Tech Meme

Fortune: Sources say many OpenAI staff thought that o1 was not ready to be unveiled, and then-CTO Mira Murati was often stuck in the middle of arguments between teams  —  When OpenAI debuted its latest AI model, GPT4-o, in a slick live webcast this past May, it was Mira Murati, the company’s chief technology officer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: OpenAI debuts a public beta of its Realtime API to quickly make speech-to-speech features, a way to use images to fine-tune GPT-4o uses via its API, and more  —  It’s been a tumultuous week for OpenAI, full of executive departures and major fundraising developments, but the startup back at it … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: The US NLRB issues a complaint accusing Apple of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate for better working conditions via allegedly unlawful rules  —  A U.S. labor board issued a complaint accusing Apple (AAPL.O) of violating employees’ rights to organize and advocate … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Epic debuts a program to reduce the royalty rate for games built with Unreal Engine from 5% to 3.5% if they launch on the Epic Game Store, starting in 2025  —  Epic is offering better terms for developers who build games with Unreal Engine and list them on the Epic Games Store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Streamers on Twitch, YouTube, Rumble, Kick, and other livestreaming services are discussing politics more, garnering interest from both presidential campaigns  —  As more streamers discuss politics, including major events like Tuesday’s debate, they have become the focus of intense interest for both presidential campaigns. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft begins rolling out Bing Generative Search, its answer to Google’s AI Overviews, to all US users, underpinned by a mix of AI models  —  Microsoft has launched its answer to Google’s AI-powered search experiences: Bing Generative Search.  —  On the heels of a pilot in July … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft plans to pay outlets like Reuters, FT, and Axel Springer for content in Copilot Daily, a new assistant that gives a spoken summary of current events  —  Microsoft is going to pay publishers for content that will appear in Copilot Daily, a new feature of its Copilot AI-powered, cross-platform assistant. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft says it will start rolling out Click to Do, akin to Google’s Circle to Search, and AI-enhanced Windows search improvements for Copilot+ PCs next month  —  Microsoft is using AI models to greatly improve Windows search on its new Copilot Plus PCs, including the addition of a new Click … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: As the US and allies try to sanction Evil Corp., the UK NCA says the ransomware gang conducted cyberattacks and espionage ops on NATO allies on Kremlin orders  —  – Evil Corp. cybercrime crew conducted espionage on NATO members  — UK, US and Australia issued sanctions against alleged hackers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Microsoft’s new Windows 11 update adds generative AI-based fill and erase options to Paint and up to 8x picture resolution upscaling to Photos, for Copilot+ PCs  —  It starts rolling out today, and Copilot+ PC owners can test new features soon.  —  Now that we’re a few years … Lees verder op Tech Meme