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Latest story• Mar 12, 2026

Failing Sora App: OpenAI Plans to Fold AI Video Maker Into ChatGPT

A 45 percent crash in downloads during January 2026 has reportedly pushed OpenAI to abandon Sora as a standalone video generator, with plans to fold it directly into ChatGPT instead. The move would mirror how the company previously integrated image generation into its flagship chatbot, giving ChatGPT's hundreds of millions of weekly users access to AI video creation without switching apps. Even a high-profile...

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Claude can now generate charts and diagrams

Anthropic has updated Claude to generate charts and diagrams when explaining concepts, using HTML code and XML vector graphics rather than traditional image generation. The feature activates automatically when visuals would be...

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Understudy – Teach a desktop agent by demonstrating a task once

Understudy is a teachable desktop agent that learns to automate computer tasks by watching users demonstrate them once, then extracts the underlying intent rather than just recording clicks and coordinates. The system operates...

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Qwen has overtaken Meta’s Llama as the most-deployed self-hosted LLM

Infrastructure platform Runpod analyzed its anonymized serverless deployment logs from over 500,000 developers to reveal actual AI model usage patterns, contradicting public narratives about AI adoption. The data shows that...

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Microsoft Trains Millions in Africa to Counter DeepSeek

Microsoft is racing to train 3 million Africans on its AI tools by 2026 through its Elevate initiative, responding to DeepSeek's rapid expansion across the continent where the Chinese AI platform has captured 11-14% market share...

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Controlling Vintage Mac OS With AI

AgentBridge enables modern AI agents like Claude to control vintage Mac OS systems from the 1980s-90s by creating a bridge between old and new technology. The tool runs as an application on classic Mac OS and communicates with AI...

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Bumble is testing an AI assistant called "Bee" that learns users' relationship goals and preferences through onboarding chats, then automatically finds compatible matches and explains why they might work together. This new...

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Learning Is Forgetting; LLM Training as Lossy Compression

Large language models function as lossy compression systems that learn by retaining only training data information relevant to their objectives, with research showing they approach optimal compression bounds for next-sequence...

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NeuralForge – Fine-Tune LLMs on Your Mac Using Apple Neural Engine

NeuralForge enables users to fine-tune large language models directly on their Mac computers using Apple's Neural Engine, keeping all data on-device for privacy. The tool combines a command-line interface for heavy computation...

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'AI is African intelligence': The workers who train AI are fighting back

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Gloo built a faith-based AI platform that already has secular interest

Gloo launched AI Studio, a platform that wraps configurable value-based guardrails around AI models from major providers like OpenAI and Google to ensure outputs align with faith-based organizations' beliefs and doctrines. The...

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Are LLMs not getting better?

Research comparing large language models' code that passes tests versus code approved by maintainers reveals programming abilities plateaued since early 2024, contradicting claims of continuous improvement. Statistical analysis...

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Sam Altman Says Intelligence Will Be a Utility

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants AI to become a utility like electricity, sold "on a meter." However, massive data center costs are creating funding challenges, requiring potential government subsidization.

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88% of Companies Say AI Is Delivering Revenue Gains, Nvidia Says

Nvidia's survey shows 88% of companies gain revenue from AI while 87% cut costs, with 30% seeing over 10% revenue increases as AI moves from pilots to core operations.

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Before you let AI agents loose, you'd better know what they're capable of

Agentic AI systems autonomously execute actions with minimal oversight, creating security and operational risks through prompt injection attacks and irreversible actions. Experts recommend using testing frameworks and API mocking...

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Stop Talking About AI As If It's Magic: Here's Why

Treating AI as magical instead of sophisticated software helps companies avoid accountability for harmful outcomes and prevents effective regulation by lawmakers and the public.

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I Was Interviewed by an AI Bot for a Job

Three clicks into an AI job interview, and you're already missing the human sitting across the desk. A tech reporter recently tested artificial intelligence interviewing platforms now being deployed by companies to screen job...

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DataFlow — An Open-Source Data Preparation System Accelerating LLM Training

DataFlow is an open-source system that transforms raw multimodal data into high-quality training datasets for large language models. It features a three-layer architecture with operators, pipelines, and AI agents supporting...

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AI is helping expand the frontier of theoretical physics

Theoretical physicists studying gluons partnered with OpenAI after hitting computational roadblocks in their research. The AI collaboration enabled them to complete complex calculations in weeks rather than months, with two...

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Tech hiring evolves as candidates ask for AI compute alongside pay and perks

Tech job candidates at AI companies like OpenAI are now asking about access to artificial intelligence compute power during interviews, treating GPU and inference capacity as personal working capital alongside salary...

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Google unveils new AI cloud tools to support game development

Google launched cloud AI tools for game development with autonomous agents that automate testing and coding while creating adaptive environments. Early adopters use the platform to build personalized gaming experiences.

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OpenAI’s Sora video generator is reportedly coming to ChatGPT

OpenAI plans to integrate its Sora video generator directly into ChatGPT, making the AI video creation tool more accessible to users similar to how image generation was previously added. This move aims to boost ChatGPT's...

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Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show

Nvidia plans to invest $26 billion over five years to develop open-weight AI models, marking its evolution from chipmaker to frontier AI lab competing with OpenAI. The company released Nemotron 3 Super with 128 billion...

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AI at work saves executives just 16 minutes a week, while employees lose 14 minutes

A new study reveals that AI tools for document creation deliver far less time savings than expected, with executives gaining only 16 minutes weekly after accounting for verification time, while employees actually lose 14 minutes...

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