Emma Roth

News Writer

Google contractors objected to reading obscene Bard prompts — now they’re unionizing

Emma RothNov 7, 2023

Google is rolling out new deal-finding tools for the holidays.

With Black Friday just around the corner, Google Search is launching a new hub that surfaces relevant deals on a single page. Searching for “shop deals” will reveal a whole bunch of products on sale across different categories, but you can narrow your search by typing, “shop headphones deals” or “shop sneaker deals.”

Google is also rolling out some shopping features for Chrome, including a new price insights feature that was previously available on Search, as well as an easier way to check for discounts by clicking the tag icon in the address bar.

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Emma RothNov 6, 2023

Apple TV Plus is getting more Peanuts.

After bringing back Charlie Brown’s holiday specials for a third year in a row, Apple TV Plus is teaming up with Peanuts to make an original film. Apple says the movie will follow the Peanuts crew as they embark on “an epic adventure to the Big City.”

Apple is teaming up with the kids’ content company WildBrain and Peanuts Worldwide to create the CG-animated film, which will go into production in 2024.

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Emma RothNov 6, 2023

OpenAI is launching a GPT store later this month.

The store will let users share and sell their custom GPT bots. Sam Altman says OpenAI is going to “pay people who build the most useful and the most used GPTs” a portion of the company’s revenue.

Sam Altman stands in front of a screen displaying a digital storefront in a web browser. It has navigation options on the left. The main content features different bots.

Sam Altman presenting OpenAI’s store for custom GPT bots.

Image: OpenAI

Emma RothNov 6, 2023

ChatGPT is getting GPT-4 Turbo.

The chatbot uses the latest version of OpenAI’s large language model, allowing it to browse the web to write and run code, analyze data, and more. It also won’t have the “annoying” drop-down model-picker menu — it will know which model to use automatically.

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Emma RothNov 6, 2023

OpenAI’s “Copyright Shield” will defend customers from legal action.

Here’s Sam Altman on the new program, which is available to ChatGPT Enterprise and API users:

We can defend our customers and pay the costs incurred if you face legal claims around copyright infringement.

Emma RothNov 6, 2023

GPT-4 Turbo is here.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman just announced GPT-4 Turbo, the latest version of the company’s GPT large language model. It comes with several improvements, including “better world knowledge” and a 128,000 token window, allowing for longer prompts.