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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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Threads: @benedictevans, @ggoldator, and @benedictevans
Mastodon: @mpesce@arvr.social and @jonkeegan@mastodon.social
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LinkedIn: Anna Mills, John Erik Metcalf, and Rupert Breheny
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: |
| 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.
More: The Verge, The Verge, CNBC, GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, Verdict, BBC, Computing, Technowize, Games, Esports.gg, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Tech Report, Silicon UK, WRAL TechWire, CoinStats, Benzinga, Wccftech, ReadWrite, Gameranx, Android Headlines, Courthouse News Service, Comic Book, The Verge, Associated Press, Stock Market News, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Japan Times, Washington Post, and Financial Times
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 …
More: Silicon Republic, Robotics & Automation News, Forbes, and CNBC
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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 …
More: TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Reuters, Digital Trends, and Reuters. Forums: r/SelfDrivingCars
| 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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| 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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Threads: @wario64, @crumbler, @nuttybluerice, @cynicalelysian, @cokomonx, @day_of_lemay, @0xjessel, @firerock31, and @jussiejussie
| 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 … | 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| 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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X: @rogoswami, @internethippo, @ivanthek, @andyorin, @refsrc, and @ryanshead
Forums: Hacker News, r/economy, r/business, r/news, and r/popculturechat
| Min Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: |
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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 … | 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
X: @ahmedrezat, @mccannatron, @hsu_steve, @vectara, @henkvaness, @ofermend, @nigelesl, @dlberes, @vectara, @vectara, and @alphawatchai. LinkedIn: Steve Hunt
Forums: Hacker News and r/ChatGPT
| 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, The Register, Gamereactor UK, Kotaku, TweakTown, Tom's Hardware, 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
| 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 … | 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.Sponsor Posts
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