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AI tools continue to appear in search results, on social media, everywhere. And they’re increasingly prominent in new smartphones. But is this what we want?
On the fourth Friday of every month, we discuss consumer technology issues like this one with Houston Chronicle columnist Dwight SilvermanIn the audio above, he shares some recent examples, including features in Google’s new Pixel 9 phone lineup. He also talks to Houston Matters host Craig Cohen about how digital images can increasingly be manipulated (for better or worse) using AI tools, and the usefulness of a new gadget called Plaud.ai.
The two men also discuss the growing prevalence of “preview” language in Google’s AI-derived search results.
Silverman also shares what he knows about Apple’s iOS 18 beta, what’s being said about the upcoming iPhone 16 launch, and, in non-AI news, why HEB has been slow to roll out Apple Pay tap payments to its Houston-area stores. (Central Market stores now accept it.)
