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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.
More: OpenAI, Ars Technica, Cointelegraph, Android Authority, Thurrott, The Messenger, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Washington Post, Neowin, Constellation Research, SlashGear, Analytics India Magazine, Voicebot.ai, Christopher S. Penn, Wired, Axios, MSPoweruser, and Windows Report
Threads: @ggoldator and @benedictevans
X: @var_epsilon, @karpathy, @openai, @emollick, @emollick, @rachelmetz, @om, @autismcapital, @gamoid, and @openai. LinkedIn: Conor Grennan
| 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 …
More: OpenAI, Decrypt, The Verge, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Insider, Unite.AI, The Messenger, Search Engine Journal, The Verge, Analytics India Magazine, Mashable, BGR, OpenAI, Fast Company, OpenAI, CNBC, Windows Report, and MSPoweruser
Mastodon: @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net. X: @nisten, @bobmcgrewai, @emollick, @officiallogank, @levie, @lanceulanoff, @officiallogank, @officiallogank, @openai, @tomwarren, and @brianroemmele
LinkedIn: Laura Cajade Zacarías and John Vickers
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: VentureBeat, Analytics India Magazine, and OpenAI
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| OpenAI on YouTube: |
More: The Register, PCMag, Metaverse Post, Cybernews.com, The Verge, Gizmodo, Associated Press, ZDNet, The Daily Dot, The Decoder, and Search Engine Journal
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Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/OpenAI, 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.
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X: @northead. LinkedIn: Alesya Naberezhnova. Forums: r/technology, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, and r/Games
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple does not plan to release an Apple silicon version of the 27-inch iMac, encouraging consumers to buy a Mac Studio or Mac mini and a Studio Display instead — Apple will not be making an Apple Silicon version of the 27-inch iMac to replace the Intel-equipped model that it discontinued in 2022.
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X: @rsgnl, @bzamayo, @markgurman, @lukemiani, @aapltree, and @jon_prosser
Forums: r/gadgets, r/apple, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Joe Osborne / PCMag: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Some visitors to Yuga Labs' ApeFest in Hong Kong report experiencing eye burn, blaming the event's lighting; the Bored Ape creator acknowledges the situation — - Bored Ape digital collectibles among most popular in crypto — Yuga Labs organized ApeFest event in Hong Kong last week
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LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang and Kelvin Low
Forums: r/HongKong and r/offbeat
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: M3 Max beats the M1 Ultra, a nice design, and a ProMotion display, but RAM and SSD upgrades are pricey and the notch remains — A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel. — The next year or two will be a turning point …
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2023) review: performance and battery life worthy of an entry-level Pro, but 8GB of RAM is silly and an M3 means losing a Thunderbolt port — The long-awaited replacement for the 13-inch MacBook Pro is here, and it's exactly as expected. But the line between Air and Pro users is blurrier than ever.
More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, Forbes, 9to5Mac, Six Colors, TechRadar, ZDNet, calgaryherald, BGR, Engadget, ExtremeTech, PCMag, Wccftech, Cult of Mac, British GQ, Macworld, Brian Tong on YouTube, Stuff, Tom's Guide, and T3
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Epic's antitrust case against Google Play's app payment system goes to trial in San Francisco, after Google settled with Match on October 31 ahead of a trial — The maker of Fortnite is suing the search giant as it is defending a DoJ antitrust case — The long-running attempt by Epic Games …
More: CNBC, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, VentureBeat, Ars Technica, Stock Market News, Times Colonist, Washington Post, Tuko.co.ke, TechCrunch, Livemint, Yahoo Finance, CNN, Bloomberg, HotHardware, WRAL TechWire, UPI, and Neowin
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. X: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, and @florian4gamers
| Sara Ashley O'Brien / Wall Street Journal: |
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd plans to step down nearly a decade after founding the dating app, to be succeeded by Slack CEO Lidiane Jones on January 2, 2024 — The dating-app founder who marketed her product toward women will be replaced by Lidiane Jones, the Slack chief executive
More: TechCrunch, Bumble, BetaKit, Bloomberg, CIO Dive, Insider, Fast Company, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Bloomberg, New York Post, Reuters, BBC, CNBC, The Information, and TechStartups
| Eric Zeman / PCMag: |
MediaTek announces its Dimensity 9300 chip, which uses TSMC's third gen 4nm process, arriving in high-end Android smartphones and tablets before the end of 2023 — MediaTek claims its new flagship mobile processor, the Dimensity 9300, will provide the performance, AI power …
More: MediaTek, Android Police, Android Authority, Tech Advisor, 9to5Google, nextpit, Android Central, TalkAndroid.com, HotHardware, TechEBlog, Appuals, Wccftech, SamMobile, Nikkei Asia, Lifewire, T3, CoinStats, Gizchina, Stuff, Liliputing, guru3d.com, CNET, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, BGR, Android Headlines, Engadget, and SPARROWS NEWS
| Kevin Collier / NBC News: |
Duke University study: active-duty US service members' personal data is cheap, easy to buy, and widely advertised by brokers; nearly 50K people's data was ~$10K — Duke University researchers were able to purchase information about thousands of U.S. military personnel often for as little as 12 cents per person.
More: Tech Policy, MIT Technology Review, PCMag, The Hill, Nextgov/FCW, Gizmodo, WHDH-TV, Politico, and Bloomberg Law
X: @jshermcyber and @kevincollier
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube plans to test generative AI features for Premium users, like a comments summarizer and a conversational recommendations tool, first on Android in the US — YouTube will begin to experiment with new generative AI features, the company announced today.
More: Android Police, Engadget, 9to5Google, Variety, Social Media Today, Neowin, and Android Central. LinkedIn: Daniel Tunkelang
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Palo Alto Networks confirms acquiring Tel Aviv-based Talon Cyber Security, which offers enterprise browsers for distributed workforces, sources say for $625M — Palo Alto Networks has just confirmed one more major piece of security startup M&A out of Israel: it has acquired Talon Cyber Security … Sponsor Posts
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