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ChatGPT Desktop App For Windows Now Available to All Users; Download Here
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OpenAI has finally opened access to the ChatGPT desktop app on Windows 11 and 10 to all users. You no longer need a paid subscription.
ChatGPT Can Now See Your Screen on macOS But There is a Catch
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The latest ChatGPT desktop app on macOS can see what is on your screen and offer contextual suggestions. That said, it only works with coding editors such as VS Code, Xcode, Terminal, and more.
OpenAI Planning to Launch an AI Agent Called ‘Operator’ in January
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OpenAI is reportedly planning to release its AI agent codenamed 'Operator' in January next year. The AI agent can perform actions in a web browser based on user input.
Microsoft Finally Releases Windows 11 ISO For ARM PCs
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Microsoft has finally released Windows 11 24H2 ISO image for ARM PCs. It means that Snapdragon X Elite/Plus laptops can be clean-installed using the ISO.
LLM Scaling Has Hit a Wall; What’s Next For ChatGPT?
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In the AI field, it was long believed that scaling and making larger models would lead to greater intelligence. However, Ilya Sutskever now says that LLM scaling has reached its limits. OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are now focused on inference scaling to improve model performance.
ChatGPT Search vs Google Search: OpenAI’s Search Engine Falls Short
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ChatGPT Search is a promising alternative to Google Search, but it doesn't cover all types of search queries. For informational queries, ChatGPT Search is good, but for local, navigational, and shopping queries, it falls short.
A Universal Share Button is Coming to Windows 11
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Microsoft is testing a universal share button which will be available in the Start Menu and Taskbar. You can right-click on local files to share them right away with other devices.
Perplexity Wants to Be Your AI Shopping Assistant This Black Friday
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Perplexity is working on an AI-powered shopping tool to make online shopping hassle-free. It searches the web to find the best product based on your prompt and you can quickly place the order without leaving the platform. It seems Perplexity is trying to compete with Google Shopping.
How to Set ChatGPT Search as Your Default Search Engine
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You can move away from Google and switch to ChatGPT Search to find the latest information from the web. OpenAI has released an official ChatGPT Search Chrome extension that replaces Google with ChatGPT Search. You can install the extension on any Chromium-based browsers.
Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Dimensity 9400: Benchmark Comparison
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In our benchmark testing, we find that Snapdragon 8 Elite's Oryon CPU performs better than Arm's Cortex cores, available in Dimensity 9400. That said, on the GPU front, Dimensity 9400 outranks the Snapdragon 8 Elite narrowly. To find out all the benchmark numbers, go through our in-depth comparison.
Snapdragon 8 Elite vs A18 Pro: Benchmark Comparison
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We have compared the Snapdragon 8 Elite and A18 Pro by running various benchmarks including Geekbench, 3DMark, AnTuTu, and more. In our Geekbench test, the A18 Pro beats the Snapdragon 8 Elite in single-core tasks, however, in multi-core, the Snapdragon 8 Elite outranks the A18 Pro. In GPU performance, the Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers a stellar performance.
Snapdragon 8 Elite Tested: Benchmarks and Thermals
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We have conducted several benchmarks on the Snapdragon 8 Elite to evaluate its performance and efficiency. The 2nd-gen Oryon CPU is truly impressive and the new Adreno 830 GPU hits it out of the park. Go through our article to check all our findings.
OpenAI Releases ChatGPT Search and a Chrome Extension to Rival Google
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OpenAI has released ChatGPT Search to challenge Google in the search domain. It can browse the web and find current information on all the latest events. You can also install the Chrome extension to replace Google Search with ChatGPT Search.
Microsoft Sidesteps OpenAI Again; Integrates Claude and Gemini into GitHub Copilot
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Microsoft has brought Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Gemini 1.5 Pro to GitHub Copilot in VS Code. For the first time, the company has integrated proprietary models from rival AI firms, overlooking OpenAI.
What is Claude Code Interpreter and How to Use It
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Similar to ChatGPT's Code Interpreter which runs Python code, users can now run JavaScript code in Claude, and it runs in the browser itself. It can come in handy for performing data visualizations, number crunching, and more. Users can also use it to run various mathematical calculations.
Sam Altman Denies Reports of OpenAI Launching GPT-5 ‘Orion’ by December
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According to a new report, OpenAI is planning to release its next big model, GPT-5 aka Orion by December this year. Microsoft is also readying its Azure infrastructure to host the Orion model and it will be completed by November.
Tensor G5 Specs Leaked: Google May Finally Redeem Itself Next Year
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For the Tensor G5, Google is moving to TSMC's 3nm (N3E) process node. However, it still packs the older Cortex-X4 core. For GPU, Google has picked Imagination Technologies's 2-core GPU.
OpenAI Exodus Continues: AGI Readiness Advisor Miles Brundage Resigns
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Miles Brundage, former Head of Policy Research and Senior Advisor for the AGI Readiness team has quit OpenAI. Brundage says he wants to work in the non-profit sector for greater freedom to publish.
In a shocking incident, a teenager from Florida committed suicide after engaging with an AI character on Character.ai. The 14-year-old teen stopped interacting with people around him and isolated himself.
Arm Threatens to Cancel Qualcomm’s Chip Design License
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In a major escalation, Arm has issued a 60-day notice of cancellation to Qualcomm, threatening to cancel its architectural license. The legal dispute is over the Oryon CPU developed by Nuvia inside Qualcomm. The original license given to Nuvia was for developing server CPUs. The trial will start in December 2024.
Snapdragon 8 Elite vs A18 Pro: Apple Fights to Retain Its Ground
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Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset brings the second-gen Oryon CPU. It delivers powerful multi-core performance, however, in single-core tasks, Apple still takes the lead. The Adreno 830 GPU is very performant and outpaces the 6-core A18 Pro GPU.
Snapdragon 8 Elite vs 8 Gen 3: Qualcomm’s Biggest Performance Leap
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Qualcomm has released its most powerful smartphone chipset yet with the 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores. The Snapdragon 8 Elite delivers a massive 40% faster CPU performance. And the new Adreno 830 GPU promises 40% performance improvement. Overall, the new chipset is 27% more power-efficient.
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Elite with Second-Gen Oryon CPU
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After months of anticipation, Qualcomm has finally unveiled the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset aka 8 Gen 4. It brings 2nd-gen Oryon CPU cores and two cores can reach up to a mighty 4.32GHz. The CPU delivers 45% faster performance and the new Adreno 830 GPU offers 40% performance improvement than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Microsoft AI Chief Apparently Yelled at OpenAI Employees; Cracks Starting to Appear?
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A recent report by The New York Times reveals that OpenAI and Microsoft are at loggerheads. According to the report, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman yelled at an OpenAI employee over the delayed transfer of advanced AI technologies to Microsoft. OpenAI, on the other hand, wants to set itself free from Microsoft's control, and looking to invoke the AGI clause.
NotebookLM Now Lets You Customize AI Podcasts and the Results are Unreal
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You can now customize AI podcasts on NotebookLM. Google has added an option to specify your preferences which will guide the AI hosts. It's like passing a note to the AI hosts. Besides that, you can listen to Audio Overview in the background while working on your notebooks.
Qualcomm Unexpectedly Cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit; Offers Refunds
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Qualcomm has abruptly canceled the Snapdragon Dev Kit and says all customers will get a refund. In an email, the chipmaker says it didn't meet the high standards of excellence. The HDMI port is said to have caused major issues in production, causing delays.
Windows Finally Gets an Official ChatGPT App; Download It Right Here
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OpenAI has finally released the ChatGPT app for Windows 11 and 10. You can download the app right now from our article. Unlike Copilot which is a web app, the ChatGPT app seems to be built using the native WinUI framework.
This High Schooler’s App Brings Apple Intelligence-like Writing Tools to Windows 11
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A high schooler from Bangalore has developed an app that brings Apple's Writing Tools to Windows 11. It works amazingly well and supports all apps and windows. The tool uses Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash model to process the text quickly.
Nvidia's latest Nemotron 70B model claims to beat GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models. It's trained on top of Llama 3.1 70B model using RLHF. Nvidia says it can correctly answer the strawberry question without using reasoning tokens.
Salesforce CEO Calls Copilot the New Microsoft Clippy – Doesn’t Work or Deliver Value
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Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce has criticized Microsoft for its Copilot product. He says that Copilot is the new Microsoft Clippy and it doesn't work or deliver value. Further, he slams Microsoft and says the Redmond giant is doing a great disservice to the whole industry.
Microsoft Goes Back to Intel; Surface Laptop 7 with Lunar Lake is Coming
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According to a Reddit leak, Microsoft is planning to launch the Surface Laptop 7 with Intel's latest Lunar Lake chipset. The upcoming Surface Laptop 7 would pack the Intel Core Ultra 7 268V processor. It's a major development as Microsoft had earlier announced that the Surface Laptop 7 would exclusively feature Qualcomm's ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite chipset.
x86 Advisory Group: Intel and AMD Join Hands to Combat ARM’s Rise
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Intel and AMD have teamed up and formed an x86 advisory group to promote and expand the x86 architecture across platforms. Many tech companies have joined the group as founding members including Broadcom, Dell, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc., Lenovo, Meta, Microsoft, etc.
OpenAI just raised $6.6 billion in the largest funding round ever, but its top scientists, researchers, and co-founders have left the company. Many former employees say the focus is on shipping moneymaking products over doing pioneering research. Under Sam Altman's leadership, the company is going through a huge cultural shift.
US DOJ Seeks to Split Android and Chrome to End Google’s Monopoly
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The US DOJ has submitted a proposed framework of remedies to the court in order to end Google's monopoly in the search engine market. The Justice Department seeks to split Android and Chrome, among other things. Google calls the proposed sanction "radical" and says it may hurt end consumers.
MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Announced with Cortex-X925 and Agentic AI Capability
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The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset packs a powerful CPU, featuring a single Cortex-X925 core and three Cortex-X4 cores. MediaTek has opted for the Arm Immortalis-G925 MC12 GPU that delivers unmatched Ray Tracing performance. The NPU now brings on-device agentic capability with support for multimodal LLMs.
This Microsoft Word Glitch Erases Documents Instead of Saving Them
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A bug has been discovered in Microsoft 365 version 2409 that auto-deletes Word documents while saving. It affects those files that have capitalized DOCX file extension or include "#" in the file name. By the way, you can restore the deleted Word document from the Recycle Bin. And rename the file extension to avoid the bug for now.
Adminless Windows 11 is Coming; Here’s What It Means for Security on PCs
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Microsoft is working on an "Adminless" Windows 11 security feature aka "Administrator Protection" that will replace the UAC prompt with secure user authentication. Administrator rights will be temporarily granted, improving the security of Windows 11 PCs significantly.
How to Remove “Learn About This Picture” Icon in Windows 11
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If you find the "Learn About This Picture" icon annoying on your desktop, you can remove it through the Registry Editor. You can also change the wallpaper from your own collection to quickly hide the icon.
Geekbench results for the 10-core Apple M4 running on the unreleased MacBook Pro M4 have already leaked. It demonstrates record-breaking CPU performance. The 10-core M4 CPU outperforms Snapdragon X Elite at a much lower power envelope.
The Best Intel Lunar Lake Laptops in 2024
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You can now buy Lunar Lake laptops. The new Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors offer great efficiency and performance, rivaling even ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite in terms of battery life. The cheapest Lunar Lake laptop is offered by Acer at $1199.
You can now access your Android phone's storage directly in Windows 11 File Explorer. You just have to set up Phone Link and enable "Show mobile device in File Explorer" in Windows Settings. You can access all the directories and copy files even when your phone is locked.
How Cursor AI Editor Made Coding Easier For Me
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Cursor is a great new AI code editor and it helped me migrate my code from OpenAI API to Gemini API. It can assist even a novice coder like me to understand the code and make relevant changes. If you are someone looking to start your coding journey, you should definitely check out Cursor.