The social media platform is preparing to roll out a freemium version of its Grok AI chatbot, previously exclusive to Premium subscribers. Social media platform X is working on a freemium version of its Grok AI chatbot in a move to broaden access and enhance engagement. Historically limited to its Premium subscribers, Grok’s capabilities will...

An accidental listing on the Chrome Web Store has unveiled Google’s next AI project designed to enhance web navigation with agentic capabilities. Google inadvertently unveiled its forthcoming AI project, Jarvis, following an unexpected listing on the Chrome Web Store. The incident, highlighted by The Information, involved a preliminary version of Jarvis accidentally appearing as a...

Media organisations are pondering whether a second Trump presidence will have the same positive effect on their traffic and subscription numbers as the first. The 2016 presidential election, which saw the victory of Donald Trump, catalysed a significant surge in subscriptions for prominent newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post. This...

The paper failed to meet analyst expectations as it reported an increase of 260,000 paid digital subscribers in Q3, reaching over 11 million. The New York Times fell short of expectations for subscriber growth in the third quarter of the year, from July through September, as it added 260,000 new paid digital subscribers. This was...

The AI search company is offering AI-generated insights on voting, details about candidates, and will track vote counts live on election day. Perplexity has offered a glimpse into how it will cover big events with the launch of its Election Information Hub. This new platform provides AI-generated responses to inquiries related to voting processes, candidate...

At the WAN-IFRA Newsroom Summit in Zurich, attendees saw how newsrooms are integrating AI into everyday practices In a previous life as a head of digital I used to get really irritated when people talked about “the digital future”. It’s not the digital future, I’d mutter to myself, it’s the digital present! A similar feeling...

Research reveals that courteous interactions with AI chatbots can enhance performance and reduce bias. As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots continue to become integral to newsrooms and media companies, a new debate has emerged regarding the nature of interactions with these digital entities. Recent research by Waseda University and the RIKEN Center sheds light on how...

At the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 conference, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said his firm always cites its sources and does not claim ownership of repackaged content. At the recent TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 conference in San Francisco, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas was in the hot seat, navigating questions about content usage and allegations of plagiarism that have...

Meta increases its investment in artificial intelligence and virtual environments to over $38 billion, aiming for long-term growth despite facing significant losses in its Reality Labs division. Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the social media giant Facebook, is strategically leveraging its substantial advertising revenue to make significant investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and...

Reach plc has noted a significant drop in referral traffic from Google Search, with Google Discover emerging as a major source of traffic, prompting the publisher to adapt its content strategy. Reach plc, the UK’s biggest news publisher, has reported significant shifts in its referral traffic patterns as Google Discover increasingly becomes a major source...