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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETDuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused browser and search engine, has released a new setting on its search engine that allows users to hide AI-generated images. “Our philosophy about AI features is ‘private, useful, and optional.’ Our goal is to help you find what you’re looking for. You should decide for yourself how much AI you want in your life – or if you want any at all,” the company said on X last week.Also: I test AI tools for a living. Here are 3 image generators I actually use and howTo that end, the company has added a feature that makes it easy to filter out AI images, so you don’t have to see them. The new filter works with open-source blocklists (such as uBlockOrigin’s “nuclear” list and uBlacklist’s “Huge AI Blocklist”) to give users control over the kinds of images they want to see.This new feature doesn’t eliminate AI-generated images from the search, but rather, vastly reduces the number of such images that appear in your searches. More

Philip Thurston/Getty Images Agentic AI is one of the fastest-emerging technologies in business, with the potential to generate $450 billion in economic value through revenue uplift and cost savings across surveyed countries by 2028, according to the Rise of agentic AI: How trust is the key to human-AI collaboration. The new report from Capgemini Research Institute reveals insights […] More

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETThe next time you get an alert on your Android phone, it might just be life‑saving information.Google researchers report that since rolling out the Android Earthquake Alerts System in 2021, it has detected and issued warnings for over 2,000 earthquakes, delivering anywhere from 10 to 60 seconds of advance notice before the strongest shaking arrives. In total, about 790 million alerts have been sent to phones worldwide.Also: Storms and bad weather? How to prep your tech ahead of possible emergenciesFor instance, during a magnitude 6.7 earthquake in the Philippines in November 2023, Google’s system sent out the first alert just 18.3 seconds after the quake started, notifying nearly 2.5 million people.Last fall, Google expanded its earthquake alert system — Android earthquake alerts are now available in all 50 US states and six US territories. And in June, Samsung introduced its own version. Here’s how these critical alerts work and how you can enable them.How to turn on Google’s earthquake alerts on AndroidEarthquake alerts are often on by default. To check, follow the steps below. Also, be sure that your device is connected to Wi-Fi or mobile data and that location services are enabled. More