Hasta La Gadget!

Combining two of my favorite things (LEGO and video games), LEGO has announced a build set in the form of a Pac-Man arcade machine. The 2,651-piece kit includes a marquee with rotating Pac-Man and ghosts on top, a coin slot that lights up with the push of a button, and game characters that move on-screen when a crank is turned on the side of the machine. It’s just like playing the actual game but with far less frustration and eating all my hard-earned quarters.

The set also includes an even more miniature LEGO Pac-Man arcade machine and a minifig playing it! Cool. Especially considering the $270 price tag. Honestly, it should probably come with a couple of rolls of quarters for that price.

Personally, I’ve always wanted one of those sit-down cocktail table Pac-Man arcade machines. Mostly because I hate standing, but also because I could eat while playing. And since you don’t need to press any buttons to play Pac-Man, I could just operate the joystick with one hand and eat slice after slice of pizza with the other. My dream Friday night! Or any night, really.

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Google’s take on AI-powered search begins rolling out today. The company announced this morning that it’s opening access to Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) and other Search Labs in the US. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to sign up for the waitlist and sit tight until you get an email announcing it’s your turn.

Revealed at Google I/O 2023 earlier this month, Google SGE is the company’s infusion of conversational AI into the classic search experience. If you’ve played with Bing AI, expect a familiar — yet different — product. Cherlynn Low noted in Engadget’s SGE preview that Google’s AI-powered search uses the same input bar you’re used to rather than a separate chatbot field like in Bing. Next, the generative AI results will appear in a shaded section below the search bar (and sponsored results) but above the standard web results. Meanwhile, on the top right of the AI results is a button letting you expand the snapshot, and it adds cards showing the sourced articles. Finally, you can ask follow-up questions by tapping a button below the results.

Google describes the snapshot as “key information to consider, with links to dig deeper.” Think of it like a slice of Bard injected (somewhat) seamlessly into the Google search you already know.

In addition, Google is opening access to other Search Labs, including Code Tips and Add to Sheets (both are US-only for now). Code Tips “harnesses the power of large language models to provide pointers for writing code faster and smarter.” It lets aspiring developers ask how-to questions about programming languages (C, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Python and TypeScript), tools (Docker, Git, shells) and algorithms. Meanwhile, as its name suggests, Add to Sheets lets you insert search results directly into Google’s spreadsheet app. Tapping a Sheets icon to the left of a search result will pop up a list of your recent documents; choose one to which you want to attach the result.

If you aren’t yet on the Search Labs waitlist, you can tap the Labs icon (a beaker symbol) on a new tab in Chrome for desktop or in the Google search app on Android or iOS. However, the company hasn’t announced how quickly or broadly it will open access, so you may need to be patient.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/google-begins-opening-access-to-generative-ai-in-search-175550693.html?src=rss

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