B&B #2: Companies and AI
AI headlines, California's AI safety bill and using during vs while.
Headlines
- M&S using AI as personal style guru in effort to boost online sales
- Apple banks on AI to boost sales of new iPhone 16
- YouTube is making new tools to protect creators from AI copycats
Vocabulary
M&S using AI as personal style guru in effort to boost online sales
- Retailer: Einzelhändler
- ...with the aim of clocking up half its fashion sales digitally: verbuchen können
- Straightforward: einfach
- It hopes to overtake Next to become the biggest seller of garments: überholen / Kleidung
- ...tailoring to six different preferences: maßschneidern
Apple banks on AI to boost sales of new iPhone 16
- Apple banks on AI: auf jemanden/etwas vertrauen
- to jumpstart a new wave of iPhone sales: Starthilfe geben
- aimed at harnessing the latest in artificial intelligence: sich etwas zunutze machen
- Apple's most important product which accounts for around half of its total sales: repräsentieren
- ...it was expecting marketing approval from regulators: Regulierungsbehörde
YouTube is making new tools to protect creators from AI copycats
- AI copycats: Nachmacher
- content that copies their voice or likeness: hier: bild
- the new likeness management tech will help to safeguard its creators: absichern
- AI music tools have sparked fears among artists regarding their use in plagiarism: Angst auslösen / Plagiat
- A separate tool is also in the works: in Arbeit
Video of the Day
60 Second Grammar - During vs While
While + subject + verb
I listen to music while I work.
During + noun/gerund (verb + ing)
I listen to music during the day.