I tried Runway, a buzzy generative AI platform that lets you transform images and videos with text. The results were not what I expected.

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I asked Runway to generate a portrait of me. The result looked eerily like Johnny Depp.

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Google's new AI-powered search is going to look very different

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Google's Cathy Edwards speaks at the Google I/O event on Wednesday.

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How to get Google's new AI tool to write your emails

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Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, announced that the search giant is launching "Help me write," an AI-powered tool that can generate responses to emails.

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You can earn up to $25 an hour training AI to write better in other languages

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Scale AI is looking for writers to train AI models to become better writers.

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10 Things in Tech: Androids v. iPhones in ‘Succession,’ AI tools besides ChatGPT, and a check signed by Steve Jobs

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It's tech (and tip) Tuesday. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I definitely feel "tipping fatigue." I always pay at least 20%, but this extra cost is a big deterring factor for eating or going out.

A consultant used ChatGPT to free up time so she could focus on pitching clients. She landed $128,000 worth of new contracts in just 3 months.

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Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, the CEO and founder of Omni Business Intelligence Solutions, secured $128,000 in contracts since she began using ChatGPT.

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RIP Metaverse, we hardly knew ye

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The Metaverse, once the hottest idea in tech, is headed to the industry's graveyard of failed fads.

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An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard

Silicon Valley's Hail Mary moment

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Silicon Valley is praying that AI tools like ChatGPT can keep customers and investors distracted until the stock market chaos is over and the global economy bounces back.

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AI is Silicon Valley's last-ditch attempt to avoid a stock market wipeout

Tim Cook says AI is 'huge,' but flags the need to be 'deliberate and thoughtful' on how Apple deploys it

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Apple CEO Tim Cook.
AI is "huge," but it needs to be carefully deployed, Apple's CEO Tim Cook said during the company's second-quarter earnings call Thursday.

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A new AI chatbot called Pi is designed to serve as your personal assistant — here's how it works

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LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman cofounded Inflection AI, the startup that released Pi.

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