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Elon Musk’s Grok AI Lands on Japan’s App Store, Bringing a Rebellious Twist to Conversational AI

Grok app lands on Japan’s App Store

Grok app revealed on Japanese App Store The Japanese iOS and iPadOS app market just got a jolt of rebellious AI energy. Grok, the conversational AI developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, has officially launched on the App Store in a beta release, marking its debut as a standalone application. Previously accessible only through the X app and web browser, Grok is now ready to engage Japanese users directly with its unique brand of wit and real-time information access. Beyond the Usual: Grok’s Differentiators in a Crowded AI Field Grok isn’t just another large language model (LLM)-powered chatbot. It stands apart from the crowd with several key differentiators: Grok’s Potential Impact: … Continue reading

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Photoshop now natively supports Apple Silicon Macs

M1 native version of Photoshop

Apple Silicon-optimized version of Photoshop ships with significant speed improvements After three months of testing in beta, Adobe Photoshop has just gotten its final update, v22.3, to bring native support for Macs with M1 chips, delivering 50% faster performance than running on the Intel chips. Adobe’s internal tests covered the app’s basic and staple features — such as opening and saving files, running filters, and compute-heavy operations like Content-Aware Fill and Select Subject. With the March 2021 update, they are “all feel noticeably faster” on the new chip versus the Intel version, Adobe describes in a blog. Though the benefits of this transition are big, just keep in mind that … Continue reading

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Apple unveils its plans to use its own ARM-powered silicon in Macs

Apple Silicon architecture

Apple switching from Intel to its own custom chips for Macs over a two-year transition period At WWDC 2020, Apple has announced it will transition its Mac computers to its own custom-designed chips, moving away from Intel chips, and every Mac across its desktop and laptop product lines, including Mac Pro, is running on “Apple silicon” over the next two years. The company plans to ship its first Mac with Apple silicon, perhaps MacBooks or iMac, by the end of 2020. Macs with Apple Silicon will run on the same A-series processors which have been used in iPhones and iPads for more than 10 years, bringing the ability for macOS … Continue reading

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