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Microsoft Designer just added this feature it should have had on launch day
By Sean Endicott published
a new look Microsoft Designer now supports generating images in portrait or landscape orientations. Previously, the AI tool could only make square photos.
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Microsoft puts final touches on its new ad within Windows 11, rolls it out to Canary Channel Insiders
By Sean Endicott published
Windows Insiders in the Canary and Beta Channels have new builds of Windows 11 to test. The Canary Channel build includes a controversial advertisement for Game Pass within the Settings app.
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Windows 11's new Start menu sidebar for Phone Link is unnecessary and only adds more clutter
By Mauro Huculak published
Opinion Microsoft is building a new sidebar to show mobile devices alongside the Start menu, but I don't believe this is the correct design approach. Here's what I think about this feature.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates GPT-5 as a “significant leap forward” over GPT-4, which occasionally “goes off the rails” with mistakes even a six-year-old wouldn’t make
By Kevin Okemwa published
GPT-5 OpenAI's new GPT-5 AI model promises better capabilities and performance, but we'll have to wait a tad longer for it to ship to general availability.
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Ever put content on the web? Microsoft says that it's okay for them to steal it because it's 'freeware.'
By Sean Endicott published
🤔🤔🤔 Microsoft's CEO of AI said that content on the open web can be copied and used to create new content.
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Will AI end humanity? The p(doom) scales of an OpenAI insider and AI researcher are alarmingly high, peaking at a 99.9% probability
By Kevin Okemwa published
AI DOOM AI researcher Roman Yampolskiy appeared on Fridman's podcast to discuss the potential risk AI poses to humanity in a broad interview.
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A concoction of Windows 10's imminent death and AI PC hype is expected to grow US PC shipments by 5% in 2024 and an ambitious 8% next year
By Kevin Okemwa published
MORE GROWTH Canalys says PC shipments in the US are expected to grow by 5% throughout 2024. The growth translates to approximately 69 million devices.
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This ChatGPT integration with Audi is what Cortana should have been and what Copilot needs to be on Windows 11
By Sean Endicott published
Over two million Audi vehicles will soon integrate ChatGPT with a digital assistant.
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How to change the look and feel of Windows 11
By Mauro Huculak last updated
Personalize Windows 11 lets you change colors, wallpapers, and other settings to make your experience a little more personal.
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YouTube reportedly offering "lumps of cash" to major recording labels to train its AI models with huge libraries of music
By Kevin Okemwa published
Google cash YouTube is reportedly in the middle of striking a deal with major music labels, including Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records, to use their tracks to train AI.
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