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The Indian audio app spinning its own stories

Pocket FM is like YouTube for audio fiction. But is it an opportunity for new voices or just another content mill?

Kudrat Wadhwa
Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Sora can be a bit of an eyesore.

It’s impressive, but we’re not the only ones who found the results from OpenAI’s new AI video model tend to be a bit weird. It struggles with natural movement, often includes additional appendages or other visual distortions, and sometimes ignores half your prompt directions entirely.

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Andrew Webster
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
DoorDash will ask drivers to re-verify their identities more often.

As part of efforts to combat account sharing, DoorDash will now require “select” drivers to verify their identity with a selfie between deliveries, while also using machine learning to detect “potential unauthorized account access.”

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Double the block-busting fun.

The NES version of Tetris has landed on Switch Online, alongside Tetris DX — a Game Boy Color edition released in 1998. Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov made the announcement on Nintendo’s YouTube channel as part of the game’s 40th anniversary.

Inside the launch — and future — of ChatGPT

OpenAI worried that ChatGPT would be a dud two years ago. Now, the stakes have never been higher.

Kylie Robison