Amazon rolls out short-form AI-powered audio product summaries for select items

Amazon rolls out short-form AI-powered audio product summaries for select items

Amazon is testing short-form AI-powered audio product summaries on select product pages, the company announced on Wednesday. The audio summaries are voiced by what Amazon calls “AI-powered shopping experts” that discuss key product features, customer reviews, and information from across the web. The new AI product summaries can be accessed by tapping the “Hear the…

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Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

African cinema has arrived in Cannes determined to blaze its own trail amid signs of a slowdown in investment across the continent from the world’s leading streamers. Leading the way is Akinola Davies Jr.’s drama My Father’s Shadow, an Un Certain Regard contender that’s being touted as the first Nigerian film ever selected for Cannes’…

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Biggest Twists, Blake Lively’s Role

Biggest Twists, Blake Lively’s Role

A Simple Favor is back — however, it’s anything but simple. Another Simple Favor, Paul Feig‘s follow-up to the 2018 film, sees the return of Blake Lively as Emily, Anna Kendrick as Stephanie and Henry Golding as Sean, and follows their lives when Emily is released from prison after murdering her twin sister. The next…

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Week in Review: Apple won’t raise prices — yet

Week in Review: Apple won’t raise prices — yet

Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got lots of news for you today: Amazon earnings, Apple earnings, ChatGPT sycophancy, Alibaba’s AI models, and much more. Let’s get to it! Well? During Apple’s earnings call yesterday, Tim Cook revealed that the company paid $900 million in tariffs last quarter. But despite this, the CEO didn’t…

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