Mental health app Headspace has launched a generative AI-powered chatbot called Ebb for users to get instant, personalized support through life’s ebbs and flows, the company exclusively told Fast Company.
Ebb was specifically trained by clinical psychologists and data scientists in motivational interviewing, an evidence-based methodology that works to help people make positive behavioral changes. The chatbot has two paths: having users reflect on certain events (and then s
As Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t often repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” We are fortunate that it does, because it means we can use lessons from the past at least as a rough guide to the present. The lessons can be lifesaving—literally—when we apply them to existential risks, of which the three biggest ones in our present time are climate change, weapons of mass destruction, and
Amazon, in its quest for greater efficiency, has developed new systems to shave seconds off each package delivery and to help customers make faster buying choices, even for new product types that they may know little about.
The company ann
In a time where the digital world is shifting beneath our feet, the speed of technological change can feel like it has never been greater. Tech advancements achieve widespread adoption seemingly at breakneck speeds. Within the past year we saw the rapid evolution of GenAI and the swift adoption of ChatGPT, making this large language model (LLM) one of the fastest-growing services ever. With these ch
Meta Platforms said on Wednesday its artificial intelligence chatbot, Meta AI, will be available in 21 new markets, as it looks to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Technology companies have been trying to attract consumers to their AI chatbots by introducing new features and making them
OpenAI has seen a number of attempts where its AI models have been used to generate fake content, including long-form articles and social media comments, aimed at influencing elections, the
Wimbledon is replacing line judges with electronic line-calling, the latest step into the modern age by the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament.
The All England Club announced Wednesday that technology will be used to give the “out” and “fault” calls at the championships from 2025, eliminating the need for human officials to make them.
Wimbledon organizers said the decision to adopt live electronic line calling was made following extensive testing
The U.S. Department of Justice is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell parts of its business in order to eliminate its online search monopoly.
In a late court filing on T
Tesla’s unveiling of its Robotaxi tomorrow should finally offer us a better look at CEO Elon Musk’s next big project. But it’s likely we won’t come away knowing much—or not enough—about the technology underpinning the self-driving system.
Tesla relies on neural networks—which mimic the way the brain works in silico—to comprehend the road experience, and take actions much in the same way a human dr