OpenAI could reportedly be valued at $100 billion. Nvidia and Apple are said to be in talks to contribute to the company’s next fundraising round, with Thrive Capital leading the deal, according to The New York Times. OpenAI’s annual revenue topped $3.4 billion earlier this year, but it is expected to lose $5 billion by year-end as it expands its AI training and workforce efforts.
X is a sign Some NPR website links have been marked as “unsafe.” When a user clicks to read the latest article about the clash between Trump campaign staff and Arlington National Cemetery staff, they are presented with a warning that is typically reserved for malicious links. It is unclear why this warning was issued on the NPR site, but it raises the question of whether X is actively trying to stop the news story from spreading.
The goals of Lyft’s new pilot program are: Helps drivers verify riders’ identities. As part of a new effort to improve security measures, riders will now see a verification badge next to their profile, indicating that Lyft has verified that they are using their legal name. The new program is rolling out in markets in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Phoenix, and Seattle.
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ChatGPT isn’t going to win the spelling bee any time soon. Users noticed that when asked how many times the letter “r” appears in the word “strawberry,” ChatGPT answered twice. Why? Because the LLM that powers the AI chatbot doesn’t actually read the information it consumes. Read more
Additional layoffs at Apple: Apple is reportedly planning to cut around 100 jobs in its digital services group, which will likely impact the teams responsible for the Apple Books app and Apple News. Read more
New AI pins added: Plaud’s AI-powered NotePin focuses on one task: taking notes. Users wear it on a necklace or wristband to record meetings, dictate notes, and transcribe the recordings using OpenAI’s GPT-4o. Read more
Spotify slams Apple: Spotify has claimed that Apple may have violated digital markets laws again after it discontinued a technology that allowed Spotify users to control the volume of connected devices using physical buttons on their iPhones. Read more
Tesla goes on a digital detox: Tesla has effectively erased the company’s digital history by deleting all of its blog posts dating back to 2019. The records are still available on archive.org, but neither the company nor Musk have explained why the posts were removed. Read more
Watch the iPhone 16 reveal with us: Summer may have been a weird time, but Apple says it’s “our time to shine” for its iPhone 16 event. The company will hold an event to unveil the new devices on September 9 at 10 a.m. PT. Here’s how to watch it live. Read more
Tumblr is officially moving to WordPress: After being acquired by WordPress parent company Automattic in 2019, the new owners will be moving Tumblr’s backend to WordPress. But don’t worry, bloggers, Tumblr won’t be changing to WordPress. It’ll just run on WordPress. Read more
AI doctors are: Google reportedly trained its Gemini AI model on 300 million audio recordings of coughs, runny noses, shortness of breath and more to identify health problems and predict early signs of disease. Read more
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What it’s like to fly through Seattle’s hacked airport: Days after the Port of Seattle announced a “possible” cyberattack on its systems, Seattle-Tacoma Airport remains largely offline, causing confusion among travelers and serving as a warning not to take cybersecurity lightly. TechCrunch’s Devin Koldway knows because he experienced it. As he writes, the response to the cyberattack is a lesson in why we have rules about where we put our eggs. Read more
