Google’s NotebookLM has taken the tech world by storm over the past few months. By simply uploading your sources, NotebookLM becomes an instant expert—grounding its responses in your material and offering powerful ways to transform information. Plus, since it’s your notebook, your personal data remains entirely private and isn’t used to train the AI. One...
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Last week in AI: Nurses, Apple, Google, GPT-5 and Agents
Hey there, tech aficionados! Grab your favorite gadget, because it's time to dive into this week's whirlwind of AI developments—a ride that's as thrilling as finding Wi-Fi in the wilderness! First up, Nvidia is stirring the healthcare pot by teaming up with Hippocratic AI to launch AI "nurses." Yes, you heard that right! These digital...
Google introduces Lumiere
Google's introduction of Lumiere, a cutting-edge AI video generation model, signifies a step forward towards realistic video generation. Lumiere utilizes a novel diffusion model known as Space-Time-U-Net (STUNet), which intricately understands the spatial and temporal dynamics of video content. This technology marks a departure from traditional methods that stitch together still frames to create motion,...
What are Large Language Models?
In the realm of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly becoming the linchpin, the foundational architecture that’s driving a new wave of innovation. If you’re a developer or a data scientist, you’ve likely encountered the acronyms and the buzz—GPT from OpenAI, Google’s PaLM2 (the underpinning of their Bard chatbot), and Falcon. These aren’t...
Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher’s view
LaMDA is Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Blake Lemoine, a Google AI engineer, has claimed it is sentient. He’s been put on leave after publishing his conversations with LaMDA. If Lemoine’s claims are true, it would be a milestone in the history of humankind and technological development. Google strongly denies LaMDA has any sentient...
Google Analytics 4 Frequently Asked Questions
Google will shut down Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. Its sucessor Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is very different, so many questions arise in this transition phase to GA4. Here, we answer to most basic questions, like when should I upgrade to Google Analytics 4? What happens to my existing data? Are there any disadvantages...
Like it or not: Chrome’s “Topics” advertising system is here
Google is on a quest to eliminate third-party cookies. Third party cookies are important for advertisers to track users and deliver targeted ads. It is one of key ingredients of the "free internet": many pages use ads to finance the production of their digital content. Google is the largest advertising company in the world and...
Massive online surveillance by PenLink: Google is ‘best’, Apple ‘phenomenal’
A small Nebraska company called PenLink claims it does very good business with law enforcement agencies in the US and around the world. The company specializes in helping investigators monitor users of messenger services and social networks. Acting as an intermediate instance, they collect the data streams from Facebook, Google & Co. and passes them...
What are Web Stories?
Web Stories are a full-screen immersive format on mobile devices that feature a series of tappable visual slides.
What does GDPR mean in practise?
Many businesses thought that by adding Cookie consent banners to their web pages and opt-in forms for email newsletter subscriptions they have satisfied the GDPR requirements. As it turns out, this is not the case. There are rulings by the Datenschutzbehörde in Austria, CNIL in France and a court in Munich that show how far...
