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OpenAI launches GPT-4.5, its “most knowledgeable model yet” in research preview, initially warning it's not a frontier model and may perform below o1 or o3-mini — OpenAI's newest and largest model is being released as a research preview.
More: OpenAI, OpenAI on YouTube, The Indian Express, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, MakeUseOf, The Decoder, TestingCatalog, Simon Willison's Weblog, and iClarified
X: @sama, @openai, @karpathy, @jconorgrogan, @koltregaskes, @deedydas, @satyanadella, @simonw, @tmychow, @ai_for_success, @cyberandy, @aidan_mclau, @scottwu46, @samsja19, @risphereeditor, @iterintellectus, @altryne, @nabeelqu, @swyx, @jm_alexia, @iscienceluvr, @kylebrussell, @simonw, @tokenbender, @altryne, @kimmonismus, @emollick, @natolambert, @tomwarren, @inafried, @bindureddy, @fyruzone, @levie, @minimaxir, @simonw, @lukolejnik, @northstarbrain, @adamscochran, @zeffmax, and @scaling01. LinkedIn: Boris Hristov
Forums: Hacker News and r/accelerate
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: Benzinga, Moneycontrol, Fortune, Reuters, Australian Financial Review, TweakTown, Forbes, PCMag, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, PYMNTS.com, Business Insider, and BGR
Forums: r/nvidia, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: Financial Express, Cointelegraph, Fast Company, CNET, WinBuzzer, and Financial Times
Bluesky: @fintechdad. Mastodon: @bretcarmichael@mastodon …. X: @jeremyphoward, @jeremyphoward, @levie, @garymarcus, @emollick, and @karpathy
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Sources: Meta plans to launch a standalone Meta AI app in Q2 and test a paid subscription service for Meta AI, as Zuckerberg tries to make Meta the leader in AI — Meta AI will soon become one of the social media company's standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned.| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
The SEC says that most memecoins are not securities, are akin to collectibles, and memecoin purchasers and holders are not protected by federal securities laws — The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law.
More: US Securities …, TechCrunch, CoinGape, New York Times, CoinDesk, Decrypt, The Block, CryptoSlate, Bloomberg, Bitcoin Insider, NewsBTC, and Watcher Guru
LinkedIn: David G. Adams, Poppy Alexander, and Max Solomons
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
HP reports Q1 revenue up 2.4% YoY to $13.5B vs. $13.4B est., Personal Systems revenue up 5%, commercial personal systems up 10%, Q2 earnings forecast below est. — - CEO says company reducing reliance on China in supply chain — Company sees recovery in the PC market as the year progresses
More: Reuters, Benzinga, MarketWatch, HP, Yahoo Finance, and Yahoo Finance
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
AWS unveils Ocelot, its new quantum chip built in partnership with Caltech, featuring five qubits that store data and four additional qubits to detect errors — - Google, Microsoft recently announced their own quantum chips — Quantum computing could spur health care, chemistry advances
More: About Amazon, Amazon Science, Nature, DatacenterDynamics, Ars Technica, Network World, Business Insider, BBC, Engadget, Interesting Engineering, The Register, Barron's Online, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Pit, IEEE Spectrum, WinBuzzer, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, TechCrunch, Constellation Research, and California Institute …
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LinkedIn: Karthik Murugan, Peter Tilsen, Vasi Philomin, Simone Severini, and Zia K. Mohammad. Forums: r/accelerate
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils new child safety features, including updated age ratings, simplified setup for Child Accounts, and an API to let developers confirm age range — Apple today said that it is implementing new features that are designed to make children safer online, including an updated age rating system …
More: Apple, 9to5Mac, Platformer, TechCrunch, Social Media Today, BGR, Irish Independent, Mashable, Cult of Mac, MakeUseOf, PhoneArena, How-To Geek, The Guardian, AppleInsider, TechRadar, The Verge, Macworld, and Pixel Envy
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Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Washington Post: |
Sources: the FAA is close to canceling Verizon's $2.4B contract to overhaul its communications and awarding it to Starlink; Musk recently criticized Verizon — Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk's company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
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Mastodon: @AkaSci@fosstodon.org and @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Threads: @rbreich and @brittainforsenate
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta says it has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company” and expects “there will be more” — The company says “we expect there will be more” firings after a string of recent leaks.
More: Livemint, New York Post, Quartz, Malay Mail, TechCrunch, and Entrepreneur
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Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Meta apologizes and says it has fixed an “error” that resulted in some Instagram users seeing violent and graphic content in their Reels recommendations — Meta apologized on Thursday and said it had fixed an “error” that resulted in some Instagram users reporting a flood …
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Bluesky: @samleecole, @allangirvan.net, @marypcbuk, @fhanks, @julietshen, @zo-e.xyz, @ruddock, @joshtpm, @radiantwings, @samleecole, @davelee.me, @samleecole, @caseynewton, @shiplives, @openartdata, @davelee.me, @fixthetimeline, @caseynewton, @rmac, @drewharwell.com, @mathver, and @juxtacognition
Forums: Hacker News, r/OutOfTheLoop, r/technology, r/brasil, r/nottheonion, and r/news
| Bloomberg: |
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says a proposed Biden-era rule to curb the export of AI chips to nations like Israel and the UAE could have unintended consequences — - Gadgets will help users hire oven repairman, close drapes — Jassy said chip, power shortages are restricting cloud growth
More: Hindustan Times and Quartz
| Scott Hayden / Road to VR: |
Meta unveils Aria Gen 2, its latest research glasses, with a PPG sensor for measuring heart rate and a contact microphone to distinguish the wearer's voice — Meta today revealed its next-gen glasses, Aria Gen 2, which the company intends to release to third-party researchers working on machine perception systems, AI and robotics.
More: TechCrunch, Meta, Android Central, BitcoinWorld, CNBC, and Digital Trends
X: @gwanatu, @nickfloats, @ajddavison, @iterintellectus, @drbarnard, @mingfeiy, @aiatmeta, and @danfei_xu
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
TikTok revamps its desktop website with a new modular layout, refreshed For You feed, a new Explore tab, and a floating player, in a bid to take on YouTube — In a bid to take on YouTube, TikTok is revamping its desktop platform with the addition of several new features.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony cuts PlayStation VR 2's price to $400, down from $549, or more than the PS5 itself, at its February 2023 debut, and to €450 in Europe and £400 in the UK — Sony's VR 2 price cut comes nearly a year after reports it was trying to shift unsold inventory.
More: PlayStation.Blog, UploadVR, Engadget, TechSpot, HotHardware, GamingBolt, Tom's Guide, Push Square, KitGuru, CNET, How-To Geek, Game Developer, Android Headlines, and Kotaku
Bluesky: @tomwarren.co.uk. X: @vrgamesshowcase. Forums: r/VideoGameDealsCanada, r/gamernews, and r/virtualreality
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
IBM says it has completed its $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition, confirming that the US FTC quietly cleared the deal just before the UK CMA's approval on February 25 — IBM has finalized its multi-billion dollar HashiCorp acquisition, two days after the U.K.'s antitrust regulator gave the deal its blessing.
More: IBM, HashiCorp, Network World, CRN, Channel Futures, and SiliconANGLE
LinkedIn: Brittany Taylor, Peter Nilsson, Shai Banaim, and Kareem Yusuf Ph.D
Forums: Hacker News and r/technews
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Dell reports Q4 revenue up 7% YoY to $23.93B, vs. $24.56B est., forecasts FY 2026 adjusted profit above estimates and FY 2026 revenue in line with expectations — Dell Technologies (DELL.N) forecast annual profit above Wall Street estimates on Thursday, while projecting full-year revenue …
More: Reuters, IDC, Dell Technologies, CNBC, and Bloomberg
| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
The SEC files to dismiss its 2023 lawsuit against Coinbase that accused the exchange of flouting SEC rules and facilitating trading in unregistered securities — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday filed to dismiss its lawsuit against Coinbase (COIN.O) … Sponsor Posts
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