JournalofAccountancy

Creating an AI agent in ChatGPT

Q. I heard the new ChatGPT agent is really good with browsing the internet and working with spreadsheets. What is an agent, what can it do, and what can it do with spreadsheets that’s so noteworthy? A ...
PC World

Turning scribbled notes into text on Windows is easier than I thought

There are a lot of underutilized technologies in common PC apps that are really useful once you discover them. One on my list is Object Character Recognition (OCR) technology. You’ll find OCR in ...
Engadget

Claude can now edit and create files, including Excel spreadsheets

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In ...
BGR

Claude Can Now Create PDF, Word, And Excel Files For You

Anthropic on Tuesday announced a new Claude feature that some users should appreciate. The chatbot can now create files for you based on the instructions you provide in a prompt. Claude can generate ...
Android Authority

Files by Google will finally be able to natively display text files (APK teardown)

Google’s file manager for Android is working on integrating a viewer for text files. Evidence first appeared in Files by Google version 1.8436.793259964.0-release but the tool is not yet active. When ...
Purdue University

Using Microsoft CoPilot to Create Alternative Text for Images

Use the following AI prompts to utilize Microsoft Copilot to create alternative text for one or multiple images for your course. To use these prompts, log in to your Microsoft Copilot Work account ...
The Washington Post

We texted nearly 1,100 Americans about Trump and the Epstein files. Here’s what they said.

How closely are Americans following news about government files from the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, and what do they think about President Donald Trump’s handling of the issue? The ...
Android Authority

Google’s newest AI text-to-video generator lets you create full-fledged movies from scratch

Google has launched Vertex AI Media Studio, a suite of generative tools for creating full videos using only text prompts. The platform leverages powerful models, such as Imagen 3 for images, Veo 2 for ...
TechCrunch

Mistral adds a new API that turns any PDF document into an AI-ready Markdown file

On Thursday French large language model (LLM) developer Mistral launched a new API for developers who handle complex PDF documents. Mistral OCR is an optical character recognition (OCR) API that can ...
Ars Technica

New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise

On Thursday, Inception Labs released Mercury Coder, a new AI language model that uses diffusion techniques to generate text faster than conventional models. Unlike traditional models that create text ...
9to5google

Google replacing SMS with QR codes when creating Gmail accounts

SMS or text message-based two factor authentication (2FA) is not considered secure, and Google wants to replace that confirmation step with QR codes when creating a new Gmail account. Google tells ...