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November 7, 2023, 10:10 AM

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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 …
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
A recap of the first day of the Epic v. Google antitrust trial, where both sides made their opening statements and Epic Games Store head Steve Allison testified  —  The first day of the Epic Games vs. Google antitrust trial ended after both sides gave opening statements and two witnesses testified.
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Internal documents: Cruise knew its cars struggled to detect large holes and sometimes had problems recognizing kids, prior to its California permitting crisis  —  In Phoenix, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and San Francisco, hundreds of so-called autonomous vehicles, or AVs …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
An interview with Blizzard President Mike Ybarra about the studio's future under Microsoft, the idea of releasing a game without live components, and more  —  Mike Ybarra is confident about the studio's future. … The dust is finally starting to settle from Microsoft's huge acquisition …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony plans to terminate X integration on the PS5 and PS4 starting on November 13, meaning users will not be able to post and view content on X from the consoles  —  Sony is terminating its X (formerly Twitter) integrations for PS5 and PS4, meaning you soon won't be able to post screenshots and clips to X from those consoles.
Katie Paul / Reuters:
Meta plans to bar political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products, after US lawmakers warn against the spread of misinformation  —  Facebook owner Meta (META.O) is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products …
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
WeWork, valued at $47B in 2019, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its locations in the US and Canada, and reports liabilities between $10B and $50B  —  - Office-sharing company WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court Monday.
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Sheila Dang / Reuters:
A survey of 167 researchers shows 104 studies about X have been canceled, suspended, or changed after X ended free academic access to its API and sued the CCDH  —  Social media researchers have canceled, suspended or changed more than 100 studies about X, formerly Twitter …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
AI startup Vectara's Hallucination Evaluation Model: OpenAI's LLMs had the lowest hallucination rates, followed by Meta's; Google's PaLM-Chat had the highest  —  When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up.
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.
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to ~$2.2B and profit down 19% YoY to ~$603M, both above est.; Switch sales in April to September rose 2.4% YoY to 6.84M  —  - Nintendo reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday as it continues to get a bump from the …
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
After Big Tech cut thousands of trust and safety staff, Sero AI and other startups now offer the services for a fee, which experts say may not be as effective  —  The burgeoning trust and safety industry promises to help tech companies navigate scrutiny and regulation.  But these services bring problems of their own.
Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg:
A look at Neuralink after FDA trial approval: huge media coverage compared to rivals and worries over hype, but its tech is exciting and potentially miraculous  —  Neuralink has FDA clearance to start messing with people's heads—and not just figuratively.  —  Elon Musk is preparing for the most consequential launch of his career.

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