Last week, while preparing a lecture on the visual culture of the Global South, I caught Google’s Gemini in a double hallucination. Cross-referencing a historical event between English and Chinese data sets, I found the English AI to be authoritative but inventing citations. In Chinese, the fabrications vanished but so did global context, replaced by…
Ever snapped a perfect family photo on vacation, only to discover a stranger waving in the background or a photo bomber sneaking into your sunset memory? In the past, you’d need a pricey app or a professional editor to fix it. Not anymore, with today’s clever free tools, erasing unwanted people from your pictures is…
Google Gemini has finally overtaken OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT to become the top-ranked app on both Apple App Store and Google Play Store. This rise in the ranking of Google Gemini is fuelled by ongoing popularity of the Nano-Banana AI image editing feature. For those unaware, the Nano-Banana trend transforms user photos into hyper-detailed 3D…
Amid the Nano-Banana trend going viral as many experiment with their images, Google Gemini has replaced OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the top-ranked app on the Apple App Store. This comes after the Ghibli trend took the internet by storm a few months ago. When Mint checked on apps store and clicked on “Top Apps”, it showed…
Apple is reportedly pushing ahead with its plan to launch Apple Intelligence in China, a critical move to compete in the world’s largest smartphone market, Mark gurman has said, claiming that the company is initially targeting a mid-year release with iOS 18. The launch of AI features on iPhones in China has faced delays due…