A Chinese artificial intelligence company has added image and video recognition to its main chatbot. At the same time, local chip makers showed they can now match the fast launch support that used to be an American strength.

YouTube tests AI chatbot to reshape video discovery Google is trialing an 'Ask YouTube' feature for Premium subscribers in the U.S., offering conversational searches that return tailored video summaries and direct timestamps.

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content we consume on social media and affecting the people behind the screens.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ani arrived in July, she didn’t look like the sterile chat interfaces that had previously dominated the industry. Modeled after Death Note’s Misa Amane—with animated ...