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Jon Swartz

San Francisco

Contributor at SiriusXM

Senior Writer at Tech Strong Group

Senior Writer, Techstrong Group. SiriusXM and LiveNow contributor. Formerly: Dow Jones, USA Today, Forbes, Independent, S.F. Chronicle. Devotee of Saul Bellow.

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  • 1 week ago | techstrong.ai | Jon Swartz

    Amazon.com Inc. has a new non-human worker in its warehouses: A robot it claims has the “touch” necessary to shift 75% of the types of packages handled. Armed with two gripping pincers, built-in conveyor belts, and a pointed probe that’s used to push items about, Vulcan has the proper strength and agility for most items, Amazon said, and it can learn on the fly to be more efficient at stowing packages within crates.

  • 1 week ago | techstrong.ai | Jon Swartz

    Google’s plan to soon give under-13 youngsters access to its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini is raising hackles among parents and child safety experts, but offers the latest proof point of the risks tech companies are willing to take to reach more potential AI users. Google is hoping to learn from the mistakes of others who have pushed youth-oriented services only to see them misfire.

  • 1 week ago | techstrong.ai | Jon Swartz

    Generative artificial intelligence’s (AI) increasing ability to process text and images is presenting security risks as well as undeniable benefits to users. Multimodal models designed to handle text and image inputs can inadvertently expand the surface area for abuse when not sufficiently safeguarded.

  • 1 week ago | techstrong.ai | Jon Swartz

    In a week where IBM Corp., ServiceNow Inc. and Nutanix Inc. headlined artificial intelligence (AI) news, it turns out they were just warmup acts. A cacophony of other tech companies dove into the fray, unveiling everything from generative AI search tools and AI-powered glucose tracking to cloud-based “AI employees” (another phrase for AI agents). Netflix Inc.

  • 1 week ago | techstrong.ai | Jon Swartz

    LAS VEGAS — ServiceNow Inc. continued its artificial intelligence (AI) agent rampage Wednesday, with a new workflow data ecosystem that unites data platforms, applications and open-source tools. The company’s new Workflow Data Network, announced at the Knowledge25 show here, is a broad ecosystem of data platforms, applications and enterprise tools that power AI agents and workflows with real-time intelligence. Partnerships with Adobe Inc., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.

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