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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT Plus and ChatGPT Enterprise to let users prompt the tool using voice commands or by uploading an image, coming to all users “soon after” — Most of OpenAI's changes to ChatGPT involve what the AI-powered bot can do: questions it can answer, information it can access, improved underlying models.
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| Amrita Khalid / The Verge: |
Spotify partners with OpenAI to debut an AI translation feature that reproduces podcasts in other languages using a synthesized version of the podcaster's voice — What if podcasters could flip a switch and instantly speak another language? That's the premise behind Spotify's …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI updates ChatGPT for iOS and Android to let the chatbot speak in five different voices in a conversational tone, rolling out to Plus and Enterprise users — Plus, you can now upload photos, and the chatbot can interpret them — You'll have two reactions to hearing my conversation with the now-vocal ChatGPT:| Financial Times: |
Amazon plans to invest $1.25B in Anthropic for a minority stake, with an option to increase the total to $4B; Anthropic plans to use AWS and Amazon's AI chips — Amazon Web Services lures Claude chatbot maker, which was valued at nearly $5bn earlier this year
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| Kyle Wiens / iFixit News: |
iPhone 15 Pro Max teardown: a redesigned frame helps with replacing the back glass, a tetraprism periscope lens, software lockdown makes repairs hard, and more — Repairable design undermined by parts-pairing DRM — iPhone 15 is here, and it boasts a new charge port, titanium frame, a periscope, and a new pro-repair design.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Tinder rolls out Tinder Select, a $500/month tier with perks like a SELECT profile badge and the ability to DM others up to twice a week without matching first — Tinder has rolled out its promised high-end membership, a pricey $499 per month subscription dubbed “Tinder Select,” …
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
DeFi project Mixin Network suspends deposits and withdrawals after a hack involving $200M in crypto assets; SlowMist says Mixin's cloud provider was compromised — - Compromise in cloud service provider's database led to breach — Project expected to give details in a livestream later today
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| Emilia David / The Verge: |
Getty partners with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a tool trained on Getty's licensed photos that lets users create legally protected images — Getty Images is partnering with Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a new tool that lets people create images using Getty's library of licensed photos.
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| CNBC: |
Memos: Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith is retiring effective December 4 and will be replaced by outgoing Amazon SVP of Devices and Services Dave Limp — KEY POINTS — Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will replace CEO Bob Smith with outgoing Amazon exec Dave Limp, CNBC has learned.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Reddit launches a Contributor Program that pays verified users monthly based on the karma earned and the gold received for “eligible contributions” on the site — Reddit is going to let users spin Reddit gold into real money as part of its new “Contributor Program,” the company announced on Monday.
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| Los Angeles Times: |
The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more — The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …
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| Leke Oso Alabi / Financial Times: |
Gripped by worker shortages, some security companies are using robots developed by 1X, Knightscope, Ava Robotics, Ascento, and others to augment human labor — Most androids focus on repetitive tasks, augmenting human labour, say executives — In the world of security services where companies … Sponsor Posts
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