Connie Guglielmo

San Francisco

Silicon Valley-based reporter, commentator. Formerly w/CNET, Forbes, Bloomberg. Every day, an adventure. I believe in facts. Also @techledes.bsky.social

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This AI Tool Lets Doctors and Traveling Patients Converse, Despite Language Barriers

Jan 7, 2025 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

What happens when millions of people gather for a global event in a country where they may not speak the language but suddenly need medical attention? For starters, you try to figure out a way to connect people across languages, including translating sometimes vague and culturally specific personal health complaints into medical terminology that doctors can understand to quickly assess a patient's condition and decide the level of urgency.
Sora's AI Videos Arrive as Musk Pitches Image Tool for Making Memes

Dec 16, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

If OpenAI gets it right, Sora, the AI tool announced in February that's able to create photorealistic and high-quality video from simple text prompts, will upend the way video is created, with professional video creatives and Hollywood filmmakers among those expected to most feel its effect on their industry.
We Interrupt Your Chatbot Conversation to Bring You This Ad

Dec 9, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

As part of its goal to pivot away from its nonprofit origins and become a for-profit business within two years, OpenAI last week announced a $200 a month "pro tier" that will give subscribers unlimited access to a faster version of its most powerful ChatGPT engine — called o1 — as well as the voice mode that lets you talk to the advanced chatbot (which is capable of humanlike reasoning).
In 'The Sticky,' Chris Diamantopoulos Serves Up Mayhem, Murder and a Maple Syrup Heist

Dec 6, 2024 | msn.com | Connie Guglielmo

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AI Granny and Her Cat Fluffy Go After Phone Spammers

Dec 2, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

Add this to the AI-for-public-good category: A mobile-phone company in the UK has created a digital AI granny called Daisy to thwart phone spammers by keeping them on the line for a long time to prevent them from calling more people. The talkative chatbot, created by O2 and modeled on the grandmothers of some of the bot's developers, is the newest member of O2's fraud prevention team, the phone company says in a post about Daisy.
Ben Affleck Says AI Will Disrupt Hollywood but Not Humans Making Films

Nov 25, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

Actor and director Ben Affleck weighed in on the debate about AI's role in Hollywood, saying that "movies will be one of the last things, if everything gets replaced, to be replaced by AI." "AI can write you excellent imitative verse that sounds Elizabethan. It cannot write you Shakespeare," Affleck told attendees at CNBC's Delivering Alpha 2024 investor summit.
Elon Musk's Influence Over Trump Might Lead to Tighter AI Rules

Nov 18, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

Though Donald Trump's reelection has spurred speculation, as I noted in depth last week, that the new administration might consider less regulation and a rejection of government-mandated safeguards around AI, those looking to rein in AI companies might find an ally in billionaire Elon Musk. Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC, on Nov. 13.
New Trump Era May Give AI Companies Free Rein

Nov 11, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

With former President Donald Trump's reelection, Silicon Valley is now speculating on how the new administration will lean into business-friendly policies toward AI (and cryptocurrency companies). After all, a loosening of regulation was among the top reasons some Silicon Valley venture capitalists, investors and executives, who've poured billions into generative AI, decided to endorse the Republican candidate and a party they previously opposed, as was widely reported in July.
Apple Offers Up to $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Hack Its AI Servers

Nov 4, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

Apple CEO Tim Cook waxed poetic about the arrival of some Apple Intelligence features for the iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max and iPhone 16 last week, saying in a tweet that the intro of Writing Tools along with new cleanup features for photos and a more conversational version of its Siri voice assistant is "the beginning of an exciting new era." But reviewers say Apple Intelligence isn't all that, at least not yet.
AI Gives Voice to Century-Old Diaries of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Crew

Nov 2, 2024 | cnet.com | Connie Guglielmo

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi knows how to tell a good story. The films she helped bring to life about American climber Alex Honnold conquering El Capitan without safety gear (Free Solo) and the struggles faced by elite swimmer Diana Nyad to swim over 100 miles nonstop from Cuba to Florida (Nyad) are award-winning explorations of the human spirit. Each celebrates people who face seemingly impossible challenges and defy seemingly impossible odds to succeed.