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Robert Hart

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    No, ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer

    A sick dog, desperate owner, and a bunch of chatbots made for a great story. The actual science was much messier.

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    Robert Hart
    OpenAI cuts back on “side quests.”

    CEO of applications Fidji Simo told staff the company will prioritize coding and enterprise users over the wide array of projects it has been pursuing, the WSJ reports, including deepfake machine Sora, browser Atlas, and gadgets.

    It gave a similar explanation when it delayed the release of ChatGPT’s “adult mode.”

    No, this is not a fly uploaded to a computer

    A lot of buzz, but not much evidence.

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    Robert Hart
    Robert Hart
    Meta’s Avocado AI needs more time to ripen.

    The company postponed its next AI model, codenamed Avocado, from this month until at least May, the NYT reports. Performance apparently falls short of rivals like Google.

    Meta’s spent billions trying to catch up, and Avocado will be its first major release since hiring Scale’s Alexandr Wang to revamp its efforts.

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    Robert Hart
    Anthropic upgrades Claude’s spreadsheet and slide deck skills.

    Claude can now communicate across Excel and PowerPoint, saving you from needing to keep switching tabs or re-explaining datasets at every step. Anthropic said it’s Claude “carrying the conversation across apps without losing track of what’s happening in either.”