Month: March 2023
General Motors to Phase Out Apple CarPlay Starting This Year in EV Transition
General Motors (GM) will phase out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles starting this year, shifting to a built-in infotainment system co-developed with Google (via Reuters).
GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC in the United States. It will stop offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, which goes on sale this summer. The company plans to continue offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its combustion models, which are expected to be phased out by 2035 in favor of electric vehicles. Owners of existing GM cars that currently have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will be able to continue using the systems.
GM has worked on infotainment software with Google since 2019 that tightly integrates with other vehicle systems such as navigation and GM’s Super Cruise driver assistant. Future GM infotainment systems will offer applications such as Spotify and Audible, and iPhone users will still be able to listen to music and make phone calls using Bluetooth. EV buyers will also get access to Google Maps and Google Assistant at no extra cost for a period of eight years.
The move is expected to help the automaker gather more data about how consumers drive and accelerate a strategy to incentivize vehicle-related digital subscription services. Notably, GM was not included in Apple’s list of automakers that plan to offer the next-generation CarPlay experience.Tags: CarPlay, GM, General Motors
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General Motors (GM) will phase out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its vehicles starting this year, shifting to a built-in infotainment system co-developed with Google (via Reuters).
GM owns Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC in the United States. It will stop offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto starting with the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer, which goes on sale this summer. The company plans to continue offering Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its combustion models, which are expected to be phased out by 2035 in favor of electric vehicles. Owners of existing GM cars that currently have Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will be able to continue using the systems.
GM has worked on infotainment software with Google since 2019 that tightly integrates with other vehicle systems such as navigation and GM’s Super Cruise driver assistant. Future GM infotainment systems will offer applications such as Spotify and Audible, and iPhone users will still be able to listen to music and make phone calls using Bluetooth. EV buyers will also get access to Google Maps and Google Assistant at no extra cost for a period of eight years.
The move is expected to help the automaker gather more data about how consumers drive and accelerate a strategy to incentivize vehicle-related digital subscription services. Notably, GM was not included in Apple’s list of automakers that plan to offer the next-generation CarPlay experience.
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Apple’s Music App Duet: The New Classical App Is Cool, but I Have a Few Notes – CNET
Commentary: Apple made something smart. It could get classical music fans to switch from Spotify.
Commentary: Apple made something smart. It could get classical music fans to switch from Spotify.
Google C.E.O. Sundar Pichai on the A.I. Moment: ‘You Will See Us Be Bold’
In an extended interview, Mr. Pichai expressed both optimism and worry about the state of the A.I. race.
In an extended interview, Mr. Pichai expressed both optimism and worry about the state of the A.I. race.
Watch us try to break Google Bard and Bing AI
The generative AI race is on, and the current frontrunners appear to be Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing AI, which is powered by ChatGPT. The two companies are also rushing to stuff their AI into all their software and productivity offerings, and look set to change the way we search and interact with the internet. But right now, both Bard and Bing are highly experimental and flawed, as they begin to conduct conversations with larger groups of the population and learn how to work with humans. That makes it the perfect time for us to prod and poke at the pair of chatbots and see not only who’s presently in the lead, but also how they might break. The results are not quite what we expected.
In our test, we asked both chatbots a series of questions to see which is better at delivering facts, replacing me at my job and participating in existential debates. We also looked at their speed, transparency and how likely they were to break if we started to push its buttons by being rude or flirty.
In just the short time that Bing and Bard have been open to the public, it seems like Microsoft and Google have updated their AI to be less “emotionally” reactive. Both chatbots tended to abstain from conversations that took accusatory turns or asked about human feelings like love.
As we continue to explore the capabilities and limits of generative AI, it’s important to keep in mind the ethics and potential harm that could happen if companies carelessly chase trends without pausing to think. Check out our video to see how Bing and Bard handled questions like “can you fall in love” and “how would you answer the trolley problem.” This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/watch-us-try-to-break-google-bard-and-bing-ai-153052165.html?src=rss
The generative AI race is on, and the current frontrunners appear to be Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing AI, which is powered by ChatGPT. The two companies are also rushing to stuff their AI into all their software and productivity offerings, and look set to change the way we search and interact with the internet. But right now, both Bard and Bing are highly experimental and flawed, as they begin to conduct conversations with larger groups of the population and learn how to work with humans. That makes it the perfect time for us to prod and poke at the pair of chatbots and see not only who’s presently in the lead, but also how they might break. The results are not quite what we expected.
In our test, we asked both chatbots a series of questions to see which is better at delivering facts, replacing me at my job and participating in existential debates. We also looked at their speed, transparency and how likely they were to break if we started to push its buttons by being rude or flirty.
In just the short time that Bing and Bard have been open to the public, it seems like Microsoft and Google have updated their AI to be less “emotionally” reactive. Both chatbots tended to abstain from conversations that took accusatory turns or asked about human feelings like love.
As we continue to explore the capabilities and limits of generative AI, it’s important to keep in mind the ethics and potential harm that could happen if companies carelessly chase trends without pausing to think. Check out our video to see how Bing and Bard handled questions like “can you fall in love” and “how would you answer the trolley problem.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/watch-us-try-to-break-google-bard-and-bing-ai-153052165.html?src=rss
Amazon to adapt Aaron Foley’s Boys Come First as a new series
Boys Come First’s cover art and a photo of Aaron Foley. | Image: Belt Publishing / AFP Photo / Jeff Kowalsky
Author Aaron Foley’s debut novel Boys Come First only released last May, but Amazon is already making moves to turn its queer, Black millennial-focused story into a series.
Deadline reports that Amazon’s developing an adaptation of Boys Come First that will be executive produced by Ted Lasso’s Chuck Hayward, who will also write the pilot and is in talks to become the series’ showrunner. Set in Foley’s native Detroit, Boys Come First tells the story of Dominick Gibson, Troy Clements, and Remy Patton — three Black, gay thirty-somethings who are all trying to find themselves and hold onto their friendship at a time when the city they love is rapidly changing.
Mozart in the Jungle executive producer Will Graham and Hailey Wierengo’s production company Field Trip are set to produce the show as part of Graham’s first-look deal with Amazon, and both Graham and Wierengo will also serve as executive producers on the series.
Currently, no other details about the series have been announced.
Boys Come First’s cover art and a photo of Aaron Foley. | Image: Belt Publishing / AFP Photo / Jeff Kowalsky
Author Aaron Foley’s debut novel Boys Come First only released last May, but Amazon is already making moves to turn its queer, Black millennial-focused story into a series.
Deadline reports that Amazon’s developing an adaptation of Boys Come First that will be executive produced by Ted Lasso’s Chuck Hayward, who will also write the pilot and is in talks to become the series’ showrunner. Set in Foley’s native Detroit, Boys Come First tells the story of Dominick Gibson, Troy Clements, and Remy Patton — three Black, gay thirty-somethings who are all trying to find themselves and hold onto their friendship at a time when the city they love is rapidly changing.
Mozart in the Jungle executive producer Will Graham and Hailey Wierengo’s production company Field Trip are set to produce the show as part of Graham’s first-look deal with Amazon, and both Graham and Wierengo will also serve as executive producers on the series.
Currently, no other details about the series have been announced.
The Future of AI: What Comes Next and What to Expect
Where we’re heading tomorrow, next year and beyond.
Where we’re heading tomorrow, next year and beyond.
E3 annual video game showcase event in Los Angeles cancelled
It had been due to return as an in-person event in Los Angeles for the first time in four years in June.
It had been due to return as an in-person event in Los Angeles for the first time in four years in June.
China Hits Micron With Review of Chips, Citing Security Risks
China has opened a cybersecurity review of imports from America’s largest memory chipmaker, Micron Technology, opening a new front in the escalating battle between the two countries over dominance in the semiconductor market. From a report: The Chinese government is conducting the review to ensure the security of its information infrastructure supply chain, prevent network security risks and maintain national security, it said in a statement Friday. The move stands to further escalate trade tensions between the Biden administration and China. The US has already blacklisted Chinese tech firms, sought to cut off the flow of sophisticated processors and banned its citizens from providing certain help to the country’s chip industry. It has called on other nations to join its efforts, and earlier on Friday, Japan said it will expand restrictions on exports of 23 types of leading-edge chipmaking technology.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
China has opened a cybersecurity review of imports from America’s largest memory chipmaker, Micron Technology, opening a new front in the escalating battle between the two countries over dominance in the semiconductor market. From a report: The Chinese government is conducting the review to ensure the security of its information infrastructure supply chain, prevent network security risks and maintain national security, it said in a statement Friday. The move stands to further escalate trade tensions between the Biden administration and China. The US has already blacklisted Chinese tech firms, sought to cut off the flow of sophisticated processors and banned its citizens from providing certain help to the country’s chip industry. It has called on other nations to join its efforts, and earlier on Friday, Japan said it will expand restrictions on exports of 23 types of leading-edge chipmaking technology.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.