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Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally understood it” and that OpenAI is turning its focus to superintelligence — The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman says that OpenAI, which isn't profitable, is losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because “people use it much more than we expected” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the company is currently losing money on its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan because people are using it more than expected
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| Josh Tyrangiel / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on OpenAI's and ChatGPT's first few years, his removal as CEO, OpenAI's structure, AGI, AI safety, nuclear fusion, Trump, Musk, and more — On Nov. 30, 2022, traffic to OpenAI's website peaked at a number a little north of zero. It was a startup so small and sleepy …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Disney and Fubo announce a deal wherein Disney will combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo in a joint venture and Fubo will drop its Venu Sports antitrust lawsuit — Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will pay Fubo $220 million to settle antitrust suit — Disney announced a deal …
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| Jon Henley / The Guardian: |
Emmanuel Macron joins growing European criticism of Musk, says “the owner of one of the world's largest social networks” is “intervening directly in elections” — French president accuses world's richest man of intervening directly in continent's democratic processes
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils a suite of AI experiences for its TVs, including Click to Search, Live Translate, and a way to recognize food on the screen and provide recipes — For this year's lineup, Samsung said that AI will come to life in more ways than just great picture quality.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: India plans ~$2.7B in fresh subsidies and import tariff cuts to help boost local manufacturing, especially of smartphones made by companies like Apple — - Proposed incentives will help smartphone makers like Apple — Final decision to be made by cabinet; details likely in budget
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| Financial Times: |
Chinese VCs are targeting failed founders' personal assets and blacklisting them as debtors when they don't pay, throwing China's funding ecosystem into crisis — Pursuit of entrepreneurs threatens start-up ecosystem as investors target personal assets to claw back funding| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Intel launches Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX laptop CPUs; none of the CPUs meet the AI performance requirements for Microsoft's Copilot+ — Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX will all fall short of Copilot+ compatibility. — Intel's Core Ultra 200 series is currently bifurcated between …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Ring announces a new partnership with fire safety brand Kidde to launch smart smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, launching for $54.97 and $74.97 in April 2025 — Ring has announced a new partnership with fire safety brand Kidde to launch smart smoke and carbon monoxide alarms that connect …
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| Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Microsoft is showing a Bing search result page that mimics Google Search UI when a user searches for “Google” on Bing while not signed into a Microsoft account — Microsoft seems to have rolled out a pretty interesting yet controversial change that spoofs Google.com UI when you try to find Google when using Bing.com.
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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber and Lyft are embracing autonomous vehicle operators like Waymo, May Mobility, and others, after abandoning developing their own driverless taxis years ago — After ending their own driverless plans, the ride-sharing companies are embracing autonomous-vehicle operators and offering new app featuresSponsor Posts
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