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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.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/ChatGPT, 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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Forums: Hacker News, r/SillyTavernAI, and Ars OpenForum
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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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.
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X: @swiftstories, @swiftstories, @playerign, and @florian4gamers
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay and r/fuckepic
| 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 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/sanfrancisco, r/SelfDrivingCars, and Beehaw
| Cyrus Farivar / Forbes: |
Leaked audio: at an all-hands meeting, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said the company is pausing production of its fully autonomous van Origin, after safety concerns — Reeling from a month in which the California DMV yanked Cruise's permits for its self-driving robotaxis and the company paused all operations … | Nikkei Asia: |
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says the company's 18A chip design will move into test production by Q1 2024, part of its aims to reclaim chip leadership by 2025 — Chipmaker is chasing Samsung and TSMC as Qualcomm and Apple pose fresh challenge — Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says his company's … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel is the leading candidate to potentially receive billions under the US Chips Act to build secure facilities producing chips for the US military — Company has emerged as a potential top winner of Chips Act funding — Intel is the leading candidate to potentially receive billions …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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| 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.
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| Naomi Nix / Washington Post: |
Ahead of ex-Meta consultant Arturo Béjar's Senate testimony, internal documents and sources detail debates over fostering growth while protecting young users — A former engineering and product leader at Meta is expected to testify in Congress about how Meta ignored warnings about youth safety| 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: The Information, Marketing Dive, Vectara, The Atlantic, Vectara on GitHub, Hugging Face, and Vectara
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Forums: Hacker News and r/ChatGPT
| 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, r/business, r/news, and r/popculturechat
| 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 … | 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 …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Shein aims for an $80B to $90B valuation in its US IPO, far exceeding its $50B to $60B valuation in private trades; Shein was valued at $100B in 2022 — - Timing of Shein's IPO remains uncertain given volatile market — Valuation dropped to $50 billion in recent private trades
More: The Information, The Messenger, Financial Times, and TechCrunch
| 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.
X: @daphnehk, @gabenicholas, @tnewmstweet, @sayhar, @integrity_inst, and @telliotter
| 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.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung launches a $99 S Pen Creator Edition in the US, offering a larger, Apple Pencil-like design while lacking some smart features from other S Pen models — The S Pen has been a key selling point of many of Samsung's products over the years, and the company is now debuting a “Creator Edition” …
More: The Verge, Android Authority, Mashable, T3, SamInsider, PhoneArena, and SamMobile
| 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, Inworld, The Verge, Forbes, Engadget, Cointelegraph, TechRadar, Game Rant, KitGuru, Bitcoin Insider, SamMobile, Gamereactor UK, Kotaku, TweakTown, CoinStats, and Windows Report
X: @betterthemask, @kalaelizabeth, @ogg1993, @msftgamedev, @deeketweak, @inworld_ai, @inworld_ai, @haiyan, @yourpalclay, @inworld_ai, and @northead
Forums: r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, r/technology, and r/xboxone
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