Technology

First announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, Google Photos’ AI-based search feature, “Ask Photos,” has been rolling out to users starting Thursday. The feature, which allows users to ask AI to find photos with more complex questions, will initially be available in “early access” to select customers in the US before expanding to … Read more

Vay, a startup that made a teleoperated breakthrough in car-sharing in Berlin and Las Vegas, is expanding into commercial and business-to-business services supported by recent deals with French carmaker Peugeot and Belgium-based Poppy. Vay is not a traditional ride-hailing or car-sharing startup, nor does it operate a robotaxi service. Yet when customers in Las Vegas … Read more

The advancement of generative AI tools has created a new problem for the internet: the proliferation of images of synthetic nudes that look like real people. On Thursday, Microsoft took a big step to give victims of revenge porn a tool to prevent their Bing search engine from returning these images. Microsoft has announced a … Read more

For more than two decades, Jay Chandarana relied on commercial banks to meet the day-to-day working capital needs of his family business, sesame seed exporter Dhaval Agri. It was an agreement that basically worked: the company grew to have a share of 13% of the country’s total exports, making it the largest exporter of sesame … Read more