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November 6, 2023, 4:55 PM

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Alex Heath / The Verge:
OpenAI introduces GPTs, custom versions of ChatGPT that ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users can create without any coding and monetize in its upcoming GPT Store  —  The GPT platform is a no-code way to make custom AI agents for all sorts of tasks, and it's available exclusively for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
OpenAI debuts GPT-4 Turbo with a 128K-token context window, an April 2023 knowledge cutoff, a JSON mode, new modalities in the API, and 2x to 3x cheaper tokens  —  Today at its first-ever developer conference, OpenAI unveiled GPT-4 Turbo, an improved version of its flagship text-generating AI model …
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI enter a multiyear partnership to create multi-platform AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation  —  Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI have partnered to create AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation.
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Apple does not plan to release an Apple silicon version of the 27-inch iMac, encouraging consumers to buy a Mac Studio or Mac mini and a Studio Display instead  —  Apple will not be making an Apple Silicon version of the 27-inch iMac to replace the Intel-equipped model that it discontinued in 2022.
Joe Osborne / PCMag:
Bloomberg:
Some visitors to Yuga Labs' ApeFest in Hong Kong report experiencing eye burn, blaming the event's lighting; the Bored Ape creator acknowledges the situation  —  - Bored Ape digital collectibles among most popular in crypto  — Yuga Labs organized ApeFest event in Hong Kong last week
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: M3 Max beats the M1 Ultra, a nice design, and a ProMotion display, but RAM and SSD upgrades are pricey and the notch remains  —  A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel.  —  The next year or two will be a turning point …
Victoria Song / The Verge:
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023) review: performance and battery life worthy of an entry-level Pro, but 8GB of RAM is silly and an M3 means losing a Thunderbolt port  —  The long-awaited replacement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it's exactly as expected.  But the line between Air and Pro users is blurrier than ever.
Richard Waters / Financial Times:
Epic's antitrust case against Google Play's app payment system goes to trial in San Francisco, after Google settled with Match on October 31 ahead of a trial  —  The maker of Fortnite is suing the search giant as it is defending a DoJ antitrust case  —  The long-running attempt by Epic Games …
Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal:
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd plans to step down nearly a decade after founding the dating app, to be succeeded by Slack CEO Lidiane Jones on January 2, 2024  —  The dating-app founder who marketed her product toward women will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, the Slack chief executive
Eric Zeman / PCMag:
MediaTek announces its Dimensity 9300 chip, which uses TSMC's third gen 4nm process, arriving in high-end Android smartphones and tablets before the end of 2023  —  MediaTek claims its new flagship mobile processor, the Dimensity 9300, will provide the performance, AI power …
Kevin Collier / NBC News:
Duke University study: active-duty US service members' personal data is cheap, easy to buy, and widely advertised by brokers; nearly 50K people's data was ~$10K  —  Duke University researchers were able to purchase information about thousands of U.S. military personnel often for as little as 12 cents per person.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Palo Alto Networks confirms acquiring Tel Aviv-based Talon Cyber Security, which offers enterprise browsers for distributed workforces, sources say for $625M  —  Palo Alto Networks has just confirmed one more major piece of security startup M&A out of Israel: it has acquired Talon Cyber Security …

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