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Illustration: The Verge Google appears to be working on an upgraded version of Bard called “Bard Advanced” that will be available through a paid subscription to Google One‚ as shared by developer Dylan Roussel on X (formerly Twitter). Bard Advanced seems to be powered by Gemini Ultra‚ the top tier of Google’s newly announced large language model (LLM)‚ according to Roussel. That’s an upgrade over the current version of Bard‚ which runs the midtier Gemini Pro. One of the screenshots Roussel shared describes Bard Advanced as a “more capable large language model with advanced math and reasoning skills.” Developer Bedros Pamboukian also discovered a string of code that suggests Google is working on an “advanced” tier. 2. Bard Advanced with Google One.Google will... Continue reading…

Amazon’s big-screen e-reader features a sharp E Ink display and a handy stylus for taking notes or drawing. | Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If I were to venture a guess‚ the desire to read more books is right up there with getting fit‚ saving money‚ and eating healthier when it comes to the most common New Year’s resolutions. Fortunately‚ if you are hoping to up your literary ambitions in 2024‚ the Kindle Scribe is on sale at Amazon for Prime members with 16GB of storage and a Basic Pen starting at $269.99 ($70 off). You can also pick up the e-reader in the same storage configuration with a Premium Pen‚ which features a shortcut button and a built-in eraser‚ starting at $294.99 ($75 off). When we reviewed Amazon’s 10.2-inch e-reader upon its release‚ the big-screen slate was somewhat lacking in both the features and software departments. Note-taking rivals like the Kobo... Continue reading…

This is the yellowest thing I have ever seen. | Image: Clicks A new company called Clicks Technology has announced an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard on the bottom. The case is called Clicks‚ too; it’s available for $139 and the iPhone 14 Pro version starts shipping on February 1st‚ with 15 Pro going out in mid-March. The company is also taking reservations for a $159 iPhone 15 Pro Max model‚ which is coming in “early spring‚” according to the website. (Whether any of them is a reasonable purchase is between you and your conscience.) Clicks‚ which was started by Michael Fisher and Kevin Michaluk (aka MrMobile and CrackBerry Kevin)‚ will show the case off at CES next week. There have been other physical keyboard cases for the iPhone‚ of course. But the one this calls to mind is Typo‚ a bad (a... Continue reading…

Image: OpenAI As news publishers ink deals with AI companies to train their models with news stories‚ the price businesses like OpenAI are willing to pay for copyrighted information is coming to light. The Information reports that OpenAI offers between $1 million and $5 million a year to license copyrighted news articles to train its AI models. That’s one of the first indications of how much AI companies plan to pay for licensed material. It sits alongside a recent report saying Apple is looking to partner with media companies to use content for AI training and is offering at least $50 million over a multiyear period for data. The Verge reached out to OpenAI for comment on the numbers. The numbers appear roughly similar to some earlier non-AI... Continue reading…