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    Microsoft is creating an “Advanced Planning Unit” to study AI.

    Just weeks after Microsoft established a new AI engineering division, the company’s AI head Mustafa Suleyman announced that the company is recruiting for another team that will examine how AI will change our world. Here’s how a job listing describes the new unit:

    The Advanced Planning Unit will operate in the Office of Microsoft AI’s CEO and will combine cutting edge research across Microsoft and beyond, explore and articulate a range of possible scenarios for the future of AI, craft concrete product recommendations, and suggest planning outcomes based on them. 

    Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI's impacts | TechCrunch

    [techcrunch.com]

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    Emma Roth
    GPT-5o will probably just be called GPT-5.

    That’s just one of the updates OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed during a Reddit AMA, saying that the launch of the next-gen model doesn’t “have a timeline yet.” Altman also hinted at updates to advanced voice mode, as well as the full release of its o3 reasoning model in “more than a few weeks, less than a few months.”

    Reddit AMA with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other execs

    [reddit.com]

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    Emma Roth
    DirecTV’s sports streaming package is rolling out to more places.

    MySports, which offers access to live games from the NFL, NBA, and MLB, has expanded access to 122 more cities, including Denver, Cleveland, West Palm Beach, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and others. It was previously only available in 24 metro areas at launch.

    MySports from DIRECTV Available in 122 Markets, Including Entire Top 50

    [DirecTV]

    TikTok traffic is recovering, but it’s still not back in app storesTikTok traffic is recovering, but it’s still not back in app stores
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