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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.
More: OpenAI, Ars Technica, Cointelegraph, VentureBeat, Android Central, CNBC, Social Media Today, TechCrunch, Wired, TechRadar, CoinGape, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Financial Times, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, Axios, SlashGear, GeekWire, Voicebot.ai, Bloomberg, Thurrott, Analytics India Magazine, Christopher S. Penn, The Verge, ZDNet, Washington Post, and Windows Report
Threads: @ggoldator, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @mpesce@arvr.social and @jonkeegan@mastodon.social
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LinkedIn: Rupert Breheny, John Erik Metcalf, Ina Fried, Anna Mills, and Conor Grennan
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/OpenAI, and Slashdot
| 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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LinkedIn: Laura Cajade Zacarías and John Vickers
Forums: Hacker News, r/SillyTavernAI, and Ars OpenForum
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI. X: @alliekmiller, @alliekmiller, @simonw, @sullyomarr, @danshipper, @shyamalanadkat, @officiallogank, @gdb, and @abacaj
| OpenAI on YouTube: |
More: MarkTechPost, ZDNet, Search Engine Journal, and VentureBeat
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Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/artificial, and r/ChatGPT
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: Cointelegraph and The Guardian
| 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.
More: Microsoft Game Dev, The Verge, Inworld, The Register, CoinStats, Tom's Hardware, Dexerto, Bitcoin Insider, Kotaku, Thurrott, Android Authority, PCMag, Developer Tech News, Dot Esports, TweakTown, Windows Report, and Metro.co.uk
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LinkedIn: Alesya Naberezhnova and Alesya Naberezhnova
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/technology, and r/xboxone
| 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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Forums: Hacker News, r/economy, and r/news
| 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
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LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang and Kelvin Low
Forums: Hacker News, r/HongKong, and r/offbeat
| 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.
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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 … | 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.
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X: @vadimyuryev, @rsgnl, @bzamayo, @markgurman, @lukemiani, @aapltree, and @jon_prosser
Forums: r/gadgets, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Joe Osborne / PCMag: |
More: AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Forbes, Tom's Hardware, TechRadar, Digital Trends, CNET, Pocket-lint, Tom's Guide, MobileSyrup, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, Wccftech, MacRumors, and BGR. X: @cnet
| 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.
More: Gizmodo, CNBC, and The Verge
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Forums: Hacker News and r/SelfDrivingCars
| 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 …
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X: @patrick_orourke, @bzamayo, @josesaezmerino, @lafaiel, @nickdawg, and @jimmyjamesuk123. Forums: Ars OpenForum
| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
More: TechCrunch, Appleosophy, ZDNet, Daring Fireball, TechRadar, Engadget, BGR, iThinkDifferent, Tom's Guide, T3, British GQ, Stuff, and Brian Tong on YouTube
| 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.
More: Vectara, Vectara on GitHub, Hugging Face, and Vectara
X: @ahmedrezat, @mccannatron, @hsu_steve, @vectara, @ofermend, @nigelesl, @vectara, @vectara, and @alphawatchai. LinkedIn: Steve Hunt
Forums: Hacker News and r/ChatGPT
| 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.
More: Meta, Fortune, Neowin, Android Headlines, The Information, PYMNTS.com, Social Media Today, and PetaPixel
| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Meta says it is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products — Facebook owner Meta (META.O) is barring political advertisers from using its new generative AI advertising products, a company spokesperson said on Monday, cutting off campaigns' access …
More: Engadget, The Register, Livemint, Channel NewsAsia, and The Verge. Mastodon: @MattHodges@mastodon.social
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube plans to test generative AI features for Premium users, like a comments summarizer and a conversational recommendations tool, first on Android in the US — YouTube will begin to experiment with new generative AI features, the company announced today.
More: YouTube Help Community, 9to5Google, Sam Lover, PhoneArena, Neowin, and Engadget. LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang
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