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A commission for Bellied Bird to draw their friendly emotional support Goodra robot assistant in SS13.
Their ref featured a for-scale sprite comparison that seemed similar so I correctly guessed that guy is from/for playing with SS13 and drew the kitchen from one of the servers I could google.

Shortly before I even tried drawing and loong before I started doing commissions I did some SS13 character sprites editing to add furries to the mix of a private RedditfursSteam server.

Started doing it for fun but peeps liked it enough I tried to support as many species as I could. It was surprisingly hard to stick to the same template to make sure items and ears, snout etc didn't look too out of place or stick out too much in weird ways.

I don't know if I could still find the sprites if I tried (maybe?). After working on this commission me and noxid decided to check out SS14 and I'm happy to see nowadays there's a lot more furry species on SS14.

Had to ask friends for help on this one and suggest better color balance because it initially was wayy too dark and made the character accidentally look evil.

#SS14#SS13#Goodra

#Google #Gemini #Assistant
"Some just miss the 'old' Google Assistant (which arguably still runs rings around Siri for many requests).

Thankfully, it's easier than you might think to swap back — here's how to do just that and bring Google Assistant back to your Pixel device."

How to turn off Google Gemini on your Pixel phone, and return to Google Assistant

"The old guy was better"
techradar.com/computing/artifi

TechRadar · How to turn off Google Gemini on your Pixel phone, and return to Google Assistant"The old guy was better"

Envision AI. Envision is creating an AI personal assistant that you can name and personalize to your liking. They want it available not only to those using their glasses, but also to those using their free app. They call it Ally. Ally is currently in Beta, and I was just approved to be on the growing beta team. Since it is a beta, it does make mistakes, but it is getting better over time. Its just amazing on the number of different tools we have to choose from to help us accomplish everyday task! 😄, #Envision #Ally #AI #Personal #Assistant #Tool #Task

It's well-known you can improve your thinking by brainstorming, talking about ideas etc. AI with voice interfaces like ChatGPT with voice (in beta) will therefore really have an impact I think, the content is the same as in text but simply the possibility to casually chat, in the car or anywhere else seems interesting, interface matters, can't wait for the assistant that Google Home, Siri and Alexa promised to be.
#AI #voice #assistant

Microsoft's Windows 11 Copilot feature, introduced in the "Moment 4" update, has faced mixed reviews and reports of issues. Users have reported problems with custom tuning profiles for AMD graphics cards being wiped clean after each reboot and compatibility issues with software like Wallpaper Engine from Steam. Additionally, Microsoft has started displaying third-party advertisements via Copilot, raising privacy and user experience concerns. Users who encounter issues with Copilot may consider removing it, but this might not be an option for those in the EU due to a new DMA policy.

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A fascinating new report claims that companies like Google and Amazon are losing tens of billions of dollars on their voice assistant devices, despite widespread adoption, because the plan to sell them under cost and then make up the difference in money made from interactions isn't working, because their customers refuse to use the devices for anything that makes these companies money. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/1

Ars Technica · Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this yearLayoffs reportedly hit the Alexa team hard as the company's biggest money loser.