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Jitendra Soni

Jitendra Soni

Jitendra is a consumer tech journalist based in Jaipur, India. He has written for Dexerto, TechRadar, TechRadar Pro, Free Press Journal, IB Times, and more. Disclosure: No significant crypto holdings.

Stories by Jitendra Soni

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    Zoom Guns for Google and Microsoft With AI-Powered Docs

    Zoom is further expanding its horizons by launching Zoom Docs. This new collaborative document tool, announced Tuesday, is integrated into Zoom's workplace ecosystem and uses generative AI to help revise documents and create content based on meeting transcripts. “Zoom Docs is our first Zoom Workplace product with generative AI built in from the ground up,” said Smita Hashim, Zoom's chief product officer, in the announcement. It effortlessly transforms information from Zoom Meetings into actionab...

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    2 min read
    Jitendra Soni
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    Canva Grows AI Toolbox With Leonardo.AI Acquisition

    Canva has announced its acquisition of Australian generative AI startup Leonardo.AI for an undisclosed amount. This move will help strengthen Canva’s generative AI offerings as it looks to take on brands like Adobe, Microsoft, and Google in the visual content creation space. Canva's CEO Cameron Adams emphasized the significance of the acquisition, “This field is constantly evolving, and Leonardo.AI’s technical leadership and community impact can’t be overstated,” he wrote. “Bringing our worlds t...

  • Microsoft Bing Adds AI to Search Results, Following Google’s Lead

    At the Google developer conference in May, the search giant introduced a new feature called AI Overviews, injecting AI-generated summaries into its search results. While the feature didn’t always work as intended, it survived. Now, Microsoft is following Google's example by adding generative search features to Bing. "By combining the power of generative AI and large language models with the search results page, Bing's generative search creates a bespoke and dynamic response to a user's query," M...

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    AI Tool Uses Finger Taps to Track Parkinson's Disease

    Researchers from the University of Florida’s College of Health and Human Performance Institute have created a new AI system that efficiently tracks the progression of Parkinson's disease using patient recordings of hand movements. This innovative system, which analyzes quick tapping movements between the thumb and index finger, can detect subtle changes that are often difficult for humans to spot. This has resulted in more accurate and efficient diagnosis and disease monitoring. "The beauty of t...

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    Robinhood Snaps Up AI Firm Pluto to Boost Retail Trading Smarts

    Leading retail investment platform Robinhood announced Monday that it has acquired Pluto, an AI-powered investment advice company that was positioned to give "Generation Z” guidance about their financial future. While the use of AI in analyzing markets and developing investment strategies is increasingly common, the acquisition appears to be the first foray by Robinhood to bring the technology to its more than 10 million monthly active users. Mayank Agarwal, Robinhood's VP of Engineering, said i...

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    Using AI Makes Workers Feel Lonely—And Could Hurt Productivity

    While there's no doubt that AI has changed how we interact with machines and has improved efficiency at work, it could also be negatively impacting employees' health and social well-being. "AI-induced isolation may spur employees to invest more in their human relationships, to seek out the social nourishment they're missing," according to research published Monday by the Harvard Business Review. Should those efforts fail, however, afflicted workers "resort to alcohol and suffer from insomnia." T...

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    Hyundai Has Robots That Deliver Coffee and Park Cars

    South Korean automobile brand Hyundai has announced the deployment of AI-powered robots, taking the technology out of science fiction and deploying it in a much more mundane setting: an office building. The robots are very different, and are not humanoid in form, designed to tackle specific tasks. The pair of machines do interact with humans at the Factorial Seongsu building in Seoul. The robots are part of the company's "Robot Total Solution," the company said, and are equipped with advanced te...

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    3 min read
    Jitendra Soni