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You can now prompt ChatGPT with pictures and voice commands
/ The super-popular AI chatbot has always just been a text box. Now it’s learning to understand your questions in new ways. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Most of OpenAI’s changes to ChatGPT involve what the AI-powered bot can do: questions it can answer, information it can access, improved underlying models. This time, though, it’s tweaking the way you use ChatGPT itself. The company is rolling out a new version of the service that allows you to prompt the AI bot not just by typing sentences into a text box, but by either speaking aloud or just uploading ...
Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages
/ A partnership with OpenAI will let podcasters replicate their voices to automatically create foreign-language versions of their shows. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: Nick Barclay / The Verge What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language? That’s the premise behind Spotify’s new AI-powered voice translation feature, which reproduces podcasts in other languages using the podcaster’s own voice. The company has partnered with a handful of podcasters to translate their episodes into Spanish and French with its new tool, and it has plans to roll ou...
Apple Launched iOS 17 and Elon Musk’s Neuralink is Beginning its First Human Trials in This Week’s Tech Roundup
This week, the tech industry was still reeling from the aftermath of Apple’s unveiling of the new iPhone 15 line, along with a few other pieces of hardware. The company then returned to launch iOS 17. Apple aside, however, the industry was shocked to bear witness to a leak at Microsoft that detailed a potential acquisition of Nintendo.Over at Amazon, Alexa is being revamped with the use of generative AI. To round things off, Elon Musk is making moves with paralysis control technology at Neuralink and is now seeking test subjects for its first human trial.Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.Amazon is Giving Alexa Generative AI CapabilitiesAmazon is bringing a major upgrade to its voice assistant: generative AI...
Razer Rolls Out $5,000 USD Lamborghini-Inspired Laptop
Razer has a new approach to its Blade 16 gaming laptop, taking inspiration from a popular luxury car brand. The Lamborghini edition of the Blade 16 is a 16-inch high-performance piece of hardware, and only 150 models have been produced.A quick look at the laptop brings to mind the new Lamborghini Revuelto with a three-line pattern that emulates the vehicle’s sleek, sharp-angled hood. The car inspiration returns in a CNC-milled chassis constructed out of aluminum.For those who aren’t merely car fans, but also dedicated gamers, Razer has packed the device with NVIDIA’s GPU and Intel’s CPU, both of which lend themselves to efficient, fast performance and superior-quality graphics. Up to 1,000 nits of brightness can be displayed on the 4k dual-mode LED display.Due to its extremely limited run,...
Amazon confirms it’s backing away from charging an extra seller fee
/ With the FTC prepping for a new antitrust lawsuit related to Amazon’s treatment of its sellers, the company is pulling back on the “brazen move.” a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has officially halted its plans to extract a two percent fee from Prime sellers who don’t use its in-house fulfillment. The company reportedly planned to start collecting the fee on October 1st, on top of the 8-to-15-percent commission it already gathers from merchants. After Bloomberg broke the story today based on information it had seen from inside Amazon...
Facebook changed its logo — see if you can tell the difference
/ The Facebook logo is still blue, but it’s a little more blue. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>GIF: Facebook The Facebook wordmark has gotten an update, too, according to the blog post. “Using our custom typeface, Facebook Sans, we redesigned the wordmark and logo to create a consistent treatment and improve overall legibility across Facebook,” Meta says. “Similar to the changes to the logo symbol, these refinements allowed us to build upon the heritage of our identity, while creating a stronger relationship between how the wordmark pairs with the rest of the typeface.” a:hover]:...
Nikon’s new ZF is a retro full-frame camera with nostalgia and tech
/ The 24.5-megapixel body has physical dials and looks like a classic FM2, but it’s got a bit of the Z8 and Z9’s tech inside. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. After nine years of occasionally chasing the retro-camera-with-modern-features unicorn, Nikon may have finally gotten the formula right. The Japanese camera maker is announcing the Nikon ZF, a modern mirrorless camera packed with fairly high specs — like a 24.5-megapixel full-frame sensor, 299-point tracking autofocus with subject detection, in-body image stabilization, and dual card slots (of a sort) — in a body that looks just like one of the camera’s analog forebears. Nikon may have done this dance before with its trifling ZFC and long-f...
TikTok Wants Creators to Flag AI-Generated Content
TikTok is attempting to increase transparency around AI-generated content with its latest tool. The social platform has rolled out labels that designate if a creator used AI to either generate or edit their photos and videos.The effort follows TikTok’s “synthetic media” policy, which was put into effect earlier this year. That ruling dictated that creators must label AI-generated content that contains “realistic” photos, videos or audio, helping to differentiate between fact and fiction, such as in the case of deepfakes.With its new labels, TikTok is expanding that effort to all content created with AI, though it seems that creators aren’t being mandated to label all posts, just those that could be mistaken for being “real.”Some users spotted a beta version of the feature earlier this mont...
Bowers & Wilkins Goes Monochromatic for Next-Gen Wireless Headphones, the Px 7 S2e
A little over a year ago, Bowers & Wilkins dropped off its Px7 S2 wireless headphones, merging pristine audio with industrial-inspired, functional design.The British audio brand is now taking things up a notch with its next-gen addition to the growing lineup. The Px7 S2e delivers on the unmatchable sound made popular by its predecessor, with a few additional upgrades for the modern audiophile.For starters, Bowers & Wilkins offers 24-bit audio for high-quality audio across streaming services. Building on this is the brand’s use of Qualcomm’s adaptive technology, which conforms to transmit optimal sound from computers, speakers and other devices.Like in its previous models, the brand’s engineers custom-made drive units specifically for the headphones. The 40 mm units included in the ...
The case for creating new art for every podcast episode
/ Apple Podcasts will finally support episode art for podcasts via RSS. This will only matter to a select group of podcasters. a]:text-gray-13″>If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin [&>a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-white”>Apple Podcasts will finally allow for episode art with iOS 17 Individual episode art will now be supported on Apple Podcasts as a part of the iOS 17 update. Podcasters who attach a unique image to each episode via their podcast’s RSS feed will see it displayed on Apple’s podcast player. The episode art will appear throughout Apple Podcasts, including “Now Playing,” “Queue,” your device’s ...
Resident Evil Village on the iPhone 15 Pro actually looks pretty good
/ Apple claimed the new phone is going to be ‘the best game console,’ and it might do a better job than I first thought.
Fitbit updates its app and teases something for September 28th
/ Fitbit’s is being cheeky about something that sure looks like a Charge 6. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Is that a Charge 6 I see?
