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HBO Max tests TikTok-style shorts feed, adds AI conversational search
HBO Max has begun testing a vertical short-form video feed and an AI conversational search feature with some users in the United States. The Shorts icon in the app shows trailers, scene clips and bonus videos in a personalised vertical feed based on viewing history. AI is also used to select clips, with an AI tool analysing films and TV programmes before editors choose final clips. The company plans to expand both tests to more devices and markets.
AI & Enterprise
Amazon hardware chief says app and screen era will fade, outlines on-device AI chip strategy
Amazon is focusing on embedding its own chips in personal devices, CNBC reported. Panos Panay (파노스 파나이), head of Amazon Devices & Services, said Amazon makes its chips end-to-end and develops some key devices from chip design through completion, while still using external chips such as Qualcomm. Amazon has introduced AZ3 and AZ3 Pro chips for running on-device AI models. Panay also said the world may be moving away from apps and screens.
Telecommunications & Media
YouTube expands conversational AI feature to smart TVs
YouTube has begun testing an expansion of its conversational AI feature to smart TVs, game consoles and streaming devices, TechCrunch reported on Feb. 19. The feature had been available only on mobile and the web. It is activated via an “Ask” button on the TV screen, recommends video-related questions and allows users to speak queries through a remote microphone. It supports English, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean for users aged 18 and over.