Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out.
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Reports indicate that OpenAI is poised to invest in Merge Labs, a venture targeting brain-computer interface technology that directly challenges Musk’s Neuralink. This strategic backing underscores OpenAI’s commitment to revolutionizing neurotechnology while intensifying the competition in human-machine integration, sparking both excitement and skepticism in tech circles.
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Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Elon Musk has announced plans to sue Apple Inc. over the fact that the iOS version of ChatGPT is the top-ranked app in the App Store. “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, w…
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Anna Washenko / engadget - Databases used by US federal courts for sharing and managing case documents have been hacked. Politico first reported on the hack last week on August 6; today, an investigation from The New York Times states that Russia is suspected to be involved in the …
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Kourtnee Jackson / cnet - Watch live sports events and more with its new line of temporary streaming packages.
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Devindra Hardawar / engadget - Alien: Earth delivers everything you'd want from a series with "Alien" in the title: The iconic Xenomorphs hunting down hapless humans; gratuitous body horror; and androids who you can never fully trust. But writer/director Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo) and…
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Matthew Gault / 404media - As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
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Brandon Vigliarolo / theregister - Deal could give legislative and judicial agencies access to AI that hallucinated legal citations in a court filing Anthropic has become the latest company to benefit from the US government's frenetic AI adoption pace, inking a deal to get its software int…
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Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Anthropic's popular coding model just became a little more enticing for developers with a million token context window.
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Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Apple's AirPods could be getting a live translation feature in the near future as part of iOS 26, according to a report by 9to5Mac. A new beta version of the operating system dropped today and users have spotted a system asset that strongly points to the …
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In a jaw-dropping and somewhat eyebrow-raising move, AI startup Perplexity has tabled an unsolicited multi‐billion-dollar bid to acquire the Google Chrome browser. Despite differing figures reported, the offer underscores growing tensions amid an escalating antitrust environment.
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Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Google rolls out 'Preferred Sources' in Search, allowing users to prioritize news outlets. The feature arrives amid publisher conflict over AI traffic loss.The post Google Launches ‘Preferred Sources’ to Let Users Prioritize News Outlets in Search appeare…
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cnbc - U.S. President Donald Trump singaled that he'd be open to allowing Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its Blackwell system to China.
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Joe Rossignol / macrumors - Apple today announced that it has teamed up with Bulgarian fashion designer Kiko Kostadinov to create a limited-edition Beats Pill speaker.The speaker features a "Kiko gray" finish, and it has a colorful, braided lanyard:For this collaboration, we looked …
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cnbc - Circle shares jumped Tuesday after reporting its first quarterly earnings as a publicly listed company.
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Darryn Bonthuys / gamespot - Helldivers 2 is landing on Xbox Series X|S later this month, and in a new trailer celebrating the former PlayStation exclusive's arrival on the Microsoft hardware, there was a brief tease for a beloved piece of Halo history right at the end. Here's the tr…
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Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Anthropic's Claude can now remember previous conversations with users and build on them over time.The article Anthropic’s Claude can now remember past conversations appeared first on THE DECODER.
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appleinsider - The iPhone 17 Air will not be quite as fast as the Pro models, as a leaker reiterates rumors about the specifications of the ultra-slim model.Renders of what the iPhone 17 Air could look like - Image Source: AppleInsiderThe iPhone 17 Air will be replacing…
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tomshardware - A new report claims that China is urging local companies to avoid using Nvidia's H20 chip.
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appleinsider - Australia has ruled that Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store are uncompetitive, leading Epic Games to declare victory in its years-long legal case, and announce that "Fortnite" will return to iOS in the country.The case in Australia has been practic…
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PYMNTS / pymnts - Elon Musk is threatening to sue Apple over the way it ranks AI firms in its App Store. [contact-form-7] “Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitru…
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