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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected OpenAI's attempt to trademark “GPT,” ruling that the term is “merely descriptive” and cannot be registered. This is a blow to his OpenAI brand, but don't expect competitors to start releasing their own versions of the ubiquitous chatbot. ChatGPT is certainly the best-known brand in AI today, the most popular conversation model on the market, and the model that most visibly took large-scale language models from curiosity to global trend. is. However, according to the USPTO, this name does not meet the criteria for trademark registration and protection by the “TM” suffix.…

July 2021, someone sent Google a batch of malicious code that can be used to hack PCs running Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender. That code was part of an exploitation framework called Heliconia. According to Google, the exploits targeting these applications were zero-day at the time, meaning the software maker was unaware of the bug. More than a year later, in November 2022, Google's Threat Analysis Group, the company's team that investigates government-backed threats, published a blog post analyzing these exploits and the Heliconia framework. Google researchers concluded that the code belonged to Variston, a little-known start-up based in Barcelona.…

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OpenAI is moving into video generation, following in the footsteps of startups like Runway and tech giants like Google and Meta. OpenAI today announced Sora, a GenAI model that creates videos from text. According to OpenAI, given a brief (or detailed) description and a still image, Sora can generate 1080p movie-like scenes with multiple characters, different types of motion, and background details. It means. Sora can also “enhance” existing video clips, doing its best to fill in any missing details. “Sora has a deep understanding of language, allowing it to accurately interpret prompts and generate engaging characters that express vivid…

Well, it turns out it's not a bug that breaks iPhone web apps, also known as Progressive Web Apps (PWA) in the EU. Following developer complaints and reports that his PWA stopped working in the EU after installing the latest iOS beta, Apple updated his website to explain why. Unsurprisingly, the tech giant blames this change on a new EU regulation, the Digital Markets Act, which allows for different browser engines, and he believes that the complexity involved in the DMA's requirements is the root cause. It states that there is. On a side note, security researcher Tommy Mysk and…

Apple's recent move to increase interest rates on Apple Card savings accounts to 4.5% has prompted competitors to do the same. Cash App announced today that it is offering Cash App Savings customers “up to” 4.5% APY (Annual Percentage Yield). However, there are some caveats. Apple's Savings Account requires a customer to qualify for his Apple Card credit card, but Cash App otherwise limits high percentages to cardholders. The company said that in order to increase the interest rate to 4.5%, customers must directly deposit at least $300 in salary each month. This can be more difficult for people who…

The notification may appear to indicate that the issue has been resolved. After all, you've probably already gotten more than you wanted. His two founders at Knock, Sam Seeley and Chris Bell, argue that while many companies have solved the “last mile delivery problem”, there is still more work to be done. Products like Twilio and SendGrid may offer developer-friendly APIs, but the Knock founders believe that what's really needed is a combination of notification delivery with a comprehensive workflow engine and integrated observability tools. We believe that this is a more comprehensive solution. Founded in 2021, the company today…

This morning, Google CEO Sundar Pichai opened a new center in Paris dedicated to artificial intelligence. The hub is located in a newly renovated building near his Google headquarters in Paris. It is scheduled to host approximately 300 researchers and engineers. But if you pay close attention to Google's Paris location, you might think that Google had already launched an AI research center in Paris in 2018. In fact, the company told me it has no plans to create a new AI team for this purpose. new hub. There will be some new office space, but the team of 300…

It doesn't take long for GenAI to spout untruths and falsehoods. Last week, chatbots from Microsoft and Google declared the winner of the Super Bowl before the game even started. But the real problem begins when GenAI's illusions become harmful — endorsing torture, reinforcing ethnic and racial stereotypes, and writing persuasive conspiracy theories. From established companies like Nvidia and Salesforce to startups like CalypsoAI, a growing number of vendors are offering products that they claim can help mitigate unwanted and harmful content from GenAI. But they are black boxes. Without testing each individually, it's impossible to know how these hallucinogenic…

Performance management startup SocialCrowd has raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Bread and Butter Ventures, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. Launched in 2020, SocialCrowd is a SaaS platform that provides performance management software that allows companies to set goals for their employees and reward them when they achieve them. In an interview with TechCrunch, SocialCrowd co-founder Raphael Akinsipe compared his company's product to a Fitbit, but for work. Akinsipe said customers can set up incentive campaigns with specific goals, and SocialCrowd tracks the performance of customers' employees in real-time by connecting to existing productivity apps. SocialCrowd then sends…