US) in 2022, a report showed this week.

The number of cyber attacks on India increased by 24.3 per cent last year. Asia-Pacific remained the most targeted region globally, receiving 20.4 per cent of all attacks in 2021 and 24.1 per cent of all attacks in 2022. The number of attacks targeting the Asia-Pacific region increased by 26.4 per cent, according to data from cyber-security firm CloudSEK.

North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe remained the most targeted regions in both the years 2021 and 2022. However, North America witnessed a decline in targeted attacks but remained the third most targeted region in 2022 (down from second in 2021), while Europe rose to the second position, possibly due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

“2022 observed an increase in cybercrime with a surge in sophisticated and targeted cyber attacks. This can be attributed to an increase in underground activity leading to a rise in utility of malicious tools and malware,” said a security researcher from CloudSEK TRIAD team.

Emergence of numerous new ransomware groups and persistence of the old ones lead to an exponential increase in ransomware attacks. “Sectors like electric vehicles grabbed the attention of threat actors owing to the new technologies plagued with various vulnerabilities,” said the researcher.

Ransomware attacks increased drastically, going from the least common (0.3 per cent) in 2021 to the third most common (8 per cent) in 2022. Many new ransomware operators emerged in 2022, while some prominent ransomware groups launched their new versions (such as LockBIT 3.0). Attacks on the government sector globally accounted for 4.1 per cent in 2021, which increased to 12.1 per cent in 2022.

IT and technology, e-commerce, and media, entertainment and marketing industries saw a decline in the number of attacks but remained in the top 10 industries targeted, said the report.

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Streaming giant Netflix announced an expansion of its crackdown on password sharing for accounts on its streaming platform. In a new update, Netflix is putting a stop to multi-household account use in four countries — Canada, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal.

The video-streaming giant, which estimated that 100 million around the world use a shared account, said that members can now easily manage who has access to their account, transfer profile to a new account and still easily watch Netflix on their personal devices or log into a new TV.

“Today, over 100 million households are sharing accounts — impacting our ability to invest in great new TV and films. We’ve been exploring different approaches to address this issue in Latin America, and we’re now ready to roll them out more broadly in the coming months, starting today in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal and Spain. Our focus has been on giving members greater control over who can access their account,” the streaming service wrote in a blog post.

Prices are as follows: Canada – $7.99 CAD, New Zealand – $7.99 NZD, Portugal – 3.99 euros and Spain – 5.99 euros

In these countries, people who share an account with those who do not live with them will need to pay for an extra member.

“We’ll help members set this up, ensuring that anyone who lives in their household can use their Netflix account. Members can now easily manage who has access to their account from our new Manage Access and Devices page,” the company said.

According to Netflix, people using an account can now easily transfer a profile to a new account, which they pay for — keeping their personalized recommendations, viewing history, My List, saved games and more. Members can still easily watch Netflix on their personal devices or log into a new TV, like at a hotel or holiday rental.

Netflix has already been testing restrictions for multi-household account access in several countries in Latin America, and it said in a Q4 earnings results release that it plans to enforce rules against password sharing more broadly in 2023.

Password-sharing rules will be enforced through IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity. So far, Netflix has not made any announcements in the United States. But given that pricing for an additional person is $7.99 in New Zealand and Canada, Netflix could eventually implement a similar add-on price in the United States.

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Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) lost $100 billion in market value on Wednesday after its new chatbot shared inaccurate information in a promotional video and a company event failed to dazzle, feeding worries that the Google parent is losing ground to rival Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O).

Google shares slipped on Wednesday after it published an online advertisement in which its much-anticipated AI chatbot Bard delivered an inaccurate answer.

The tech giant posted a short GIF video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a ”launchpad for curiosity” that would help simplify complex topics, but it delivered an inaccurate answer that was spotted just hours before a launch event for Bard in Paris.

Shares of the Google’s parent Alphabet were down 7.8% in active trading, outpacing declines in the broader S&P 500, which was off by 1%. Rival Microsoft’s shares were marginally higher on the day.

In the advertisement, Bard is given the prompt: ”What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can I tell my 9-year old about?”

Bard responds with a number of answers, including one suggesting the JWST was used to take the very first pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s solar system, or exoplanets. This is inaccurate.

The first pictures of exoplanets were taken by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in 2004, as confirmed by NASA.

The error was spotted hours before Google hosted a launch event for Bard in Paris, where senior executive Prabhakar Raghavan promised that users would use the technology to interact with information in ”entirely new ways”.

Raghavan presented Bard on Wednesday as the future of the company, telling audience members that by using generative AI, ”the only limit to search will be your imagination”.

Google’s launch event came one day after Microsoft unveiled plans to integrate its rival AI chatbot ChatGPT into its Bing search engine and other products.

A Google spokesperson told Reuters: ”This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process, something that we’re kicking off this week with our Trusted Tester program.”

”We’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world information.”

At the time of writing, the ad had been viewed on Twitter more than a million times.

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SHANGHAI:China’s Alibaba Group on Wednesday said it is developing a ChatGPT style artificial intelligence (AI) tool and that it was currently in internal testing.

Microsoft-backed chatbot sensation ChatGPT – which can generate articles, essays, jokes and even poetry in response to prompts – has been rated the fastest-growing consumer app in history since it was launched in November.

Alibaba’s statement came after the 21st Century Herald newspaper reported the e-commerce giant is developing a ChatGPT-like dialogue robot which is currently open to employees for testing.

When asked about the newspaper report, which also said that Alibaba may combine the technology with the group’s communication app DingTalk, Alibaba declined to comment.

“Frontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our focussed areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,” said an Alibaba spokesperson.

“As a technology leader, we will continue to invest in turning cutting-edge innovations into value-added applications for our customers as well as their end-users through cloud services,” the spokesperson added.

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ChatGPT is making the headlines almost every day and now its involvement is ready to go to the next level. The company named CS India has announced the AI Chatbot as its new CEO. The company is built to empower the youth in the country and its claims having ChatGPT as its CEO will help the company analyse vast amounts of data and help drive the growth for the brand.

At CS India, we are committed to empowering the youth of India and developing the next generation of leaders,” said Adv. Kunal Sharma, Founder-CEO of CS India. “ChatGPT is the perfect candidate to lead our organization in this mission, as its advanced language processing capabilities and ability to analyze vast amounts of data make it well-suited to drive our efforts to empower the youth of India through leadership and development.”

The company has shared details about the responsibilities that the ChatGPT will be handling. “”ChatGPT will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of CS India and driving the organization’s growth and expansion. ChatGPT will use its advanced language processing skills to analyze market trends, identify new

impact opportunities, and develop strategies to enhance the leadership and development of young people in India,” Sharma adds.

Open AI is the creator of ChatGPT which has got Microsoft to invest around $10 billion recently. Microsoft has already announced its ChatGPT integration into Bing and Microsoft Edge web browser that has already picked up a long waitlist. Google is also entering the arena with Bard that should be available to a wider userbase. AI chatbots are likely to be the talk of 2023 across the tech industry, and CS India is using the technology to implement decision-making

and data analysis for its growth.

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Sony has launched the NW-A306 Walkman in India, following the launch of the high-end NW-ZX707 Walkman last month. This latest addition to the iconic Walkman series offers a blend of nostalgia and modernity, featuring a 3.6-inch touchscreen and Sony’s S-Master HX technology for clear audio.

Sony NW-A306 Walkman Specifications and Features

First things first, the Sony NW-A306 is designed for audio enthusiasts in mind, and therefore, it features Sony’s S-Master HX technology for clear audio, and add the ability to play DSD files.

Sony has also integrated a specialised engine known as DSEE Ultimate to upscale compressed music files real-time for better sound output.

Further, Sony claims that it can provide a battery life of 36 hours of playback on 44.1kHz FLAC, up to 32 hours on high-resolution 96kHz FLAC audio, or up to 26 hours—when streaming music from apps. There’s no option for cellular connectivity, but of course, there’s Wi-Fi to download and stream music.

For the build, Sony has used premium materials such as aluminum, in the construction of the NW-A306. The device also features gold-soldered connections, aimed at producing clear and stable sound with improved precision and a wider sound field. 

Sony NW-A306 Walkman Price and Availability in India

Sony NW-A306 Walkman will be available for purchase at a price of Rs 25,990 through Sony Centers, offline retailers, and across major online platforms.

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iPhones with the Dynamic Island will soon offer turn-by-turn navigation provided by Google Maps. Apple introduced the feature called Live Activities for the dynamic notch design on the iPhone 14 Pro series, and now Google has signed up for the platform and is bringing its applications to iPhone users via Google Maps.

Google made the announcement this week, which means iPhone users can use their iOS 16-running 14 Pro or 14 Pro Max models and get the turn-by-turn navigation feature on the notch or even the lock screen.

You will get real-time ETAs for your destinations, along with the turn by turn directions while you drive, ride a bike, walk or even take the public transport (in some countries). Having this running on the Dynamic Island means you can long-press the wide notch to open the full app with more details.

Google has shared the details but we still have no idea about its application via Live Activities for iPhone users and how the Maps interface will look in real-time. As you might be aware, Apple introduced Live Activities with the iOS 16 version, and third-party developers had to wait for the iOS 16.1 version to integrate their respective applications to the platform.

Apple brought the Dynamic Island with the iPhone 14 Pro series in 2022 and showed its potential via multiple demos of apps like Spotify, Apple Maps and more. With the third-party apps now slowly coming on board, Apple will finally get the chance to showcase the versatility and functional use of the new screen tech.

Google has also introduced a new immersive design of the Maps that will be coming to select countries for now. Maps is a popular tool used by millions of Android and iOS users and with the advent of electric vehicles picking up, it wants to help people find fast chargers in their area.

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