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• Samsung TVs will use AI to identify dishes on-screen and find recipes.
• The technology links with the Samsung Food app.
• The feature links with meal planning, grocery list-making, and related features.

A delicious meal on TV can make your mouth water even if you have no idea how to make it. Samsung wants to turn that craving into action using AI through its new TVs and the Samsung Food app. The feature uses AI vision to recognize food on the screen and fetch you the recipe.

Say you’re watching a cooking show, and someone pulls a steaming beef bourguignon out of the oven. With Samsung Food enabled, your TV can recognize that dish and suggest a recipe so you can make it yourself. It doesn’t stop there—Samsung Food on TV can also display updates on grocery or takeout orders placed through its mobile app. While you won’t be stirring the pot from the comfort of your couch, this kind of integration aims to make cooking more accessible and engaging.

Samsung Food already offers AI-guided cooking steps and suggests recipes based on uploaded photos. Now, with Samsung Food coming to TVs, the technology is stepping directly into your living room. Of course, recipe tools that try to identify dishes based on photos or videos haven’t exactly been flawless, as I've learned from playing with ChatGPT.

"We’re bringing dishes from movies or TV right to your dinner table with Samsung Food. Leveraging our AI processor, it recognizes the food on your screen and provides recipes for bringing it to life," Samsung wrote in a press release. "Samsung Food can also analyze what’s in your fridge and build a shopping list of missing ingredients. Plus, you can purchase groceries or takeout using provider apps and monitor delivery right from your TV. It’s truly the ultimate AI sous chef."

AI Grocers

Hungry AI eyes on your TV pair well with the cameras Samsung announced will order food from you from Instacart. The AI in Samsung Bespoke refrigerators can see into your fridge, and Instacart’s product-matching system can suggest what you need to replenish and let you place an order with a few taps. You’ll be able to browse your grocery list right on the fridge’s touchscreen and have items delivered the same day.

The AI chef's help is part of several new AI features for Samsung TVs branded under Vision AI. There's also the Click to Search tool that allows viewers to identify on-screen actors or filming locations, while Live Translate offers real-time subtitle translations. The inclusion of Samsung Food is one more step toward creating a home ecosystem where your TV is as involved in your life as your phone or smart fridge.

This push into culinary AI is both ambitious and a little quirky. On one hand, it’s fun to imagine recreating the il timpano from Big Night after a movie marathon. On the other, it’s a reminder that AI can only do so much. No algorithm is going to dice your onions or make sure your soufflé doesn’t collapse. And let’s be honest, if you’re the type who orders takeout while watching The Great British Bake Off, you might not be Samsung Food’s target audience. But for the adventurous cook, this tech could be a game-changer—or at least a nifty way to impress dinner guests.

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Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #576) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• A FEW
• LOVE
• BARBERSHOP
• ESSAYS
• A ROSE
• CERTAIN
• ENOUGH
• A LIFE
• A DEAL
• PART ONE
• VARIOUS
• A CAPPELLA
• A NOVEL
• DOO-WOP
• SOME
• MADRIGAL

NYT Connections today (game #576) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Singing groups 
• GREEN: A small amount
• BLUE: Biography sub-headings 
• PURPLE: It really is

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #576) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC 
• GREEN: A HANDFUL OF 
• BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES 
• PURPLE: _ IS _ (IS _) 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #576) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #576, are…

• YELLOW: VOCAL MUSIC A CAPPELLA, BARBERSHOP, DOO-WOP, MADRIGAL
• GREEN: A HANDFUL OF A FEW, CERTAIN, SOME, VARIOUS
• BLUE: BOOK SUBTITLES A LIFE, A NOVEL, ESSAYS, PART ONE
• PURPLE: _ IS _ (IS _) A DEAL, A ROSE, ENOUGH, LOVE

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 3 mistakes

I found today’s Connections utterly baffling and only completed it by chance – and even then it took me a while to fully understand what the Purple group was all about. I think seeing A LIFE, A NOVEL, A FEW, A DEAL and A ROSE in the starting grid discombobulated my brain and I struggled to recover and think logically.

Having said that, I did get VOCAL MUSIC pretty quickly, but the rest was random guesswork – despite the fact that I was singing along to No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) by Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer on New Year’s Eve. A roller disco classic if ever there was one.

My head hurts.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Monday, 6 January, game #575)

• YELLOW: BREATHE HARD GASP, HEAVE, PANT, PUFF
• GREEN: CATCHALL BLANKET, BROAD, GENERAL, UMBRELLA
• BLUE: METAPHORS FOR EASY THINGS ABC, BREEZE, PICNIC, PIE
• PURPLE: SYNONYMS FOR REAR END MINUS LAST LETTER ARS, BOOT, BUT, RUM

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1079) - hint #1 - Vowels How many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 5*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1079) - hint #2 - repeated letters Do any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 1.

Quordle today (game #1079) - hint #3 - uncommon letters Do the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• No. None of Q, Z, X or J appear among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1079) - hint #4 - starting letters (1) Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1079) - hint #5 - starting letters (2) What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• C

• F

• R

• T

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1079) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1079, are…

• CREED
• FILET
• ROUTE
• TAPER

I made a big error today, getting sucked in to completing the first word and ignoring what was going on with the other three. I could have got ROUTE a lot more quickly if I’d paid attention to the fact that I had all five letters after two guesses, but I got over-confident after landing so many green Es with my start word. That first word is like a magnet on the mind.

That said, I still got there in the end, but it was very much in the hands of the Quordle gods, as TAPER could have been Taker or Tamer.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Daily Sequence today (game #1079) - the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1079, are…

• SOUND
• RESIN
• FACET
• BUNCH

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1078, Monday 6 January: PIVOT, WOOLY, GRUNT, GROOM
• Quordle #1077, Sunday 5 January: BORAX, JUDGE, CADET, SALON
• Quordle #1076, Saturday 4 January: CORER, CRATE, QUASI, EXIST
• Quordle #1075, Friday 3 January: PERKY, QUARK, NAVEL, SHEEN
• Quordle #1074, Thursday 2 January: UNIFY, SWORE, DEPOT, INTRO
• Quordle #1073, Wednesday 1 January: CLING, SUITE, WORRY, TONIC
• Quordle #1072, Tuesday 31 December: PLUMP, TUBER, IRATE, ICILY
• Quordle #1071, Monday 30 December: TODDY, GROIN, GROWN, VERVE
• Quordle #1070, Sunday 29 December: PURER, SPLAT, RABID, EMCEE
• Quordle #1069, Saturday 28 December: BUNCH, LABOR, TRIPE, BUNNY
• Quordle #1068, Friday 27 December: BRAWL, LYING, ORGAN, CRONY
• Quordle #1067, Thursday 26 December: TATTY, OVERT, FLOUR, SWEPT
• Quordle #1066, Wednesday 25 December: LIVER, CRIER, SHORE, MURKY
• Quordle #1065, Tuesday 24 December: TIPSY, SCALE, FLYER, VALVE
• Quordle #1064, Monday 23 December: SNAKE, SAVVY, ELBOW, TWEED
• Quordle #1063, Sunday 22 December: DOUBT, SLURP, PAPER, CIVIL
• Quordle #1062, Saturday 21 December: STRIP, BUDGE, SAPPY, SHELF
• Quordle #1061, Friday 20 December: PENAL, EAGLE, DILLY, QUITE
• Quordle #1060, Thursday 19 December: JEWEL, GNOME, TRAMP, IDLER
• Quordle #1059, Wednesday 18 December: LITHE, BIRTH, HUMID, ROBOT

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #310) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Front women

NYT Strands today (game #310) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• DRAMA
• READ
• DANDY
• PIES
• LARD
• FILE

NYT Strands today (game #310) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Grand dames

NYT Strands today (game #310) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #310) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #310, are…

• GAGA
• BIRD
• MARMALADE
• BUNNY
• FINGER
• LIBERTY
• SLIPPER
• SPANGRAM: LADIES

• My rating: Easy
• My score: 1 hint

Today’s Strands features some very famous Ladies of the human and non-human variety.

Missing on the list is my favourite – Lady Mondegreen, which has come to describe the phenomenon of misheard lyrics. Journalist Sylvia Wright coined the term in the 1950s after admitting that as a child she misheard the words "laid him on the green" as Lady Mondegreen in the ballad The Bonnie Earl o' Moray.

Famous Mondegreens include people hearing “there’s a bathroom on the right” instead of “there’s a bad moon on the rise” in Bad Moon Rising and "the girl with kaleidoscope eyes" in Beatles classic Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as "the girl with colitis goes by”.

Coincidentally, Lady MARMALADE is a common Mondegreen – particularly the Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya and Pink version, with people mishearing “Creole Lady Marmalade” as “Free old Lady Marmalade” and “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi” as an invitation to crochet with Sasquatch.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, 6 January, game #309)

• CREAM
• IVORY
• LINEN
• VANILLA
• EGGSHELL
• CHAMPAGNE
• SPANGRAM: OFF WHITES

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

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