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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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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Duolingo debuts a Max subscription for $30 per month or $168 per year, offering GPT-4 features for English speakers taking Spanish and French courses on iOS — Duolingo is introducing a new subscription tier with features powered by OpenAI's new GPT-4 technology, the company announced on Tuesday.
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| Max Abelson / Bloomberg: |
A look at the history of Signature Bank, a lender once tied to Jared Kushner and founded in 2001 that leaped into crypto, ultimately leading to its downfall — Signature Bank was flying high when co-founder Scott Shay mused about success on a podcast early last year.
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| Washington Post: |
Interviews with 20 people detail the Biden admin's response to SVB's and Signature's collapse, as tech executives and investors lobbied to protect all deposits — It seemed like a simple question: Did the treasury secretary have any concerns about the economic risks posed by Silicon Valley Bank?
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: TikTok's leadership is considering divesting itself from ByteDance as a last resort if CFIUS rejects the existing proposal, possibly leading to an IPO — TikTok's leadership is discussing the possibility of separating from ByteDance Ltd., its Chinese parent company, to help address concerns about national security risks.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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.
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| The Verge: |
Sources: Spotify HiFi as a premium tier was ready to launch over a year ago, but Apple's decision to offer lossless audio at no extra charge spoiled its plans — Even though Spotify HiFi still hasn't launched after being announced more than two years ago, some kind of lossless experience … | 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: |
After an internal systems issue knocked Reddit offline for over four hours, the company implemented a fix and says “things are back in order” — Reddit is back after an hours-long outage that affected its websites and apps on Tuesday. During the outage, I was consistently seeing …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
After the ALPHV ransomware group claimed to have hit Amazon's Ring, the company says it was not breached but a third-party vendor has been hit with ransomware — The group is blackmailing Ring on its site: “There's always an option to let us leak your data,” they posted.
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| Edward Graham / Nextgov: |
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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| Georgia Gee / Slate: |
A list of over a dozen US stadiums using facial recognition for testing, security, entry, analyzing fans' feelings, ticketing, concessions, or other use cases — “Your face is your ticket,” goes the motto of A.I. startup Wicket. “Your face is your credential,” says Alcatraz AI, another vendor.| 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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@rachelmetz, @daveyalba, @dinabass, @mims, and @williambarrheld
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's data analysis suggests that engineers who joined the company in-person performed better on average than those who joined remotely — Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook parent Meta, has pointed to internal data analysis that suggests engineers …
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