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AI Bubble Or 'Revolution'? OpenAI's Big Payday Fuels Debate

Fear of missing out has rocketed the value of artificial intelligence companies, despite few signs as to when the technology will turn a profit, raising talk of AI overenthusiasm.

International Business Times

US Seizes Internet Domains Allegedly Used By Russian Hackers

The United States announced the seizure on Thursday of 41 internet domains allegedly used by Russian intelligence agents to try to gain access to the computers and email accounts of Pentagon, State Department and other US government employees.

International Business Times

Russian-Linked Hacking Group Targets Western Think Tanks And Journalists

Russian-linked hacking group Star Blizzard targets Western entities using sophisticated tactics. Authorities take action to counter cyberespionage threats.

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The latest Surface devices are just the tech upgrade you were looking for

The latest Surface Laptop and Surface Pro devices offer some major technology both on the outside and under the hood. And you can find all the latest options at Curry’s.

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What Next For OpenAI After $157 Billion Bonanza?

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has become an AI powerhouse after securing Silicon Valley's largest-ever funding round.

International Business Times

Thousands of fake Microsoft emails are being sent out to trick businesses — here's what to look out for

Phishing emails are getting harder to spot, so make sure your employees pay attention.

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Big AI thins out the competition as startups quit the race to build large language models

Character.AI said it’s abandoning its efforts to build LLMs because it’s gotten “insanely expensive” to compete with the big guys.

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Microsoft cracks down further on Russian hackers looking to disrupt elections

Microsoft seizes 66 unique domains used by Russian threat actor Star Blizzard.

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The US and Microsoft disrupt a Russian hacking group targeting American officials and nonprofits

U.S. authorities and Microsoft say hackers linked to Russian intelligence targeted dozens of former military and intelligence officials, journalists and civil society groups with a sophisticated campaign designed to steal information

The Independent UK

US And Microsoft Seize Russian Hacking Domains Targeting Officials

Justice Department and Microsoft seize web domains linked to Russian hacking targeting US officials and organizations. Efforts to expose covert Russian ope...

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Microsoft admits Windows 11 24H2 could play havoc with some online games – and it’s blocked the update for affected PCs

Windows 11 24H2 packs some unexpected bugs for PC gamers to watch out for – although Microsoft’s already taken action.

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Xbox co-founder J Allard joins Amazon as vice president of devices and services

J Allard, the co-founder of Xbox, has officially joined Amazon as vice president of devices and services.

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Microsoft’s cyber summit all talk, no transparency?

Cybersecurity expert discusses Microsoft's controversial closed door meeting and offers some possible solutions.

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Microsoft is expanding its research division, wants feedback from studios that don't make games for Xbox

Microsoftis expanding its research division as it looks to hear feedback from non-Xbox studios.

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OpenAI ‘pleads’ for exclusive funding, raises $6.6 billion, leaving Elon Musk’s xAI and other AI firms to fend for themselves

OpenAI received $6.6 billion in investment recently and is now valued at $157 billion. Interestingly, OpenAI does not want it its investors to fund competition and has reportedly shared a list of companies to stay away from.

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"We're working to prove that we cannot be broken." STALKER 2 devs tell their story of resilience creating the Xbox, PC sequel amid Russia's Ukraine invasion in new 'War Game' documentary film.

Ahead of STALKER 2's launch next month, a new 90-minute documentary has been released that chronicles GSC Game World's journey to develop the game amid Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

Windows Central

"We had a great discussion with the Xbox team at Square Enix." Xbox leads Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond share pics from their Japanese game dev charm offensive at the Tokyo Game Show

Microsoft's consistency when delivering for Japanese and other Asian gaming markets has been middling at best. However, the firm has maintained a presence at the big Tokyo Game Show for several years now. Is progress finally being made?

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It's time for Insiders to update Windows 11 if they want to try the latest clock app and version of the Microsoft Store

Windows Insiders can now try an improved Microsoft Store and Clock app. Those in the Canary Channel also have a new Windows 11 build to install.

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Google just quietly upgraded Gemini Advanced customers to a better version of its AI

Google has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro to model 002 which is faster and better at math.

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OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billlion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

OpenAI did not name the investors, but reports said that the funding round was led by New York-based venture capital firm Thrive Capital, including the company's biggest backer Microsoft and new participants, chipmaker Nvidia and SoftBank, among others.

Tom’s Guide

Microsoft Copilot Voice is more human-like than ChatGPT — and it's free to all users

Microsoft has launched a new version of its Copilot app and as well as a new look it includes a ‘voice mode’ similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Advanced Voice. I gave it a try and was impressed.

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NVIDIA just debuted its new open-source advanced AI model with state-of-the-art capabilities to take on OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o

NVIDIA recently unveiled powerful open-source multimodal large language models (LLMs) dubbed NVLM 1.0 with the flagship model, NVLM-D-72B featuring up to 72 billion parameters.

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OpenAI's "collapse" fears reportedly date back to Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's abrupt departure — beyond recent bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months

The departure of OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever raised concern among top officials in the firm behind the curtains. They reportedly tried to get the Chief Scientist back on the team by extending him a new and possibly lucrative deal, but their efforts were turned down.

Windows Central

OpenAI raises $6.6 billion from Microsoft and NVIDIA, pushing its market cap to $157 billion — with "the world's dominant AI company worth trillions of dollars" and $11.6 billion in sales vision on the horizon

OpenAI has officially closed its funding round with a $157 billion market capitalization after raising $6.6 billion from many big tech corporations, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and more.

International Business Times

OpenAI Secures $6.6 Billion In New Funding At $157 Billion Valuation

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