Welcome again a week under consideration. This week we are seeing Openai cancel the O3 release; Tiktok returned to the SH.BA app stores nearly a month after being removed; More complications in Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Openai for $ 97.4 billion; And more! Let’s do it.
Openai canceled effectively The release of O3, which was scheduled to be the other major model of the company, in favor of a “simplified” product offer. In a post on X, CEO Sam Altman said Openai plans to release the GPT-5, a model that will integrate O3 into chatgt and its api. As a result, Openai will no longer launch O3 as a single model. The company plans to issue GPT-4.5 before the GPT-5 comes out, according to Altman, who says this will be the “last model of the enterprise”.
Apple and Google reset Tiktok For their respective app stores in the US, nearly a month after they removed the app due to a national security law that banned it. Companies have also resettled the Capcut video editor and the Lemon8 social media app, which were removed to meet the law. Applications were reset after US Prosecutor General Pam Bondi sent Apple a letter saying the ban would not be implemented immediately, Bloomberg reports.
CEO of my Cook apple excited The “newest family member”, determined to arrive Wednesday, which is likely to be a fourth -generation iPhone than. It’s been three years since Apple released the latest iPhone with $ 429 – an oversight for a product that plays such a big role for markets in markets as China and India. This time, Apple is likely to remove the Home Touch ID button and use the same chip that empowers the iPhone 16.
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Musk adds conditions to his offer to Openai: Lawyers for Elon Musk said that the billionaire will withdraw its $ 97.4 billion for Openai if the board is committed to maintaining it as a nonprofit. The layout claims that Musk’s offer to buy Openai is “serious”. Read more
If you can’t get the heat: Cto Andrew Bosworth Meta has choice words for workers frustrated with the latest company policies – they are free to abandon. An internal business report quotes an internal conversation where an employee criticized Meta for cutting dei programs. Read more
Tesla gains a defamation lawsuit: Zhang Yazhou sued Tesla after a Tesla Model 3 allegedly crashed due to the wrong brakes in 2021. After Tesla sued her back slander, a Chinese court ordered Zhang to pay about $ 23,000 in damage and do a public apology. Read more
An open Instagram: An app named Pinksky launched an Android version of his social networking experience in the center of photos built at the top of Bluesky. One of the many who try to judge former Instagram users by offering a similar but open -technology -built experience. Read more
Caution, FIFA: Researchers at Google Deepmind published a demonstration of miniature humanoid robots playing a one-in football game. Researchers found that they were able to learn movement skills such as walking, kicking, and being able to recover from a decline. Read more
Google expands the Notebooklm Plus: Google has expanded the Notebooklm Plus, a paid version of his assistant for getting notes and searching with higher use and premium features for users agreed on Google AI Premium. Read more
Great Rating Zeta: The banking software provider for banks and Fintech beginnings collected $ 50m from a strategic investor with a $ 2 billion rating. The new investment marks a 70% increase in the Bengaluru -based starting rating in 2021. Read more
Google Maps updates in the Gulf of America: US Google Map users will see America’s bay instead of Mexico bay after an executive order from President Trump. International users will see both names, while users in Mexico will only see the Gulf of Mexico. Read more
Hack Increasing the Super Bowl growth of the PuTlexity: Instead of getting an expensive Super Bowl ad, search engine he used X to make users download his app for a chance to earn $ 1 million. The strategy increased its mobile installations by approximately 50%, according to data from Appfigurs. Read more
Tumblr joins Fediversity: Tumblr is directed to the open social network thanks to a scheduled movement in WordPress infrastructure. When the migration is complete, Tumblr users will be able to federate their blog through the Actortypub, just as any WordPress.com user can be. Read more