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Young people turning to AI therapist bots

Young people turning to AI therapist bots

By Joe TidyCyber correspondent

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Harry Potter, Elon Musk, Beyoncé, Super Mario and Vladimir Putin.

These are just some of the millions of artificial intelligence (AI) personas you can talk to on Character.ai – a popular platform where anyone can create chatbots based on fictional or real people.

It uses the same type of AI tech as the ChatGPT chatbot but, in terms of time spent, is more popular.

And one bot has been more in demand than those above, called Psychologist.

A total of 78 million messages, including 18 million since November, have been shared with the bot since it was created by a user called Blazeman98 just over a year ago.

Character.ai did not say how many individual users that is for the bot, but says 3.5 million people visit the overall site daily.

The bot has been described as “someone who helps with life difficulties”.

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‘For people in Bengaluru, technology begins and ends with a smartphone app’ | Technology News

‘For people in Bengaluru, technology begins and ends with a smartphone app’ | Technology News

Nagaraja Prakasam is a bearded man with a book in his hand. He wears a colourful handloom shirt and an overcoat with his name embossed on it — Naga. It is a walking advertisement for one of the social enterprises he has invested in, GoCoop — a marketplace for handlooms and crafts from India. A serial entrepreneur, he calls himself Naga the Farmer.

Nagaraja is a hands-on investor, identifying startups which others ignore or which seem to be a long bet. For example, Uniphore, which later became a unicorn, was rejected by quite a few investors before Nagaraja picked it up. Today, it is one of the largest global AI-native companies.

Nagaraja is now an author as his book Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future has hit the shelves. He speaks to indianexpress.com about his debut book, his journey, and his goal of empowering social enterprises.

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30 ‘Outdated’ Things People Refuse To Stop Using

30 ‘Outdated’ Things People Refuse To Stop Using

Just because there’s a host of fancy new gadgets and devices constantly being developed doesn’t mean that everyone’s rushing to embrace them. Many people are perfectly happy relying on the things they have and what they’re used to. New doesn’t always mean better… especially when the ‘ancient’ alternative is so reliable.

Case in point, the r/AskReddit online community recently had a blast opening up about all the ‘outdated’ technology that they don’t plan to stop using any time soon. From Windows XP to good old pen-and-paper, scroll down to see what they shared.

Physical books. I tried to get into ebooks but it’s just not the same as a physical book. Plus books have that fresh paper smell that’s so nostalgic

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‘Outdated’ and ‘obsolete’ tech is harder to root out than you might think. Case in point, Japan is notorious for relying on practically ancient

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When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do Massachusetts Institute of Technology

When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New Computer Technology

Quantum computers are now a multitude times faster than regular computers and huge brands like Splunk, Honeywell, Microsoft, AWS, Google and many others are now involved in making innovations in the field of Quantum Computing. The revenues for the global quantum computing market are projected to surpass $2.5 billion by 2029. And to make a mark in this new trending technology, you need to have experience with quantum mechanics, linear algebra, probability, information theory, and machine learning. This fascinating innovation holds promise for enhancing the capabilities of existing technologies while exploring new realms of artificial intelligence, potentially transforming our approach to data processing and machine learning.

  • Also noteworthy is 6G’s reduced latency, which virtually eliminates lag on supported devices.
  • Blockchain, which is a type of distributed ledger technology , is a decentralized and secure system that makes it possible to store and share data across multiple computers.
  • Quantum computers today
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New tech to help disabled people Technology

New tech to help disabled people Technology

New Technology In Computer

With fewer macOS PCs out there, hackers are less interested in making viruses for them. The closed-ecosystem approach Apple employs for its products also makes it harder to distribute malware — though not impossible. Laptops are also often very compact, which means they are more likely to be noisier when the fans ramp up to keep the computer cool. Prices are at an all-time low, while at the same time, computers are becoming incredibly powerful and full of convenient features.

  • IBM has spent years advancing the software that will be necessary to do that useful work.
  • Unity games editor is now available in preview and will release to market with the next Unity update, allowing game developers to build, test and run Unity titles for Arm powered Windows devices.
  • The Industrial Age harnessed steam and waterpower to reduce the dependence on animal and human physical labor as the primary means
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