SCROpenAI has introduced real-time video analysis and screen sharing features to ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, marking a significant expansion of the AI chatbot’s capabilities. The new functions, announced during a livestream, allow ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers to interact with the AI through their phone cameras and share their device screens for real-time analysis …
OpenAI has revealed that a newly deployed telemetry service caused widespread disruptions to its services including ChatGPT, Sora, and its API on Wednesday. According to Kyle Wiggers reporting for TechCrunch, the three-hour outage began around 3 p.m. Pacific time. The company explained that the new service’s configuration inadvertently overwhelmed their Kubernetes API servers, affecting critical …
Character.AI has implemented new safety measures to protect teenage users on its chatbot platform. According to reporting by Adi Robertson for The Verge, the company has developed a separate language model for users under 18 that places stricter limits on bot responses, particularly regarding romantic content. The system now includes suicide prevention resources and will …
TCL, the world’s largest TV manufacturer, has premiered its first AI-generated movies at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. According to Jason Koebler’s report for 404 Media, the company is now streaming five short films on its TCL+ platform. The films represent TCL’s initial venture into AI-generated content, produced through its newly created TCL Film …
Microsoft’s new Recall feature, designed to create searchable timeline of PC activities, shows significant privacy vulnerabilities despite its promised security measures. According to testing by Avram Piltch from Tom’s Hardware, the feature’s “Filter sensitive information” setting failed to block the capture of credit card numbers and social security information in several common scenarios. While Recall …
Independent developer Simon Willison has conducted extensive testing of Google’s newly announced Gemini 2.0 Flash model, documenting the results on his blog. The tests reveal significant capabilities in multimodal processing, spatial reasoning, and code execution. The model demonstrated exceptional accuracy in analyzing complex images, as shown in a detailed assessment of a crowded pelican photograph …
OpenAI experienced a significant service disruption affecting ChatGPT, Sora, and its API platforms on Wednesday. According to Maxwell Zeff’s report for TechCrunch, the outage lasted from approximately 3 PM to 9 PM Pacific Time. OpenAI’s developer community lead Edwin Arbus attributed the problem to a configuration change that caused multiple servers to become unavailable. The …
Google has announced Gemini 2.0, its latest artificial intelligence model that introduces significant advances in multimodal capabilities and autonomous agent features. The experimental version, Gemini 2.0 Flash, is being released first to developers and trusted testers through Google’s AI platforms. According to Google, the new model can generate text, images, and multilingual audio while operating …
Apple has launched significant updates to its operating systems, introducing new artificial intelligence features under the Apple Intelligence brand. The iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates are now available for compatible devices in six English-speaking countries: the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The updates bring …
OpenAI’s newly released AI video generation tool Sora has received mixed reviews from early users. According to Carl Franzen’s report in VentureBeat, AI filmmakers are reporting inconsistent results and unrealistic outputs compared to competitor products. The tool, which requires a subscription starting at $20 monthly for 50 generations, has faced criticism for its content restrictions …