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AI Summary

  • The tech industry is grappling with escalating energy costs, particularly in AI-driven areas, while simultaneously facing scrutiny over data security following a major hotel system breach exposing millions of personal records.
  • OpenAI is making significant moves, launching ChatGPT for personal finance and reportedly preparing legal action against Apple, amidst internal executive shuffling as the company vies for AI agent dominance.
  • Tesla's robotaxi ambitions are met with continued challenges, as new crash data reveals slow progress and instances involving teleoperators, raising questions about the technology's current capabilities.
  • The ongoing legal and public relations battles involving Elon Musk, particularly the case against Sam Altman and the internal dynamics at his company SpaceXAI, highlight the turbulent nature of leadership in the tech sphere.
  • A growing number of startups are attracting substantial investment, with a focus on novel areas like AI for specific industries and founder-deferred MBA programs, signaling continued innovation and investor confidence in emerging tech trends.

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The Verge

  • Xbox is now XBOX 7 hours ago by Tom Warren
    Gaming, Microsoft, News, Tech, Xbox

    Xbox just allcapsmaxxed: Meet XBOX. This isn't a joke; Microsoft appears to be actually rebranding Xbox to XBOX. Asha Sharma, Xbox CEO, ran a poll on X earlier this week, asking fans whether Microsoft should use Xbox or XBOX. The results were in favor of XBOX, and the company has now renamed its X account. Curiously, the Threads and Bluesky accounts for Xbox haven't been renamed yet, but if Microsoft is going ahead with a rebranding then I expect those will change soon. I asked Microsoft to comment on this potential Xbox rebranding and the company simply referred me to

  • YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to all adult users 8 hours ago by Mia Sato
    AI, Creators, Google, News, Streaming, Tech, YouTube

    YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 - meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person's face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes. If there is a match, YouTube alerts the user; the person then has the option to request that YouTube remove the content. YouTube has said in the past that it has found the number of removal requests to be "very small." YouTube began testing the feature with content creators , and then

  • Windows 11 tests an adjustable taskbar and resizable Start menu 9 hours ago by Emma Roth
    Microsoft, News, Tech, Windows

    Microsoft's latest Windows 11 test will allow you to reposition the taskbar and change the size of the Start menu. The update, which is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders in the Experimental channel, lets you place the taskbar on the bottom, top, left, or right side of the screen. Microsoft first teased its movable taskbar in March as part of efforts to rebuild trust among users . You can adjust the alignment of the icons inside the taskbar, as well as open the Start menu drawer from wherever you placed it. Windows 11 Insiders can access a shorter taskbar,

  • ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop 9 hours ago by Jay Peters
    AI, News, Science

    ArXiv, a popular platform for preprint academic research, is taking a new step to attempt to reduce the volume of papers that include AI slop. If a paper has "incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation," such as hallucinated references or "meta-comments" left by an LLM, authors will be banned from ArXiv for a year, according to Thomas Dietterich, ArXiv's section chair of its computer science section. Future ArXiv submissions will also have to be accepted at "a reputable peer-reviewed venue." Here's what he said on X : Attention @arxiv authors: Our Code of

  • The Analogue 3D is finally getting save states 11 hours ago by Andrew Liszewski
    Gadgets, Gaming, News, Tech

    If you’re not staying on top of Analogue 3D updates, now’s the time to start. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Analogue has released a new firmware update for its Analogue 3D console that adds the Memories save state feature. Memories, which was first introduced with its handheld Analogue Pocket , allows you to save at any moment and resume from that exact spot later on, rather than having to reach a specific point in a game to save your progress. The feature should also help reduce some headaches with saving game progress on the Analogue 3D


Wired

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    Gear, Gear / Deals, Coupons

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    Gear, Coupons

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    Gear, Gear / Deals, Coupons

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    Gear, Coupons

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