RIP, Microsoft Lens, a simple little app that's getting replaced by AI: Microsoft is killing Lens, a handy mobile scanning app with over 90 million downloads. Read More |
Sam Altman addresses 'bumpy' GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the 'chart crime': The Reddit AMA got spicy as users peppered OpenAI with questions, and some asked the company to bring back its previous model. Read More |
OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war: Developers who have had early access are touting GPT-5's pricing as much better than competing models. Read More |
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| After researchers unmasked a prolific SMS scammer, a new operation has emerged in its wake: Security researchers are now sounding the alarm on a new SMS text message fraud operation, which is surging in popularity — and its ability to steal people's credit cards — since the demise of its predecessor. Read More |
How to use Instagram Map and protect your privacy: Following concerns about safety, Instagram head Adam Mosseri reassured users that the feature is opt-in, and noted that some people are "confused" about how the feature works. Read More |
Former Googlers' AI startup OpenArt now creates 'brain rot' videos in just one click: OpenArt launched a new feature to help creators make AI-generated brain rot videos. Read More |
NASA and Google are building an AI medical assistant to keep Mars-bound astronauts healthy: The multimodal tool, which includes speech, text, and images, runs inside Google Cloud's Vertex AI environment. Read More |
Pinterest CEO says agentic shopping is still a long way out: Pinterest CEO Bill Ready talks about the agentic web and where the social network will fit in the AI era. Read More |
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| SoftBank reportedly bought Foxconn's Ohio factory for the Stargate AI project: Foxconn spent years promising electric vehicles would be built at the former Chevy Cruze factory. Now it will make AI servers. Read More |
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