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Forget white Christmas. Microsoft “predicts” the world will melt before the end of the year.

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In my tech-savvy perspective, for many parts of the globe, Christmas and the festive season often bring snowy landscapes. However, in other areas, it’s the heart of summer, making this time of year quite warm. But in a fantastical scenario painted by the Windows 11 weather widget, by the end of 2024, we might expect roads melting and our familiar world ablaze. An unusual glitch seems to have affected Microsoft’s weather graphics, causing temperatures to soar as high as an incredible 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit!

Everything coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded— New maps, limited modes, Ranked play, patch notes and more

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While I’ve always said that The Haunting is my favorite Call of Duty event, I can’t deny that CODmas is really high up there, as well. The Call of Duty team goes out of its way to bring just the right amount of festive cheer and gory mayhem together. It’s looking like this year is going to be a good one for us CODmas fans. The events will be stacking up during Season 1 Reloaded, and there are plenty of other new additions and gameplay changes to cover, so let’s get right to it.

“The safety concerns expressed actually don’t come at the AGI moment”: Sam Altman says Artificial General Intelligence will come sooner than anticipated

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Contrary to assertions that leading AI research facilities, such as OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, are facing challenges in creating sophisticated AI models because of insufficient high-quality training data, Sam Altman appears confident that OpenAI will achieve the significant AGI milestone by 2025. The executive recently posted a cryptic comment on social media implying “there’s no barrier” possibly referring to suggestions that scaling laws have started limiting AI progress.

ChatGPT surpasses 300 million weekly users, tripling its user base in one year — OpenAI’s GPT-4o launch led to “the biggest spike ever” in revenue and downloads

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As a researcher, I find myself reflecting on the two-year milestone of OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI-driven chatbot. Initially, it was a basic tool capable of text and image generation. However, it has since transformed into a complex platform, boasting features such as a built-in search engine. This development could pose a challenge to established players like Google and Microsoft’s Bing in the realm of search.

I just upgraded my GPU, but Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s PC requirements are still making me sweat with their eye-watering demands

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The specifications for the computer version of MachineGames’ eagerly awaited action-adventure game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle have been revealed, and they are quite demanding. Given the impressive graphics of this Xbox and PC exclusive, I wasn’t expecting it to be a walk in the park when it comes to system requirements. However, the hardware demands outlined below are more severe than I had anticipated.