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Sora’s downloads in its first week was nearly as big as ChatGPT’s launch

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After OpenAI’s video-generating app Sora surged to the No. 1 position on the U.S. App Store, it has now, technically, experienced a bigger first week than ChatGPT on iOS, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. Its estimates show that Sora saw 627,000 iOS downloads in its first seven days of availability, compared […]

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Sora’s first week on iOS in the US was nearly as big as ChatGPT’s

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After OpenAI’s video-generating app Sora surged to the No. 1 position on the U.S. App Store, it has now, technically, experienced a bigger first week than ChatGPT on iOS, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. Its estimates show that Sora saw 627,000 iOS downloads in its first seven days of availability, compared

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Bounce introduces a tool to move your Mastodon account to Bluesky

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Bounce, a technology designed to make your social media account more portable across open social services, is making it possible for users to move their Mastodon accounts to Bluesky. On Tuesday, the makers of Bounce introduced its latest beta version, Bounce 2, which lets you take your Mastodon social graph and migrate it or merge

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Square launches AI voice ordering and an integrated Bitcoin solution for merchants

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Square, Block’s merchant payments platform, has launched new features for merchants, including AI-powered voice ordering for restaurants, enhancements to its AI assistants — such as providing local insights — and an integrated Bitcoin solution to accept and hold the digital currency. The company now lets restaurants and cafes using Square leverage AI to handle incoming

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Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

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Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users’ preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the videos they see, AI-powered search suggestions, and new friend bubbles.  Facebook will make it easier for users to express their disinterest in these types of

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Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter ‘Packs’

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Mastodon, the decentralized, open social network with over 8 million accounts and nearly 700,000 monthly active users, is planning to introduce a new feature, called “Packs,” which will make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow. The idea is similar to a feature Bluesky, another open social platform, introduced last

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Sam Altman says ChatGPT has hit 800M weekly active users 

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that ChatGPT has reached 800 million weekly active users, marking an increase of adoption among consumers, developers, enterprises, and governments.   ChatGPT’s impressive growth comes as OpenAI is on a race to secure as many AI chips and build as much AI infrastructure as possible. In August, OpenAI said it was on the cusp

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Meta Llama: Everything you need to know about the open generative AI model

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Like every Big Tech company these days, Meta has its own flagship generative AI model, called Llama. Llama is somewhat unique among major models in that it’s “open,” meaning developers can download and use it however they please (with certain limitations). That’s in contrast to models like Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and most of OpenAI’s ChatGPT models, which can only be accessed via APIs.  In

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Instagram updates its Map feature to make it easier to tell if you’re sharing your location

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Instagram announced on Monday that it’s updating its Map feature to make it easier to see whether you’re sharing your location. The social network also announced that it’s launching the Snap Map-like feature to users in India, following the initial rollout to users in the United States and Canada in August. When the feature first

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