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The Rabbit R1 broke and a ChatGPT outage might be to blame

Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu defended the Rabbit R1 for the last week, telling Gizmodo and other outlets that it’s “not an Android app.” Now, he may...

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Anthropic's new app is putting Claude AI into more hands

Anthropic takes the fight to OpenAI on Wednesday with a new iOS app for its powerful Claude AI. The app will put Claude into more hands and try to...

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A powerful and mysterious ChatGPT competitor arrived. And then it disappeared

A mysterious new AI chatbot called “gpt2-chatbot” turned heads this week after it became available on a major large language model benchmarking...

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All that we know about ChatGPT's mysterious new competitor, 'Gpt2-chatbot'

A mysterious new AI chatbot called “gpt2-chatbot” is turning heads this week after it became available on a major large language model...

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A Maryland high school principal was framed by a racist AI deepfake

Baltimore County Police arrested the former athletic director of Pikesville High School on Thursday, alleging he used an AI voice clone to...

30.04.2024 10

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OpenAI is swallowing up news content from publishers who want some ChatGPT love

The Financial Times announced a deal with OpenAI on Monday to license its world-class journalism for training and informing ChatGPT’s models. It...

30.04.2024 3

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Apple might use OpenAI's ChatGPT to power the iPhone's AI chatbot

Apple is reportedly holding discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s AI technology to power some features coming to the iPhone later this...

29.04.2024 7

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Netflix and other streamers can charge you forever. Here's how

Millions of Americans pay for Netflix, doling out anywhere from $6.99 to $22.99 a month. It’s a common belief that you can get out of recurring...

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What's next for TikTok after Biden signed the ban bill

Congress passed a bill this week that forces TikTok to be sold or face a nationwide ban. President Biden signed it into law Wednesday, starting a...

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The TikTok ban bill is law. Now comes the legal battle

President Biden signed the TikTok ban into law on Wednesday, forcing China-based Bytedance to sell the app or face a ban in American app stores....

26.04.2024 7

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk needs robots — and fast

It’s a classic Elon Musk move. Tesla released some pretty grim first-quarter numbers on Tuesday, showing that net income dropped more than 50% from...

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Biden just signed the TikTok ban into law, but the CEO says it's 'not going anywhere'

President Joe Biden signed the TikTok bill into law on Wednesday morning, officially starting the 270-day clock for TikTok’s owner, China-based...

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A bill that could ban TikTok is about to become law after passing the Senate

The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells it to a U.S. owner,...

24.04.2024 10

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Apple Vision Pro sales are so weak that Apple is already slashing its forecasts

Many of us have moved on from the Vision Pro less than three months after its buzzy launch, but Apple can not. The company slashed its 2024 sales...

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The Apple Vision Pro isn't exactly flying off the shelves

Apple’s Vision Pro debuted just two months ago, drawing crowds of people to sign up for demos and almost immediately selling out. Since then,...

22.04.2024 20

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The TikTok ban bill could become law this week

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called TikTok ban (again) on Saturday as part of a crucial package to provide foreign aid to Ukraine,...

22.04.2024 7

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Elon Musk has AI-generated news now and it's already led to plenty of blunders

Elon Musk’s social media platform X started testing AI-generated news summaries powered by Grok in early April. The feature has a disclaimer that...

22.04.2024 10

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Google called the cops on employees who protested its contracts with Israel

Nine Google workers were arrested for trespassing in New York City and Sunnyvale, California on Tuesday night after an hours-long sit-in protest...

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'Googlers Against Genocide' protests gain steam as Google workers fight contracts with Israel

More than 10 workers held a sit-in on the 10th floor of Google’s New York City headquarters on Tuesday to protest Google’s ties to Israel,...

17.04.2024 10

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YouTube is cracking down on mobile ad blockers

YouTube has become the internet’s go-to library for all things video, but make no mistake, advertisers run this library. YouTube escalated its war...

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OpenAI gave DALL-E an edit feature that shows how AI image generators are limited

OpenAI confronted a common problem for AI image generators when it broadly released a new edit feature for ChatGPT’s DALL-E this month. Oftentimes,...

16.04.2024 4

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Sorry Nintendo fans, Apple says no more Game Boy app on the App Store

Apple approved the inclusion of game emulators to the App Store earlier this month, but one of the first popular Game Boy emulators has already been...

16.04.2024 10

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Noise-canceling headphones are quiet — but they also have a quiet danger

Noise-canceling headphones offer a tech bro’s solution to the world of sound. They deem everything in your natural environment as “noise” that...

15.04.2024 4

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Apple is now blaming mercenaries after warning iPhone users about a 'state-sponsored' cyberattack

Apple dropped the term “state-sponsored” from threat notifications sent to users, first reported by Reuters on Thursday. Instead, Apple warned...

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Microsoft pitched the AI image tool DALL-E to the U.S. military for battle training, report says

Microsoft Azure’s version of OpenAI’s image generator, DALL-E, was pitched as a battlefield tool for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD),...

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Scientists found a way to increase phone battery life by 50%

Researchers out of the University of California San Diego say that building more, smaller 5G towers could increase everyone in an urban area’s...

10.04.2024 10

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Elon Musk wanted this deposition kept secret. Here are the best moments

Elon Musk’s recent deposition, made public in a transcript published by HuffPost on Monday, revealed several interesting details about the owner of...

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Elon Musk revealed he uses burner accounts on X in a newly released deposition

A 108-page deposition of Elon Musk went public on Monday, as first reported on by HuffPost. The deposition occurred on March 28, where the billionaire...

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Here's what happens when a microwave is on with the door open

People have always been dubious about the safety of microwave ovens. I came across a microwave that kept whirring and spinning even with the door wide...

09.04.2024 7

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10 modern feats of automation that were just humans in disguise

Amazon’s grocery stores ditched its“Just Walk Out” technology last week, though it turned out the automated checkout system included 1,000...

09.04.2024 20

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OpenAI may have broken YouTube rules by training ChatGPT on 1 million hours of video

OpenAI reportedly transcribed more than one million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4, according to The New York Times on Saturday. The report...

08.04.2024 4

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Almost all of Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' developers got laid off after checkout-less shopping was nixed

Amazon pulled Just Walk Out technology from its grocery stores earlier this week. The company claims over 130 convenience stores, and some Amazon Go...

05.04.2024 10

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Apple Vision Pro's Spatial Personas are meant to be the virtual you in your virtual space

The Apple Vision Pro’s Spatial Personas, avatars designed to replicate a user’s facial expressions and hand gestures, have been set loose. The...

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Amazon is getting rid of its 'just walk out' grocery store checkout

Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company’s...

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Jon Stewart says Apple blocked him from doing an AI show with the FTC chair

Jon Stewart interviewed Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show, alongside a segment on how artificial...

02.04.2024 10

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The air fryer is a hoax

The air fryer is the hottest kitchen appliance in America right now. Many of us discovered them during the pandemic, as recipes went viral on social...

01.04.2024 1

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Scientists somehow made the internet go 4.5 million times faster

There’s nothing more frustrating than a bad internet connection, but researchers out of Aston University may have just solved that problem forever....

29.03.2024 10

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An Apple engineer leaked products he didn't like so now Apple is suing him

Apple filed a lawsuit earlier this month against former software engineer Andrew Aude, alleging he leaked info about products he wanted to “kill”...

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Facebook killed its own streaming service to help Netflix, prosecutors say

Do you remember Facebook Watch? Me neither. Mark Zuckerberg’s short-lived streaming service never really got off the ground, but court filings...

29.03.2024 10

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10 things AI chatbots can do for you besides just writing text

ChatGPT has quickly become a household name, but many of us are struggling to figure out what to do with it. We all know that ChatGPT can yap quite a...

28.03.2024 6

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Watch out for these digital kiosks because they grab your phone's data as you walk by

Digital kiosks from Soofa seem harmless, giving you bits of information alongside some ads. However, these kiosks popping up throughout the United...

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What to know about Jeff Yass, the Trump money man and big TikTok investor

It’s springtime in the United States, and the country’s social media landscape is budding with change. Lawmakers in the Senate are considering a...

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Facebook tried to spy on Snapchat through users' devices, court documents allege

Meta has lots of data through Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, but that’s not enough for them. Court filings unsealed last week allege Meta...

26.03.2024 5

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Trump Media is the newest meme stock

Donald Trump’s social media enterprise officially became a publicly traded company on Tuesday, with its stock price jumping as much as 59% to over...

26.03.2024 1

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No, you can't get cheaper flights using incognito mode

Booking flights is an unfortunately stressful part of a relaxing vacation. The internet is full of tips and tricks on how to make it cheaper. One of...

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Donald Trump's Truth Social could go public after a vote Friday

The parent company of Donald Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, could soon become a multi-billion dollar public company, depending on a...

22.03.2024 6

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Wendy's is airdropping burgers and shakes to people in Virginia

Wendy’s is starting a new drone delivery program in Christiansburg, Virginia on Thursday, where residents will be able to choose airflight as an...

21.03.2024 7

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Mark Zuckerberg beat Elon Musk to the punch on a new feature

Mark Zuckerberg began testing a horizontal swiping feature on Wednesday for his pet project, Threads, the app whose main purpose seems to be trolling...

21.03.2024 10

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Filming your front porch without a warrant is now fair game for the feds

Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16...

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Americans are getting fed up with streaming price hikes

While just paying for Netflix or Hulu seems like no big deal, a new report from Deloitte suggests most Americans are paying for four streaming...

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