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AI Gets Smarter, Safer, More Visual With GPT-4 Release, OpenAI Says
The hottest AI technology foundation, OpenAI's GPT, got a big upgrade Tuesday that's now available in the premium version of the ChatGPT chatbot.The new GPT-4 can generate much longer strings of text and respond when people feed it images, and it's designed to...
Twitch says deepfake porn is now grounds for instaban — here’s why
Even a brief unintentional glimpse at those sorts of images “will be removed and will result in an enforcement,” the company writes. And if you intentionally promote, create, or share deepfake porn, that’s grounds for an instaban: doing that “can result in an...
Making Bitcoin greener, and Elon Musk’s chatbot plans
Last year, Ethereum went green. The second-most popular crypto platform transitioned to proof of stake, an energy-efficient framework for adding new blocks of transactions, NFTs, and other information to the blockchain. When Ethereum completed the upgrade,...
Tracksuit raises $5M to make brand tracking more accessible
Tracksuit, a New Zealand-based brand tracking startup, wants to take on traditional market research players by offering a more affordable, accessible brand insights tool. “Market research and brand tracking has been around for a long time, and it usually...
Best 43-Inch TV for 2023
Anyone who's lived in a dorm room or a 100-square-foot apartment in NYC knows the struggles of decorating when you have limited space. Shopping for TVs in particular can be quite challenging. If you don't have the space for a 55-inch model, that doesn't mean...
Microsoft signs binding Call of Duty deal with Nintendo ahead of EU Activision hearing
Call of Duty will be available to Nintendo players on the same day as Xbox with “full feature and content parity” under a 10-year agreement between the two platforms, Microsoft’s Brad Smith announced. The deal was announced in early December, but Smith is...
Only a matter of time • TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Intuitive Machines enters the public market Silicon Valley goes to war News from Transcelestial, Umbra and more Lunar technology company Intuitive Machines received far less cash from its merger with a special...
Best Telemedicine Services – CNET
Telemedicine was around before COVID-19, but the pandemic accelerated the demand for at-home doctor's visits. Given the benefits -- you can talk to a health care provider from the comfort of your home, you don't need to sit in a waiting room where you might...
The Download: crime app concerns, and helpful AI
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Citizen is trying to remake itself by recruiting elderly Asians Members of the Asian-American and Pacific...
Paul Pierce fined $1.4 million for unlawful Emax crypto promotions
Former NBA champion Paul Pierce has agreed to pay over $1.4 million in penalties after unlawfully promoting the EthereumMax (EMAX) cryptocurrency to his Twitter audience. In a statement published on Friday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced...
Meta to sell blue badge on Instagram and Facebook • TechCrunch
Facebook-parent Meta has launched a subscription service, called Meta Verified, that will allow users to add the coveted blue check mark to their Instagram and Facebook accounts for up to $15 a month by verifying their identity, its chief executive Mark...