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Amazon’s generative AI bot Rufus makes online shopping easier (for the most part)

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Amazon’s generative AI bot Rufus makes online shopping easier (for the most part)

Amazon (AMZN) is bringing generative AI to its shopping app via its new Rufus chatbot. I’ve used a good deal of generative AI apps so far, and they’ve largely focused on searching the web, helping write emails, and making putting together PowerPoints a bit less, well, hellish. Rufus, however, is designed to make shopping quicker …

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Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift

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Congress Might Actually Do Something About AI, Thanks to Taylor Swift

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence. What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” What to Watch For: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” vinyl sales Concerns about AI porn—or, more commonly “deepfake porn”—are not new. For years, countless women and girls have been subjected to a flood of …

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