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OpenAI reportedly wants to buy its ‘freedom’ through a for-profit restructuring ticket to keep hostile takeovers and outside interference from the likes of Microsoft at arm’s length

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Just last week, OpenAI narrowly avoided financial ruin as several investors, such as Microsoft and NVIDIA, contributed an impressive $6.6 billion during their fundraising round. Previously, it was feared that OpenAI might be on the brink of bankruptcy, with market analysts predicting a potential loss of $5 billion within the upcoming year.

Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop AI processors promise “groundbreaking power efficiency” as Arrow Lake targets creative PC gamers

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Intel has officially unveiled its long-awaited Core Ultra 200S series processors, previously referred to as Arrow Lake. These are the first Intel hardware processors equipped with AI capabilities, featuring an integrated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) with a speed of 13 Tera Operations per Second (TOPS). This NPU is an upgrade from its previous-generation Meteor Lake mobile processors, but falls short of the 45 TOPS NPU found in the upcoming Lunar Lake chips, also part of the new Core Ultra Series 2 range.

Bing is down, potentially affecting dozens of users

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It seems that Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, is experiencing issues for numerous users. When trying to access it, an error message appears in certain instances, and the site fails to display results or load properly. Reports of outages on Downdetector have been escalating since 8 AM ET, with a significant surge around 10 AM ET.

Nobel Prize winner claims former OpenAI Chief Scientist fired Sam Altman because he “is much less concerned with AI safety than profits” — and suggests superintelligence might be on the horizon: “We have maybe 4 years left”‘ before human extinction

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Over the last few months, OpenAI has been attracting attention due to several factors, one of which is financial concerns such as potential bankruptcy predictions with estimated losses reaching approximately $5 billion over the next year. Additionally, key executives like Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati and Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever have left the company, and there’s a speculation that OpenAI might transform into a for-profit entity to prevent hostile takeovers and external meddling. This move could potentially result in returning the $6.6 billion raised during its recent funding round to investors.

Windows 11 bug steals 8.63GB of storage space that you can’t get back

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Microsoft has just released the Windows 11 2024 Update, introducing novel features and enhancing system performance on computers. However, this update seems to have inadvertently introduced a glitch that appears to be using approximately 8.63GB of your system’s storage. Post-update, these supposed files will show up in the “Windows Update Cleanup” section under Temporary files. While Windows offers an option to delete these files, choosing to do so doesn’t actually free up space on your PC.

Linus Tech Tips told me to buy this $40 ergonomic PC wrist rest accessory, but does it actually work? It didn’t for me, but it might for you.

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Instead of spending much time on my Xbox lately, I’ve been gaming more often on my computer. The allure of games like World of Warcraft: The War Within and Frostpunk 2 has led me down a new path, one that includes previously unnoticed wrist and forearm discomfort. As I edge closer to 40, I’m realizing that my joints aren’t as flexible as they once were, prompting me to look for potential remedies.