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ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth used by more than 92% of Fortune 500 companies. That growth has propelled OpenAI itself into becoming one of the most-hyped companies in recent memory. And its latest partnership with Apple for its upcoming generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, has given the company another significant bump in the AI race. 2024 also saw the release of GPT-4o, OpenAI’s new flagship omni…

Meta announced Wednesday that it is updating its broadcast channel feature on Instagram to make it easier for creators to collaborate with their followers. Previously, viewers couldn't respond to creators' posts on broadcast channels and were limited to emoji reactions. Now, the company is giving creators the option to let users reply to their own posts and respond to other users' responses. Additionally, creators can now share prompts to start conversations within their channels. When Meta launched a broadcast channel on Instagram last year, the company pitched it as a way for creators to share public, one-to-many messages with their…

U.S. officials said Tuesday that a Chinese-backed hacker group called Salt Typhoon continues to attack the networks of the nation's largest phone and internet providers, weeks after a long-running hacking campaign first came to light. announced that it had invaded some parts of the country. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters that the affected telecom companies are still working to eliminate the hackers, in part because the hackers' objectives are unclear. News first broke in October that Salt Typhoon was lurking deep within the networks of AT&T, Verizon, Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) and others. T-Mobile was targeted, but…

U.S. officials said Tuesday that a Chinese-backed hacker group called Salt Typhoon continues to attack the networks of the nation's largest phone and internet providers, weeks after a long-running hacking campaign first came to light. announced that it had invaded some parts of the country. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters that the affected telecom companies are still working to eliminate the hackers, in part because the hackers' objectives are unclear. News first broke in October that Salt Typhoon was lurking deep within the networks of AT&T, Verizon, Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) and others. T-Mobile was targeted, but…

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday morning as he walked to the New York Hilton Midtown to attend the company's annual investor conference. He was shot and died. According to emerging media reports, Thompson was shot from about 20 feet away by a masked man who appeared to be waiting for him, before fleeing on a bicycle. Law enforcement continued to search the area in the aftermath of the shooting. Police are offering $10,000 to anyone with information about the shooting, according to the New York Times. Mr. Thompson, 50, was appointed CEO of United Healthcare,…

TikTok is rolling out new ways for creators to raise money for charities and causes they're passionate about. The company has partnered with Goodstack, a fintech company that manages charitable giving, to allow creators to support organizations from a verified database of nonprofit partners like the American Red Cross and Save the Children. TikTok is also introducing features that allow creators to personalize their fundraising efforts. Creators can now add a custom title, description, background image, and goal amount to their fundraising pages. We also have a dedicated space for you to share why you're passionate about what we do…

DeepMind, Google's AI research organization, has unveiled a model that can generate an “infinite” variety of playable 3D worlds. The model, called Genie 2, is the successor to DeepMind's Genie, released earlier this year, which allows users to create interactive, real-time scenes from a single image and text description (such as “cute humanoid robot in the forest”). Can be generated. In this respect, it's similar to models being developed by Fei-Fei Li's company World Labs and Israeli startup Descart. DeepMind claims that Genie 2 can generate “a wide variety of rich 3D worlds,” including worlds where users can use the…

Email startup Superhuman has launched a built-in calendar availability sharing feature. This allows users to share available slots and quickly schedule meetings. Rahul Bohra, the company's CEO, said the company is considering enhancing its calendar offering and possibly releasing a standalone app as well. Sharing free time in your calendar is not a special feature as Calendly, Cal.com, Vimcal, Notion Calendar, and Clockwise have offered this feature for some time. But despite these tools, Superhuman says it typically takes an average of three emails to schedule a meeting. That's why the startup decided to build a schedule sharing tool. If…

Ransomware hackers continue their attack on National Health Service trusts across the UK by breaching multiple hospitals, leaking sensitive patient data and disrupting emergency services. Inc Ransom, the prolific Russia-linked ransomware group that claimed responsibility for the attack on Scotland's NHS earlier this year, claims to have compromised Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust, one of Europe's largest children's hospitals. are. In a post on its dark web leak site, Inc Ransom claims to have stolen patient records, donor reports, and procurement data from Alder Hey from 2018 to 2024. A sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch includes…

Revel further expands its electric vehicle charging empire in New York City. The company announced Wednesday that it has broken ground on installing 24 EV fast chargers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This installation will double the airport's existing EV charging capacity. This is the second time Level has partnered with the New York Port Authority, which acts as the city's port landlord and regulator, to install fast chargers. The companies are also building 48 fast-charging ports near LaGuardia Airport. Both airport projects are scheduled to be completed in 2025. Revel and the Port Authority of New York plan…