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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: BuzzFeed debuts Botatouille, a free chatbot that suggests recipes from its food brand Tasty, and plans to offer AI-personalized services to sell subscriptions  —  Jonah Peretti, the company’s chief executive, has embraced artificial intelligence more than most publishers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

NBC News: Sources: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a conversation with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks  —  The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google says it will use generative AI to boost Search ads’ relevance based on query context and debuts a conversational experience for creating ad campaigns  —  Google is going to start using generative AI to boost Search ads relevance based on the context of a query, the company announced at its Google Marketing Live event today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Marino / The Verge: Logic Pro for iPad review: translates the pro app’s UI to a touch screen well and is very fun with few compromises, but can’t load a lot of third-party plug-ins  —  A great digital audio workstation for the iPad with some experimental ways to make music Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elias Leight / Billboard: Endel, a startup that uses AI to make “functional music”, partners with UMG to transform the label’s tracks into soundscapes for sleeping, relaxing, or studying  —  Endel, a leader in the lucrative “functional music” space, will transform projects from UMG’s roster into soundscapes for relaxing or studying. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Flipboard rolls out support for decentralized social networks Bluesky and Pixelfed, after adding support for Mastodon in February  —  Social magazine app Flipboard is continuing its investment in the federated social web with today’s news that it’s integrating with decentralized social networks, Bluesky and Pixelfed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Peloton revamps its app to offer a $24/month tier with unlimited hardware-based classes and a free tier without live classes, alongside its $13/month tier  —  Peloton Interactive Inc. is revamping its mobile fitness app to offer three different tiers, including an upscale version that will cost $24 a month … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: BuzzFeed debuts Botatouille, a chatbot that suggests recipes from its food brand Tasty; BuzzFeed plans to sell subscriptions to AI-powered personalized services  —  Jonah Peretti, the company’s chief executive, has embraced artificial intelligence more than most publishers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google launches Product Studio, a tool that lets merchants edit product images using generative AI for free, rolling out to US sellers in “the next few months”  —  Google is launching Product Studio, a new tool that allows Google Shopping merchants to quickly edit and customize … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google plans to start experimenting with Search and Shopping ads that are fully customized based on users’ search terms within conversational AI Search  —  AI chatbots have only just been put into consumers’ hands, but tech giants are rushing to monetize them. Lees verder op Tech Meme