The language app Duolingo has been enhanced with CHATGPT-4. Thanks to artificial intelligence, “role-playing” is being deployed.
Role play drops you into imaginary scenarios in French or Spanish. For example, imagine you’re joking with a waitress in Barcelona while munching on tapas. After the conversation, the robot will tell you your conversation. It’s part of the new iPhone-only “Duolingo Max” subscription that’s slowly rolling out across the US.
In a recent New Yorker article, the writer describes a mock session in a French cafe. After some back-and-forth, she told the AI machine, “I love you.”When asked if she wanted to spend the night alone, she replied that she would if everyone was as bored as she is now. rice field. She said, “Bonsoir,” it said.
Other apps let you chat with native speakers instead of robots, but for about $5 to $25 per hour. A Duolingo Max subscription costs $30/month for unlimited use, but at about $168/year, that’s a big difference. If you don’t need it, the standard his Duolingo is free and the ad-free version is $7 per month.
Another new Duolingo Max feature, Explain My Answer, explains both your mistakes and your lucky guesses. It replaces the forum that was closed last year. Answers to forum questions may or may not be helpful. Hopefully the robot is more accurate than the user. At least they are quick.
The founder of Duolingo is the person who invented the “Captcha” system for distinguishing between humans and bots and “ReCaptcha” for digitizing text. He won the Genius Award from the MacArthur Foundation before starting the company, so it’s no wonder his product is so good. “I’ve been using it every day for years,” my nephew told me. “And I’m still far from finishing all my Spanish lessons. With Babble or Rosetta Stone, A user can probably complete all the lessons in six months.”
amazon tips
Some Amazon products are ridiculously expensive, while others are the best deals in town. I’ll never forget the $12 pink Kleenex I didn’t buy or the $7 a bottle of Girard Champagne Salad Dressing I bought. To make matters worse, he once bought his Logitech Webcam for $240 that a friend bought him for $18. Here are some tips: Look for “sold by Amazon”. If it’s a third party seller, the prices can be exorbitant.
video sharing
YouTube videos are[共有]Easily share with the click of a button. But if you want to download for offline viewing, try YouTube Premium for $12/month.
Downloading YouTube videos with free apps is illegal. Nonetheless, ZDnet promotes something called “ClipGrab”. When I tried it, Windows warned me that it might be a virus, so I canceled the install. This is not uncommon. Be careful, as many free YouTube downloaders are infected with viruses.
Many browser extensions are also dangerous.
Can Google sue you for downloading a video? According to Quora.com experts, eyewitnesses say that streaming video doesn’t work unless the video has already been downloaded as a temporary file. I have to admit. They say re-downloading something that’s already there won’t cause any problems.
share facebook video
My sister doesn’t have Facebook, so she often misses her niece’s dance competition videos. But now she doesn’t have to. She recently learned that Facebook videos can be easily shared with non-Facebook users. Click or tap her three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the video.
Then select “Copy Link”. Recipients don’t have to be on Facebook to see it.
What’s draining your phone’s battery
One reader mentioned that Norton 360 is taking up 60% of his phone’s battery life. Should she throw it away?
The phone app has great reviews and has great features. Uninstalling is not recommended unless you are experiencing problems. There are many worse offenders when it comes to battery life.
According to pCloud’s report on “secret phone killers,” there are three things to consider. What applications each app uses, such as location and camera, battery usage, and whether dark mode is available. Norton is nowhere to be found on the list of the 100 worst. Instead, they blame his Fitbit, Verizon, Uber, Skype, and Facebook. WhatsApp is also there. But as my WhatsApp-using friend points out, the Motorola G Power lasts him four days on a single charge, even though he uses the app for over two hours each day. So these things should be taken with a grain of salt.
These apps can also consume a lot of memory. You can find the worst list by searching for “pCloud secret phone killers”. The top three violators include United Airlines, Lyft, and Uber.
By the way, pCloud offers 10GB of free storage space and is recommended by PC Magazine.
Elderly monitoring
“Cherish Serenity” is a new $300 device to keep seniors safe. It combines radar, artificial intelligence, and AT&T Internet connectivity to detect body position, movement, and biometrics in seniors. No cameras or wearable trackers required. If someone falls, you can get an instant alert.
Serenity looks like a storage device or desktop speaker and requires a $40/month subscription. The initial sales target will be nursing homes and nursing homes.
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AtonAton.com shows off a robotic basketball hoop. If it likes you, it lowers itself to make your dunks easier. It may pop up again soon. Unfortunately it is not for sale.
Joy Schwabach can be reached by email at joy.schwabach@gmail.com.
