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Jacob Kastrenakes

Jacob Kastrenakes

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    Sam Altman is on stage.

    The OpenAI CEO says 2 million developers are now working with the company’s tools, and around 460 companies on the Fortune 500 companies are using its products.

    The really big number? 100 million people are using ChatGPT weekly. That’s huge.

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    OpenAI’s first developer conference is about to kick off.

    You can watch live via our storystream. The company is expected to announce updates to GPT-4 and more.

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    It looks like Elon’s AI company is getting somewhere.

    A heavily caveated somewhere — but this is the first real update since xAI formally launched in July.

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    The Duolingo owl will now crush you at chess, too.

    Duolingo is partnering with Chess.com to make its cast of language-learning characters into chess bots. Naturally, they’ll taunt you in multiple languages.

    It sounds like the bots will stick around through November. No word yet on what Elo the owl is — but I’m guessing it’s up there.

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    We’re 20 minutes away from Apple’s Scary Fast event.

    We’re expecting M3 chips, a new iMac, and some updated MacBook Pros. And if Apple really leans into the spooky theme, maybe an updated Magic Mouse with a USB-C port on the bottom.

    You can follow along live right here:

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    We’ll be live blogging Apple’s Scary Fast event right here.

    Stay tuned to our live updates — the event kicks off at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. We’re expecting the M3 chips and a handful of new Macs. Get your predictions in now.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Google will pay you to catch AI attacks before they’re used.

    The company is looking for prompt injection attacks, training data leaks, and other ways bad actors could evade security restrictions on AI models.