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2023

#1704 56:07

OpenAI Revolutionizes with Assistants and GPT-4 Turbo Enhancements

OpenAI's latest offering, the Assistants API, enables developers to integrate sophisticated, agent-like experiences into their apps. This tool allows the creation of specialized "assistants" capable of handling tasks ranging from data analysis to vacation planning, powered by OpenAI's Code Interpreter. This feature enables the execution of Python code and the generation of visual data representations. Moreover, the API can access

#1703 59:28

Apple Accuses Android of Being a ‘Massive Tracking Device’

Apple Goes for Juggler An internal Apple presentation, disclosed as part of the Department of Justice's evidence in the ongoing Google antitrust trial, blasts Google's approach to user privacy, mainly targeting Android as a "massive tracking device." The 2013 presentation, revealed in an email by Apple's Eddy Cue to CEO Tim Cook, suggests that Apple prioritizes user privacy more conscientiously

#1702 43:40

Big Tech & AI: Power Play or Genuine Concern?

Todd breaks down four AI articles, leading with an article by Andrew Ng, the co-founder of Google Brain, lifting the veil on the strategies employed by Big Tech giants in the realm of artificial intelligence. He posits that some of these companies might be inflating the risks associated with AI. But what's the endgame? According to Ng, it's all about

#1700 47:02

Chrome’s New IP Protection: Boon or Concern?

Google Chrome's latest "IP Protection" feature coming soon will offer enhanced user privacy by routing traffic through a Google-owned proxy server, concealing IP addresses. This could hinder companies and data brokers from tracking users based on web behavior. However, this also implies that Google would have centralized access to users' web-surfing habits. While the tool promises increased privacy, its potential

#1699 56:10

Pentagon Probes Rising UAP Reports

Abbreviated summary - In other technology news, Elon Musk's Twitter is beta testing, charging new users a $1 annual subscription fee to post content to reduce spam bots on the platform. Users can still read posts for free. Startup Vital 3D in Lithuania is pioneering 3D bioprinting of human organs like livers to help address the severe shortage of organs for transplantation. Even complex organs like kidneys with millions of nephrons may someday be printed.

OnePlus Open Joins The Folding Phone Club

At a launch event coming from Mumbai, India, OnePlus unveiled the Open, a flagship smartphone that unfolds into a tablet. Unlike some of the popular phones that fold neatly in half, the Open has dual screens - a normal exterior 6.3" display and an interior screen that unfolds to a 7.8" picture with an almost square aspect ratio. Look at