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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI unveils GPT-4o, a new flagship generative AI model that is faster and natively multimodal, rolling out for free to all ChatGPT users in the coming weeks — OpenAI announced a new flagship generative AI model on Monday which they call GPT-4o — the “o” stands for “omni,” …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/technews, r/technology, r/DougDoug, r/mlscaling, r/singularity, and Slashdot
| OpenAI on YouTube: |
A recording of OpenAI's Spring Update event, where it unveiled GPT-4o and a ChatGPT app for macOS; the app demo included real time screen sharing with the model — We'll be streaming live at 10AM PT Monday, May 13 to demo some ChatGPT and GPT-4 updates.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
GPT-4o text and image capabilities are rolling out now to ChatGPT Plus and Team users; GPT-4o's voice version is coming soon; mysterious gpt2-chatbot was GPT-4o — - She said the new GPT-4o — that's a letter “o”, for “Omni” — is a “huge step forward when it comes to the ease of use” as well as speed.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: gorgeous screen, blazing performance with M4, thin, front camera is in the right spot, but iPadOS can't keep up with the hardware — Apple's latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing.
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Forums: Hacker News, r/gadgets, r/iPadPro, r/ipad, Ars OpenForum, and MacRumors Forums
| Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces two new CEOs: Hermen Hulst, who will lead studios, and Hideaki Nishino, who will lead platforms, effective June 1 — Hulst will lead the Studios business, while Nishino takes charge of the platform side — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
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Forums: r/Games, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/PS4
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 17.5 with cross-platform detection of unwanted tracking devices, EU app downloads from websites, Apple News+ features like offline mode, more — Apple today released iOS 17.5 and iPadOS 17.5, major updates to the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating system updates that came out last September.
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| Washington Post: |
Google's rollout of AI generated summaries in search will threaten web publishers; Gartner predicts traffic to the web from search engines will fall 25% by 2026 — The tech giant is rolling out AI-generated answers that displace links to human-written websites, threatening millions of creators| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Meta announces Travel Mode, in beta, for the Quest 2 and Quest 3 under “Experimental features”, as a way to optimize the headset for use on moving vehicles — Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 headsets are picking up a useful new Travel Mode which makes the VR experience easier to use in moving vehicles including on an airplane.
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| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Kyle Vogt, who resigned as Cruise CEO six months ago, raised $150M for The Bot Company, a household robot startup, sources say at a $550M post-money valuation — Vogt, who resigned from the self-driving car company amid a crisis just six months ago, landed a $550 million valuation …
More: The Information, TechCrunch, and Bloomberg
| New York Magazine: |
Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people's trust, and more — The two titans of tech reviewing talk shop with Kara Swisher. — Despite being two of the most influential tech reviewers ever …
Threads: @karaswisher, @mossbergwalt, and @mossbergwalt
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Pepper, which provides tools for order management, invoicing, and more for independent food distributors, raised a $30M Series B led by Iconiq Growth — Pepper, the e-commerce platform for food distributors, continues to edge into Sysco and US Foods territory by giving smaller, independent distributors a technology leg up.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Google partners with HP to ship 3D video conferencing service Project Starline in 2025 and is working to support Zoom and Meet; Google unveiled Starline in 2021 — In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging …
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| Reuters: |
The US orders Chinese-linked crypto mining company MineOne to sell property it bought near an Air Force base in Wyoming, citing national security risk — The White House on Monday gave a Chinese-linked company and its partners 120 days to sell property they had bought near a U.S. Air Force base … | Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the Intel-powered Aurora supercomputer, not yet fully operational, came second behind the AMD-powered Frontier, but did take first in an AI benchmark — Aurora faces stability issues from hardware failures, cooling malfunctions, and operational errors.
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LinkedIn: Jason Kimrey, Stephen Streiffer, and Sam Saif
Forums: r/hardware and r/AMD_Stock
| Georgia Gee / Wired: |
Internal emails show how Evolv's gun-detection AI system made its way to NYC subway stations, despite the company saying it's not designed for that environment — NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv's gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it's not designed for that environment.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Rumble sues Google, saying it owes Rumble $1B+ in damages for lost ad revenue, and for exploiting its ad tech dominance to hamper Rumble's ability to compete — Rumble, the publicly-traded YouTube alternative that's favored by conservatives, has filed a lawsuit against Google and its parent Alphabet| Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Mexico-based BNPL startup Aplazo raised a $45M Series B led by QED Investors, bringing its total raised to $100M+ in equity and $75M in committed debt — Buy now, pay later services have become so ubiquitous that BNPL may as well just be another way to say “debt.”| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Squarespace says private equity firm Permira plans to take the company private in a ~$6.9B all-cash deal, or $44 per share, a 15.2% premium on Friday's close — Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace (SQSP.N) private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion …
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
AI startups in the Bay Area raised $27B+ in 2023, more than 50% of global AI funding, up from $14B in 2022 when the region accounted for 29% of all AI funding — There's been much talk of a resurgent San Francisco with the new technology wave of artificial intelligence washing over the software world.| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to issue new antitrust charges against Microsoft over concerns of undermining Teams competitors, despite the company offering concessions — Tech group's effort to avoid action by unbundling videoconferencing app from its other software appears to have failed
More: 9to5Mac, TechRadar, BetaNews, and New York Post
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Places, an AI-powered app to help employees on Outlook and Teams better coordinate in-office time, with Copilot integration coming this year — Microsoft is attempting to solve the hassle of coordinating with colleagues on when everyone will be in the office.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Anthropic launches its Claude chatbot and subscription plans in Europe, available to individuals and businesses through the web and via an iPhone app — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, said Monday it's launching its generative AI assistant Claude in Europe on Tuesday.
More: PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, Reuters, Anthropic, TechCrunch, and Irish Independent
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
As crypto flows into Tornado Cash despite sanctions, a look at the trial against its co-founder, who says he cannot prevent abuse of a system beyond his control — Tuesday's verdict in the trial of Alexey Pertsev, a creator of crypto-privacy service Tornado Cash, is the first in a string … Sponsor Posts
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