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OpenAI Launches GPT-Live-1 to Make ChatGPT Voice Mode Feel Like Talking to a Person
OpenAI has introduced GPT-Live-1, a new voice mode for ChatGPT engineered to simulate natural human conversation rather than feel like interacting with software. The upgraded system addresses previous interaction limitat
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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
Meta is attempting to soften the “creepy” reputation of its AI glasses by rolling out an update that disables the camera if the LED recording indicator has been tampered with. The change responds to concerns that the devices—promoted as fashionable accessories by figures such as Kylie Jenner—can be misused as covert surveillance tools, particularly against…
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If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
Microsoft has made sweeping cuts to its Xbox division this week, announcing 1,600 immediate layoffs with a further 1,600 expected over the next fiscal year, along with the shedding of four studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described the business as “not healthy” and admitted the company had “spread ourselves too thin”, prompting speculation that Microsoft…
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ChatGPT’s upgraded voice mode is better at shutting up
OpenAI has overhauled ChatGPT’s voice mode with a new model, GPT-Live-1, which it says makes conversations feel more like “talking to another person”. The key improvement is that the model is designed to interrupt users less and will pause to wait if a speaker breaks off mid-sentence, addressing a common frustration with the previous turn-based…
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Union Video Game Workers ‘Extremely Disappointed’ With Xbox Leadership Following Layoffs (Gaming News Roundup)
Microsoft laid off 1,600 employees across its Xbox division this week, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by Communications Workers of America. The workforce reduction comes in addition to what new CEO Asha Sharma calls the “most significant restructure” in the Microsoft division’s history. Microsoft announced approximately 4,800 total job cuts across the…
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Crypto VC firm Paradigm raises $1.2B to invest in ‘technical frontier’ startups
Crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm has raised a $1.2 billion fund, its third venture vehicle and fourth fund overall, to invest in what founder Matt Huang described on Wednesday as the “technical frontier”. Crucially, the firm is broadening its remit beyond its cryptocurrency roots to include robotics and artificial intelligence, reflecting the surging interest in…
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Bernie Sanders Rips Microsoft For Xbox Layoffs And Price Hikes
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Afreximbank Officially Launches $1 Billion Pan-African Film Fund; Lavaille Lavette Set As CEO Of Fund
The Cairo-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has officially launched its $1 billion Pan-African Film Fund, appointing publishing veteran Lavaille Lavette as its Chief Executive Officer. Established through the bank’s development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the fund aims to strengthen Africa’s creative industries by mobilising long-term capital for content…
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Well, at least one good thing’s come out of Destiny 2’s demise: lob tomatoes at ex-Bungie CEO Pete Parsons’ car collection in this fan-made boss battler
Following the end of Destiny 2’s development and heavy layoffs at developer Bungie, fans have created a satirical browser game targeting the studio’s former CEO, Pete Parsons. The game casts players against Parsons and his collection of classic cars, tapping into long-running anger over reports that he spent large sums on vehicles around the same…