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OpenAI debuts GPT-4, claiming the model “surpasses ChatGPT in its advanced reasoning capabilities”, available in ChatGPT Plus and as an API that has a waitlist — Following the research path from GPT, GPT-2, and GPT-3, our deep learning approach leverages more data and more computation …
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Microsoft says the new Bing is “running on GPT-4, which we've customized for search” and was using an early version of the model over the past five weeks — Congratulations to our partners at Open AI for their release of GPT-4 today. — We are happy to confirm that the new Bing …
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to cut 10,000 jobs and withdraw ~5,000 open roles, four months after cutting 11,000 jobs, and cancel “lower priority projects” — Meta plans to cut its workforce by another 10,000 people and withdraw around 5,000 open roles that it had yet to fill …
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Google unveils generative AI features for Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Slides, and other Workspace apps, helping users write text, summarize content, and create images — Google has announced a suite of upcoming generative AI features for its various Workspace apps, including Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and Slides.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google launches an API for its PaLM language model and a MakerSuite app to help developers train PaLM, expands support for generative AI in Vertex AI, and more — Google is offering developers access to one of its most advanced AI language models: PaLM. The search giant is launching an API … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Alleged renders of Google's Pixel 8 Pro appear to show a flat ~6.52" display and a new sensor on the camera bar, after a Pixel Fold and 7a retail listing leak — Leak season is starting. Following a retail leak of Pixel Fold and Pixel 7a just today, the first renders of Google Pixel 8 Pro have arrived …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit says its site and mobile apps are “currently offline” due to “an internal systems issue” and has identified a fix that “may take some time to implement” — I'm consistently seeing an error message when trying to load Reddit on my Chrome browser.
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| David Enrich / New York Times: |
Signature's and SVB's collapse follow GOP-led Dodd-Frank reforms that raised the “stress test” threshold from $50B to $250B, pushed by executives at both banks — Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.
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Microsoft signs a 10-year deal with cloud gaming startup Boosteroid to distribute Call of Duty games if the Activision bid is approved; Boosteroid has ~4M users — Agreement is part of push to convince regulators that the planned $75 billion acquisition won't harm the videogame industry
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YouTube launches early multiview access for YouTube TV, letting US viewers watch up to four, pre-selected streams simultaneously, initially for sports content — YouTube TV is today announcing a new feature that may help the live TV service attract more subscribers — and particularly those who like to watch live sports.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple delays some employee bonuses as the company moves to once-a-year payouts, slows down hiring more, keeps more positions open, and reins in travel — Apple Inc. is delaying bonuses for some corporate divisions and expanding a cost-cutting effort, joining Silicon Valley peers …
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Amazon reveals a range of consumer terminals that connect to Project Kuiper, starting at under $400, and now plans to launch the first satellites in H1 2024 — Amazon has revealed a range of customer terminals that connect to its broadband satellite network, Project Kuiper.
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Apple announces Shop With a Specialist Over Video, a live video session available from 7am to 7pm PT on its website for US customers looking to buy an iPhone — Apple today announced that customers in the U.S. can now connect with an Apple Specialist over a live video session while shopping for an iPhone on the company's online store.
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Sources and documents: India plans to force smartphone makers to allow removing pre-installed apps and mandate screening major OS updates via new security rules — India plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major operating system … | Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic, co-founded by former OpenAI employees, debuts Claude, a ChatGPT rival the startup says is less likely to hallucinate; companies can request access — Anthropic, an artificial-intelligence startup, is making its rival chatbot to OpenAI's popular ChatGPT available to businesses that want to add it to their products.
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Adept, which is building an AI model that can turn text commands into computer actions, raised $350M in a Series B, sources say at a $1B+ post-money valuation — Chatbots rule the day in AI for now, but soon, Adept cofounder David Luan predicts, AI won't just display unsettlingly human responses to typed queries, it will execute them.
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Binance suspends UK deposit and withdrawal services via bank transfers and card payments after its local banking partner Paysafe stopped supporting UK pounds — Binance Holdings Ltd., the world's largest crypto exchange, is suspending deposit and withdrawal services via bank transfers …
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CISA launches a pilot program to warn critical infrastructure owners with “internet-accessible vulnerabilities commonly associated with known ransomware actors” — The new pilot program will enable “timely risk reduction” by alerting critical infrastructure owners and operators …
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