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November 6, 2023, 11:30 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 …
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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.
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.
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
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Sony says it's terminating X integration for PS5 and PS4 starting November 13, 2023, meaning users won't 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.
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 …
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:
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  —  According to internal materials reviewed by The Intercept, Cruise cars were also in danger of driving into holes in the road.
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:
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.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Meta says there are now 1M active subscriptions to Instagram creators, just over a year after launching the subscriptions feature, and unveils new creator tools  —  There are now 1 million paid subscriptions to creators on Instagram, slowly transforming the platform into a space where creators can get paid directly by their fans.

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