Get in shape for the summer with these AI-infused fitness apps

Whelp, let’s get this over with. It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to start getting back into shape again.

Luckily, we’re living in the golden age of AI, so instead of shuffling off to the gym and getting berated by a personal trainer, there are plenty of apps to create customized fitness plans that adapt to our needs.

Here’s a look at some helpful AI-powered exercise apps.

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This classic answer engine still outsmarts AI chatbots

Everyone’s talking about AI chatbots, but they’re not the best tool for every job. I’m not knocking AI here—those large language models like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard are impressive.

But AI chatbots have that obnoxious hallucination issue: They sometimes make things up. You have to fact-check the things they say closely. I’ve personally seen ChatGPT pretend to do math and get the answers totally wrong. (Also: AI chatbots can be slow.)

So where do you turn? Well,

Three burning AI questions that Apple needs to answer at WWDC 24

We are just a few days away from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the annual event where Apple shows off its newest operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more. Yet Monday’s WWDC 24, as it’s known, is arguably more critical for Apple’s future than any other WWDC in recent memory. That’s because Apple is widely expected to focus on its artificial intelligence plans, specifically the AI features it will integrate across its major operating systems such as iOS 18 for iPhone,

A tale of 2 families: Teens rely on social media, but some opt out until it’s necessary

Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends.

Then, as sophomore year got underway, the unexpected problems surfaced. She missed a student

AI search answers are like fast food: Convenient but not the healthiest for your information diet

If you have used Google lately and been lucky—or unlucky—enough to encounter an answer to your query rather than a bunch of links, you have been subjected to something called AI Overviews. This is a new core feature that Google has been rolling

Scientists don’t know much about the heliosphere’s shape. An interstellar probe could change that

The Sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that’s not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the Sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

The Sun is a star that constantly emits a steady stream of plasma—highly e

Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson insists the robots are only coming for the jobs we don’t want

In the era of AI, are Hollywood’s threatening sci-fi robots poised to come to life? Peggy Johnson, CEO of Agility Robotics, separates hype from reality, explaining how Agility’s humanoid robot, Digit, is entering the industrial workforce today. The former CEO of augmented reality startup Magic Leap, Johnson shares what makes robot tech more tangible than AR and explores the sensitive relationship between robotics and human-held jobs. 

This is an abridged transcript of an interv

MrBeast took money from a Koch-linked organization for a YouTube video (exclusive) 

A nonprofit founded by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch was a “key contributor” to a recent video produced by MrBeast’s charity arm, according to those involved.

The video, titled, “ ">We Schooled Hundreds of Teachers,” was uploaded on April 30 to the YouTuber’s “Beast Philanthropy,” a second channel he uses to showcase charity work. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, lists

AI in banking requires computing power that only Big Tech can provide. This worries fintech execs

The boom in artificial intelligence will increase banks’ dependence on big U.S. tech firms, creating new risks for the industry, European banking executives said.

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