How to infer the method to OpenAI’s madness

The ChatGPT maker plans to burn an immense $115 bln by 2029, defying the usual startup profit path. The splurge has a certain ...
Bleeping Computer

OpenAI is routing GPT-4o to safety models when it detects harmful activities

Over the weekend, some people noticed that GPT-4o is routing requests to an unknown model out of nowhere. It turns out to be a "safety" feature. ChatGPT routes some conversations to different models ...
Wall Street Journal

What Are ‘World Models’? The Key to the Next Big AI Leap

Today’s AIs are book smart. Everything they know they learned from available language, images and videos. To evolve further, they have to get street smart. That requires “world models.” The key is ...
Geeky Gadgets

Use ChatGPT 5 to Build Pro-Level Financial Models Without Breaking a Sweat

What if you could build a professional-grade financial model in minutes, not hours? Imagine walking into a high-stakes meeting armed with a dynamic tool that not only crunches numbers but also adapts ...
Techlicious

Facebook Settlement Payout? Here’s the Easiest Way to Use It

After years of legal wrangling, the Facebook user privacy lawsuit has finally paid out. The case, In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation ...
The Verge

Google DeepMind’s new AI models can search the web to help robots complete tasks

The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even learn from each other. The new Gemini Robotics 1.5 models enable robots to carry out multistep tasks and even ...
Kiplinger

How to Cancel Amazon Prime (Even If It Looks Like You Can't)

Depending on how you signed up, canceling Amazon Prime might be easier said than done. In fact, that's one of the key issues in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2023. The FTC ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration Agrees to Use AI Models From Musk’s xAI

The Trump administration will offer artificial intelligence models from Elon Musk’s xAI to federal agencies through a new partnership, a move that could boost Musk’s AI company and signal that his ...
ZDNet

How to use your Apple Watch's Hypertension Detection feature (and why you should)

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Apple's Hypertension Detection feature could be the reason you learn about your high blood pressure. The feature is available on the latest lineup ...
Wired

Distillation Can Make AI Models Smaller and Cheaper

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a chatbot earlier this year called R1, which drew a huge amount of attention. Most of it ...
Lifehacker

How to Use the Pomodoro Method to Study More Efficiently

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. You may have heard of the ...
9to5Mac

How to use Apple Watch’s hypertension feature in watchOS 26

One of the flagship new features of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Series 11 (review here) is hypertension notifications. But in a welcome surprise, watchOS 26 brings the new hypertension feature to select ...