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In a surprise move, OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, may have spent a whopping $15. 5 million on a web address. The domain in question? Chat. com. This simple URL was originally bought by Dharmesh Shah, the founder of HubSpot, for $10 million in early 2023. Just a few months l

Apple's Budget Vision Pro: Lighter, Cheaper, But Less Sharp

Did you know Apple might be working on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro? The rumor is that they want to cut costs by using a new type of OLED display. This screen could be brighter, but it won't be as sharp as the current model. The original Vision Pro uses super high-resolution OLED panels from

Home Entertainment: Cables vs. Traditional Networks

Imagine having a super-smart home where you can stream movies, music, and games seamlessly across different rooms. This experiment explored how to do just that using two common cable types: CATV coaxial cable and Ethernet. The idea behind this was to create a simple setup with a central server and m

Apple Watch's 10th Birthday: A Surprise in Store?

Everyone's been buzzing about the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary, but did you know it's not quite here yet? Apple actually introduced the Watch back in 2014, but it wasn't available until 2015. So, the big 10 isn't until April! Apple didn't mention it in their September event, so what's the deal? W

Robots Tackle Japanese Storytelling: Lessons from Rakugo

You might think that teaching a robot to tell jokes is a piece of cake. But not so fast! Researchers tried to get a robot to master rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of storytelling. They gave the robot a speech synthesizer so it could mimic human storytellers. The goal? To see how the robot's jok

Making Board Games with AI: Can Computers Create Fun?

Have you ever wondered if computers could invent new board games? Well, some clever folks are using artificial intelligence to do just that! They're trying to find a way for AI to create two-player board games all by itself. To make sure these games are fun, they've come up with special rules, or me

Polite Chatbots: A New Approach to Dialogue Generation

Creating chatbots that respond politely is tough, especially when you don't have examples showing how to do it. We've come up with three clever models that can generate polite (or rude) responses without needing perfect training data. Our first model, called Fusion, combines a dialogue model with a

How Religion Gets Emotional in AI Models

Emotions guide us through life, reflecting our deepest beliefs and values. Past studies have shown that Large Language Models (LLMs) can have biases in emotion attribution based on gender. But religion, unlike gender, directly influences our values and emotions. Religious rules are clear and interpr

The Spread of Tech: A Social Puzzle

Ever thought about how tech spreads in our world? It's like a game of tag, but instead of kids running around, it's people using different gadgets. You see, using varied tech isn't free. It costs money to keep all those devices talking to each other, especially when they come from different companie

Weather Data: A New Way