Using Chrome AI to Rewrite Text

Earlier this month, I discussed how Chrome’s upcoming built-in AI support was adding new features specifically tailored to certain use-cases. In that post, I looked at the Summarizer API. For today, I decided to take a look at the rewriter API. As a quick reminder, this is very early on, and if you want to try this yourself, you should hit the sign-up form and read the intro post from the Chrome folks first. Obviously, everything I’m going to show below probably will, almost certainly will, change before shipping. Ok, with that out of the way, let’s talk rewriting, specifically, how the Chrome API operates. Given a set of source input, the API can shorten, or lengthen the input,... more →
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Amazing Text Editing Experiences with UltraEdit (Sponsored)

There’s a common saying that adults spend more time with coworkers than family; for us software engineers, we spend more time with our text editor than our families. And why shouldn’t we? They’re our main tool to do a variety of things, and as these editors evolve, they’re capable of doing even more. UltraEdit, a paid text editor, has been around for decades and continues to be immensely powerful! Quick Hits UltraEdit boasts a loyal user base of over 4 million Decades of engineering expertise and stability baked into the editor The UltraEverything Suite includes a Code Editor, a File Finder and Compare tool, and FTP client Available on Mac, Linux, and Windows The entire... more →
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6 new Android features: Schedule text messages, Dark Mode on Google Maps and more – CNET

6 new Android features: Schedule text messages, Dark Mode on Google Maps and more  CNET Google Maps Dark Mode for Android Users Starts Rolling Out Globally  Gadgets 360 How to turn on the new Google Maps dark mode  Pocket-lint Google Maps dark theme officially announced, coming soon to Android  9to5Google Google rolls out dark mode for Maps, games for Android Auto  Pocketnow View Full Coverage on Google News “map app” – Google News… more →
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