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Amazon CEO says ‘beautiful’ new Alexa hardware is coming this fall
Amazon is gearing up to launch new hardware to go along with its AI-upgraded Alexa. During an interview with Bloomberg, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company has a “brand new lineup of devices that are coming in the fall that are beautiful.” On Wednesday, Amazon revealed Alexa Plus, a more conversational version of the…
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Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos
On this special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into the many DOGE staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federal workers received an email from Elon Musk over the weekend.
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An AI companion site is hosting sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots
Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling real actors that state their age as under 18, engage in sexually charged conversations, offer “hot photos,” and in some instances describe age-of-consent laws as “arbitrary” and “meant to be broken.” When MIT Technology…
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OpenAI releases ‘largest, most knowledgable’ model GPT-4.5 with reduced hallucinations and high API price
The API pricing appears shockingly high, costing developers $75 and $180 for 1 million tokens in and out, respectively.Read More
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Microsoft releases a Copilot app for Mac
Microsoft is releasing a native Copilot app for macOS today. Much like the Windows app, the Copilot version for Mac will provide access to the web-based version of Microsoft’s AI assistant, where you can upload images and generate images or text. The macOS version of Copilot also includes a dark mode and a shortcut command…
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Microsoft AI Releases Phi-4-multimodal and Phi-4-mini: The Newest Models in Microsoft’s Phi Family of Small Language Models (SLMs)
In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, developers and organizations often grapple with a series of practical challenges. One of the most significant hurdles is the efficient processing of diverse data types—text, speech, and vision—within a single system. Traditional approaches have typically required separate pipelines for each modality, leading to increased complexity, higher latency, and greater…
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The USAID Emergency Waivers Aren’t Working, From Ebola to AIDS
Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along with other livesaving efforts like AIDS treatments for children.
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The best iPhones
New iPhones for the AI era. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The wait is over — kind of. Apple’s iPhone 16 series is out, including the kinda affordable 16E, and its much-hyped Apple Intelligence has arrived courtesy of iOS 18.1. But if you’re expecting an entirely new kind of iPhone experience, well, I…
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OpenAI finally unveils GPT-4.5. Here’s what it can do
OpenAI says its latest model is more conversational and even hallucinates less. Here’s how to access it.
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Apple will let parents share their kids’ ages to limit app access
Apple announced in a whitepaper that it plans to introduce a bunch of new child safety features, including letting parents share their kids’ age ranges with apps, refreshing the App Store’s age ratings system, and making it easier for parents to set up Child Accounts for their kids. The company says it will introduce the…