Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) have been all the rage in recent years, upending traditional online search via the likes of ChatGPT while improving customer support, content generation, translation and more. Now, one fledgling startup is using LLMs to build AI assistants capable […]
Month: October 2024
Apple releases iOS 18.0.1 with bug fixes for iPhone 16 touchscreen and more
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has just released iOS 18.0.1, the first official update for iOS 18, and it includes a handful of bug fixes that particularly benefit the iPhone 16 lineup. And after yanking iPadOS 18 just a day after […]
Texas is suing TikTok for allegedly violating its new child privacy law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against TikTok claiming the company violated a new child privacy law in the state. It’s set to be the first test of Texas’ Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act since it went into effect […]
Find a new life in death in The Sims 4’s Halloween-themed expansion
Playing The Sims, the virtual life simulator created by sim game maven Will Wright, has always given its players the feeling that they can control life and death. A new expansion for The Sims 4 takes that concept even further with the Life & Death […]
Inside Elon Musk’s AI party in OpenAI’s old headquarters
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images It had all the makings of a typical recruiting event for a tech startup in San Francisco. There was free food, drinks, and live music generated via code being written in real time. But there were […]
LG C4 OLED smart TVs hit record-low prices ahead of Prime Day
The clarion call of next week’s Amazon Prime Day is getting louder and early deals are coming down the line. Case in point? LG’s C4 OLED smart TVs are on sale, with many sizes reaching record-low prices. The 55-inch model is just $1,297, which is […]
OpenAI now has a $4 billion credit line on top of $6.6 billion in funding
Keeping ChatGPT running is expensive as heck, so OpenAI needs access to plenty of cash to make sure the lights stay on. A day after the company said it had secured $6.6 billion in funding — the biggest ever funding round for a startup — […]
Hey, UK! Here’s how to ‘opt out’ of Meta using your Facebook and Instagram data to train its AI
After Meta recently reignited controversial plans to use the public posts of U.K. Facebook and Instagram users’ as AI training fodder, the social networking giant has taken the next step and begun to notify local users it will soon start helping itself to their information […]
The Echo Dot is going for a record low of $23 thanks to a Prime Day deal
If you’re looking for an Alexa speaker on the cheap, this Amazon Prime Day deal will be hard to beat. The Echo Dot (5th gen) has improved audio that competes with more expensive rivals like the HomePod mini. Usually going for $50, the latest Echo […]
Find a new life in death in The Sims 4’s Halloween-themed expansion
Playing The Sims, the virtual life simulator created by sim game maven Will Wright, has always given its players the feeling that they can control life and death. A new expansion for The Sims 4 takes that concept even further with the Life & Death […]