Apr 15, 2024

Happy Tax Day from your friendly neighborhood chatbot

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Both H&R Block and Intuit have introduced generative artificial intelligence assistants to help people file their tax returns.

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Filing your taxes this year may include more AI

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Apr 15, 2024

Tax software companies like Intuit and H&R Block are turning to generative artificial intelligence to give products an edge.

Intuit and H&R Block introduced dueling AI assistants late last year, but experts say they're not wholly reliable.

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Samsung dethrones Apple

by Nova Safo

There’s news that Samsung, playing artificial intelligence to its favor, has just jumped ahead of Apple to become the top seller of smartphones in the world. This is with an assist from a fast-rising Chinese firm.

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Democracy in the Desert

Not everyone who lives in a "news desert" would describe it that way

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Apr 15, 2024

And those attitudes about local information ecosystems may provide insight into solutions for news deserts.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that people living in news deserts often turn to social media for information.

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