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.
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 …
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.
A look at OpenAI's custom GPT builder, which Sam Altman says the company wants to keep simple for now, and the risks in allowing anyone to create GPT agents
You might be surprised to learn that's not what worries me most. — What keeps me up at night is the firehose of all kinds of automated content we're going to face, including large, fully automated i...
WeWork, valued at $47B in 2019, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its US and Canada locations, and reports liabilities ranging from $10B to $50B
The company reported liabilities ranging … Kritikopoulos Spiros : Today's diamonds may easily end up tomorrow's coal! Jerry Kallas : The company leases millions of square feet of office space in 777 l...
Sony plans to terminate X integration on the PS5 and the PS4 as of November 13, meaning that users will not be able to post and view X content 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.
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
GPT-4 is a large multimodal model (accepting text or image inputs … TechRadar : OpenAI promises to fund legal costs for ChatGPT business users sued over copyright Alex McFarland / Unite.AI : OpenAI Sp...
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 …
WeWork's bankruptcy caps a years-long saga for Masayoshi Son, who overrode lieutenants' objections to hand Adam Neumann billions, losing SoftBank over $11.5B
- Co-working space's bankruptcy highlights billionaire's hubris — Few checks on SoftBank CEO as he prepares to go on offensive
An interview with Blizzard President Mike Ybarra about the studio's future under Microsoft, wrestling over 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 …
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
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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
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 …
An analysis of OpenAI's DevDay keynote: impressive live demos, the shift from plugins toward GPTs, Microsoft's role in making GPT-4 Turbo cheaper, and more
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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.
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 …
A survey of 167 researchers shows that 104 studies about X were 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 …
The Tech Coalition, including Discord, Google, Meta, Roblox, Snap, and Twitch, announce Lantern to help share “signals” on child sexual exploitation and abuse
The Tech Coalition, the group of tech companies developing approaches and policies to combat online child sexual exploitation …
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
Sources: Intel scrapped a planned Vietnam investment in July 2023 that could have nearly doubled its operations, citing power supply and bureaucracy concerns
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European Parliament lawmakers approve new political ad rules that require Meta, Google, and others to clearly label such ads, who paid and how much, and more
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Google Photos' Magic Editor will now refuse to edit photos of ID cards, human faces and body parts, receipts, and other images of personally identifiable info
- Code within the latest version of Google Photos includes specific error messages that highlight the edits that Magic Editor will refuse to do.
Sources: Shein aims for an $80B to $90B valuation in its US IPO, vs. a $50B to $60B valuation in recent private trades; Shein was valued at $100B in April 2022
- Timing of Shein's IPO remains uncertain given volatile market — Valuation dropped to $50 billion in recent private trades
Nintendo reports Q2 revenue down 4% YoY to ~$2.2B and profit down 19% YoY to ~$603M, both above est.; Switch sales from April to September grew 2% YoY to 6.84M
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Microsoft's Xbox and Inworld AI enter a multiyear partnership to create multi-platform AI-powered game development tools for narrative and character creation
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Samsung launches a $99 S Pen Creator Edition in the US, offering a larger, Apple Pencil-like design while lacking many S Pen smart features, like Air Commands
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Meta says there are now 1M active subscriptions to Instagram creators, just over a year after launching the subscriptions feature, and unveils new creator tools
After Big Tech cut thousands of trust and safety staff, Sero AI and other outsourcing startups sell the services, which experts warn bring problems of their own
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 ...
OpenAI announces the Assistants API, which lets developers add “assistants” to their apps that can call OpenAI generative AI models and tools to perform tasks
Cloud monitoring company Datadog's stock jumps ~30% after reporting Q3 revenue rose 25% YoY to $547.5M, vs. $524M est., and forecasted Q4 sales beat estimates
Sources: Baidu ordered AI chips from Huawei in 2023 to shift away from Nvidia; a source says Baidu ordered 1,600 Ascend 910B chips, worth ~$62M, for 200 servers
Volante, which offers low-code payments tools used by 150 major banks and other institutions, raised $66M in equity and debt, taking its total funding to $116M
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Rebate management startup Enable raised a $120M Series D led by Lightspeed at a $1B valuation, taking its funding to $276M, and claims “thousands” of clients
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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. X: @r0unak X: Rounak Jain / @r0u...
Italy seizes ~€779M from Airbnb over some allegedly unpaid taxes, after reportedly investigating Meta earlier in 2023 regarding an alleged ~€870M in unpaid VAT
Uber reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $9.3B, a $221M net income, gross bookings up 21% YoY to $35.3B, trips up 25% YoY to 2.4B, and a record 6.5M drivers
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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
Sources: Pico plans to cut “hundreds” of jobs and undertake its biggest overhaul since ByteDance acquired the VR unit in 2021, as global headset demand weakens
Josh Ye / Reuters :
LG's AI unit and Qraft launch the LG Qraft AI-Powered US Large-Cap Core ETF on the NYSE, using LG's forecasting tool to rebalance the portfolio every four weeks
Will Schmitt / Financial Times :
NXP Semiconductors reports Q3 revenue down 0.3% YoY to $3.43B, beating $3.4B est., and forecasts Q4 earnings in line with est. due to stable industrial demand
Chavi Mehta / Reuters :
Austin-based Black Ore, which builds AI tools for the financial services industry, emerges from stealth with a $60M combined Seed and Series A led by a16z
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Sources: X CEO Linda Yaccarino is leaning on her media industry experience to pitch jittery advertisers, including meeting executives from the NFL and the NBA
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Omdia predicts India will be the world's fastest growing digital economy through 2027, recording 9.6% compound annual growth and 12.7% annual digital ad growth
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times : X: @jyots43 and @johnreedwrites See also Mediagazer X: Jyotsna Singh / @jyots43 : Growth in digital advertising is rocketing in India, as marketers bet that video st...
A look at the hurdles that tech startups like autonomous drone developer Shield AI face in competing for Pentagon funding against more entrenched weapons makers
New York Times : X: @shieldaitech and @ericliptonnyt X: @shieldaitech : Our AI pilot is flying on multiple #aircraft today! @EricLiptonNYT with @nytimes highlighted the unmatched capabilities of our ...
Sources: Chinese authorities took away DouYu founder Chen Shaojie in October 2023; a source says to investigate porn and gambling on the game streaming website
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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