Anthropic updated Claude so it can automatically generate charts, diagrams, and other interactive visualizations directly inside conversations, rather than only in a side panel. The new visualizations are rolling out now to all users. The Verge reports: As an example, Anthropic says a conversation about the periodic table could lead Claude to generate a visualization of it, featuring interactive elements that let you click inside the table for more information. Another example shows how Claude can generate a visual related to a question about how weight travels through a building. Though Claude will automatically determine whether it should generate a visualization in your chat, Anthropic notes that you can also ask the chatbot to generate a diagram, table, or chart directly. [...]
Anthropic already allows you to create charts, documents, tools, and apps through Claude's "artifacts" feature, which opens in a side panel where you can interact, share, and download the AI-generated creation. But, as noted by Anthropic, artifacts are persistent, while the visualizations created within Claude's conversations will change or disappear as the conversation progresses. You can also ask Claude to make changes to the visualizations it creates.
Anthropic already allows you to create charts, documents, tools, and apps through Claude's "artifacts" feature, which opens in a side panel where you can interact, share, and download the AI-generated creation. But, as noted by Anthropic, artifacts are persistent, while the visualizations created within Claude's conversations will change or disappear as the conversation progresses. You can also ask Claude to make changes to the visualizations it creates.
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Google Maps is rolling out its biggest update in more than a decade, introducing a Gemini-powered chatbot and a new "Immersive Navigation" interface. "Ask Maps" lets users plan trips, ask questions, and refine travel suggestions conversationally within the app. "The new chatbot will be accessible via a button up near the search bar," notes Ars Technica. "You can ask it anything you're likely to find in Google Maps without jumping into another app. You can ask for directions, of course, but it can also plan out road trips and vacations from a single prompt. Ask Maps works like a chatbot, so it accepts follow-up prompts to refine and expand on its suggestions."
Meanwhile, Google is promising a "complete transformation" of the navigation experience in Maps with what they're calling "Immersive Navigation." It brings detailed 3D visuals, smarter route previews, and improved guidance powered by data from Street View and aerial imagery. "You'll see accurate overpasses, crosswalks, landmarks, and signage in the new navigation experience," reports Ars. "Google also aims to solve some of the biggest usability issues with turn-by-turn navigation in this update. [...] Immersive Navigation tries to show you more of the route as you drive, using smart zoom and transparent buildings to help you plan ahead. Voice guidance will also reference turns after the next one where appropriate."
Immersive Navigation will also highlights the tradeoffs between different route options, such as longer routes that avoid traffic or tolls. And, as you approach your destination, it will uses Street View imagery, building entrances, and parking information to help you orient yourself. The features are launching on Android and iOS first, with broader platform support coming later.
Meanwhile, Google is promising a "complete transformation" of the navigation experience in Maps with what they're calling "Immersive Navigation." It brings detailed 3D visuals, smarter route previews, and improved guidance powered by data from Street View and aerial imagery. "You'll see accurate overpasses, crosswalks, landmarks, and signage in the new navigation experience," reports Ars. "Google also aims to solve some of the biggest usability issues with turn-by-turn navigation in this update. [...] Immersive Navigation tries to show you more of the route as you drive, using smart zoom and transparent buildings to help you plan ahead. Voice guidance will also reference turns after the next one where appropriate."
Immersive Navigation will also highlights the tradeoffs between different route options, such as longer routes that avoid traffic or tolls. And, as you approach your destination, it will uses Street View imagery, building entrances, and parking information to help you orient yourself. The features are launching on Android and iOS first, with broader platform support coming later.
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Het Nederlandse beleid ten aanzien van de Amerikaanse-Israëlische aanval op Iran balanceert tussen verdediging van internationale normen en strategische eigenbelangen.
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Hoe werkt een luchtverdedigingsmissie op zee? Commandant Keveling geeft een inkijkje aan boord van Zr. Ms. Evertsen en legt uit wat die inzet vraagt van de bemanning.
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Met een zogenoemde ‘interventieverklaring’ beschrijft Nederland omstandigheden waaronder het Israëlische geweld in Gaza als genocide aangemerkt kan worden. Het kiest daarbij geen partij voor of tegen Israël.
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The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It. “I think we can both admit at this point that the screaming isn’t working. The screaming isn’t making you feel any better.”
Donderdag stond in Dordrecht Jesse R. (32) terecht voor de onthoofding van zijn moeder. Wie is hij? En welke wanen leidden tot zijn gruweldaad?
Records could be smashed in southern California as experts warn weather set to be ‘exceptional – and not in a good way’
States across the US west are bracing for a brutal early-season heatwave threatening to cook several cities through the weekend and into next week. Forecasters warned temperatures will spike 20-30F above normal for several days.
Daily records could be shattered in southern California this week, the National Weather Service said, with a possibility that all-time records for March will be broken as well. Following the warmest winter on record across most of the region, the intense conditions are expected to eat into low snowpack levels, deepening drought concerns.
Continue reading...The economic fallout of the US-Israeli assault and Tehran’s retaliation is spreading fast, and pushing the most vulnerable towards disaster
Soaring prices at the pump, the scrapping of mortgage deals, and the prospect of higher prices for everything from food to smartphones. The US-Israeli attack on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliation, has rocked the global economy. Consumers are already feeling the pain of the biggest energy supply shock in history, and Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed on Thursday that the strait of Hormuz will remain closed, according to a statement attributed to him by state media. The corridor is the biggest chokepoint for the global energy system. The relief to oil prices brought by the International Energy Agency’s largest ever release of reserves had already proved shortlived: as the US and Israel intensified attacks on Iran, it escalated attacks on transport infrastructure across the Gulf.
But the impact is not evenly felt. In Asia, heavily reliant on the Middle East for crude oil and liquefied natural gas, Bangladesh closed all its universities and Pakistan some of its schools due to fuel shortages. While US coverage is dominated by the impact at home, others are paying a higher price. And it is the world’s poorest and most vulnerable who will be worst hit.
Continue reading...Warnings were ignored and processes rushed because No 10 had already made up its mind to let Peter Mandelson sail through
The arrogance takes your breath away, even to the end. Sacked in disgrace for bringing shame upon those who trusted him, Peter Mandelson’s response, we now know, was to unsuccessfully demand half a million pounds of public money to go quietly, all while haughtily insisting upon his dignity as a servant of the crown. In other words, this week’s disclosures suggest Mandelson behaves in a tight corner pretty much exactly as bitter experience suggests he might. What they still don’t explain satisfactorily is why Downing Street, seemingly alone, failed to anticipate that.
To understand what went wrong, imagine the three-step process by which he became ambassador to Washington as a sandwich: two bland slices of officialdom, representing the Cabinet Office’s initial efforts at due diligence and a deeper vetting process at the end, glued together with political filling. Take away the middle, which is the political operation around the prime minister himself, and what’s left is dry bread falling apart in your hands.
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The German chancellor and his Social Democrat coalition partners need to learn the right lessons, after an election reverse in Germany’s third-largest state
For most of the postwar period, the state of Baden-Württemberg was both a bastion of German conservatism and – as the home of Mercedes-Benz and Porsche – an economic powerhouse. But in volatile times, even regions that embodied political stability and industrial prowess now deliver the unexpected. A come-from-behind victory for the Greens last Sunday, in the first of a series of important regional elections this year, suggests that Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrat-led national government is alienating voters in the same way as other centrist administrations in Europe. If Sir Keir Starmer has Gorton and Denton to anguish over, Mr Merz and his Social Democrat coalition partners now have Baden-Württemberg.
Caveats apply. The Greens already had an impressive power base in Germany’s third-largest state, where they have been the senior partner in coalition administrations for 15 years. In Cem Özdemir, their victorious candidate, they also fielded a charismatic and popular campaigner. Mr Özdemir’s personal achievement is in itself a cause for celebration. The son of immigrants who arrived in the country in the 1960s, he becomes Germany’s first state premier with Turkish roots.
Continue reading...The streamer’s biggest film of all time, also nominated for two Oscars, is getting a followup
A sequel to record-breaking hit KPop Demon Hunters has been officially confirmed at Netflix.
The film will again be a collaboration between the streamer and Sony with Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, the writer-directors, returning.
Continue reading...Fabien Galthié hopes ballet excursion can help Les Bleus put Scotland debacle behind them for Six Nations finale
A night at the opera may not be to every Frenchman’s taste these days, but for Fabien Galthié the outing will have been an integral part of his team’s Six Nations finale preparations.
Two evenings out from their clash against England, Les Bleus were set to leave their training camp to watch rehearsals for a performance of the ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Opéra Garnier in central Paris. “It’s important for us to take a step back,” the head coach explained. “We’re going to be meeting the lead dancers, watching them at work, speaking to them, and experiencing that legendary venue.”
Continue reading...Wie ooit in zee heeft gezwommen kent het moment: een enorme golf rolt op je af en je denkt dat je weggevaagd wordt. Je kunt twee dingen doen: naar het strand rennen of onder de golf duiken. Maar soms gebeurt er iets verrassends. Tegen de tijd dat de golf je bereikt, is hij bijna verdwenen.
Die vraag speelt nu ook rond kunstmatige intelligentie. Komt er een technologische tsunami aan die banen en misschien zelfs mensen overbodig maakt? Of blijkt de golf uiteindelijk minder verwoestend dan voorspeld?
Angst voor een wereld zonder werk
De afgelopen jaren klinken de voorspellingen steeds dramatischer. AI zou complete sectoren overnemen: klantenservice, marketing, finance, juridische dienstverlening en zelfs delen van het onderwijs.
Als machines straks schrijven, programmeren en analyseren, wat blijft er dan nog over voor mensen? Sommige futuristen schetsen al een wereld waarin we leven van een universeel basisinkomen terwijl algoritmes het werk doen.
Technologische paniek is van alle tijden
Maar de geschiedenis leert dat nieuwe technologie vaak eerst angst oproept. Eind jaren negentig vreesde men dat computers zouden crashen zodra de kalender van 1999 naar 2000 sprong, het beruchte Y2K-probleem. De wereld bleef gewoon draaien.
Even later ontstond paniek over nanotechnologie. Sommigen dachten dat zelfreplicerende nanobots de planeet zouden overnemen. Dat scenario bleef ook sciencefiction.
Ook nu lijkt de angst voor AI soms groter dan de realiteit.
Barstjes in de AI-hype
Er zijn namelijk signalen dat de verwachtingen misschien te hoog gespannen zijn.
Steeds meer gebruikers raken teleurgesteld in generatieve systemen zoals ChatGPT. Programmeurs klagen over foutieve code, studenten merken dat AI moeite heeft met ingewikkelde wiskunde en schrijvers wijzen erop dat de teksten vaak vlak en voorspelbaar zijn.
Daar komt bij dat de technologie enorm veel energie en water verbruikt. Dat roept vragen op over hoe lang de huidige groei economisch en ecologisch vol te houden is.
Tegelijkertijd ontstaat er een opvallende trend in de andere richting. Sommige mensen kiezen bewust voor minder technologie: papieren boeken in plaats van e-readers, eenvoudige telefoons in plaats van smartphones en echte gesprekken in plaats van eindeloze online discussies.
Waarschijnlijk ligt de toekomst ergens tussen twee uitersten. AI zal het werk van mensen veranderen en soms ondersteunen, maar volledige vervanging is een ander verhaal.
De golf is er al. Maar voorlopig lijkt de mens er nog gewoon bovenop te blijven drijven.
Bron: Psychology Today
Prof. dr. Francio Guadeloupe, bijzonder hoogleraar Publieke Antropologie van Koninkrijksrelaties, hield vandaag, donderdag 12 maart, zijn oratie bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA). Guadeloupe hield zijn inaugurele rede als houder van de leerstoel Publieke Antropologie van Koninkrijksrelaties. Deze leerstoel is in 2024 ingesteld door het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (BZK).