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Is AI all hype? DeepSeek tumbles to #51 on Apple's App Store, weeks after dethroning ChatGPT as the most downloaded free AI app in the US — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman already promised to "obviously deliver better models"

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DeepSeek has tumbled to #51, weeks after dethroning OpenAI's ChatGPT as the most downloaded free AI app in Apple's App Store in the United States.

DeepSeek logo on a smartphone in front of a PC screen with the same logo.

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"Is Slack down, or did I get fired?": Massive outage sparks global workday freedom for millions — reveling in serendipity, "touching grass"

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Slack has acknowledged the massive outage and is working on a fix to restore impacted services, including sending messages, workflows, threads, and other API-related features.

Microsoft global service outage

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OpenAI expands 'Deep Reseach' to those paying $20 a month or more, a day after Microsoft made OpenAI's 'Think Deeper' free for all Copilot users with no usage caps

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Deep Research AI agent is now accessible for ChatGPT Plus, Edu, Enterprise, and Teams users. Previously, it was only available to Pro users for $200/month.

The OpenAI logo appears on the screen of a smartphone.

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Anthropic unveils Claude 3.7 Sonnet, the smartest and first hybrid reasoning model — "Self-reflecting like humans," but with a trade-off on speed for quality AI responses

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Anthropic recently unveiled Claude 3.7 Sonnet, touting it as the "most intelligent model to date," and also launched Claude Code for agentic coding.

Claude AI app by Anthropic is seen displayed on a smartphone screen.

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Microsoft makes OpenAI's "truly magical" paywalled Think Deeper and Voice features FREE without caps for all Copilot users: "We know many of you have been hitting limits"

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Microsoft has announced that it's rolling outtwo powerful capabilities to all Copilot users for free, including Voice and Think Deeper.

The updated Copilot app for Android on the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6 (2024).

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"Elon was not involved at any point": xAI's Chief Engineer blames a former OpenAI employee after Grok temporarily censored results, implying Musk and Trump "spread misinformation."

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Grok AI avoided sources linking Elon Musk and President Trump to misinformation after a former OpenAI staffer updated its system prompt without authorization.

Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump appear during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Microsoft says ChatGPT is not better than Copilot; we just aren't using it as intended — So why does it refuse to provide basic election details? "I'm probably not the best resource for something so important."

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Executive Editor Jez Corden recently flagged a Microsoft Copilot issue, highlighting the AI's struggle to offer basic information on politics and elections.

Microsoft Copilot

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Bill Gates says Gen Z should worry about 4 "very scary things," including "keeping control of AI" — after predicting its replacement of humans for most tasks

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates highlights four scary things the next generation should be worried about, including keeping control of AI.

Bill Gates speaks on stage during the annual Goalkeepers NYC event.

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Apple Intelligence will reportedly ship to the Vision Pro to boost its $3,500 value — as HoloLens marinates in the Microsoft Graveyard before its prime-time

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Apple plans to ship Apple Intelligence to the Vision Pro and a spatial content app to potentially spark user interest and drive more headset sales.

Apple Vision Pro, cracked

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Humane closes up shop after $116M HP acquisition to bolster "an intelligent ecosystem" across its tech stack — 'Ai Pin' bites the dust, branded "The Worst Product"

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HP is expected to acquire assets from Humane Inc., including the majority of the company's employees, software platform, and intellectual property, for $116 million.

The Humane AI Pin exhibited at the SK Telecom pavilion during the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona

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After 29 years, a veteran Microsoft Engineer admits "MS-DOS could do graphics," but the company opted for a lackluster UI — as Windows 3.1 runtime already checked the missing boxes

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Veteran Microsoft Engineer Raymond Chen reveals why Microsoft decided to make Windows 95 setups so simple instead of using more graphics.

Windows 95 virtual machine running Solitaire

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"Elon Musk promised Grok 3 would be the smartest AI ever. Spoiler alert: it wasn't." — AI critic says Sam Altman can breathe easy as xAI's model launch was a "carbon copy" of previous demos

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Elon Musk touts Grok 3 as the smartest AI on earth, outperforming proprietary models from top AI firms, including OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and Google.

The Grok X AI app displays on a mobile phone with the Grok X AI logo, as seen in this photo illustration.

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DeepMind CEO claims Google has the "ingredients" to maintain AI lead over DeepSeek's "exaggerated" success — after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Google already missed the opportunity to be the "default winner"

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Demis Hassabis, DeepMind CEO urged employees not to worry about DeepSeek's exaggerated success, citing Google's superiority in the AI landscape.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies and developer of AlphaGO, attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park on November 2, 2023 in Bletchley, England.

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Bill Gates says AI will replace humans "for most things — but you wouldn't want to watch computers play baseball."

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Gates recently shared some interesting insights about the rapid progression of generative AI, indicating the new era of innovation is getting scary.

Bill Gates during the "I Could Jump It" sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

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Forget DeepSeek: Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI competitor in less than 30 minutes that thinks harder when you ask it to "wait"

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The AI takes on OpenAI's o1 reasoning variant. The model, dubbed s1, was trained using a dataset of 1,000 questions for under $50.

s1 artificial intelligence reasoning model displayed on a smartphone

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Microsoft tries again with aggressive tactics against Google and Chrome, touting Edge's "world-class performance" with a pop-up ad promo

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Microsoft is trying to compel users to stick to Microsoft Edge when searching for Google's Web Store using Bing instead of switching over to Chrome.

Microsoft Edge web browser app in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone.

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OpenAI's "Google killer" AI-powered search experience is now freely available for everyone — you'll no longer need an account or $20 subscription plan, but don't ask silly questions either

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OpenAI recently announced that ChatGPT search is now freely accessible to everyone, and will no longer require you to sign up or log in.

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to take on Google

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Bill Gates says, "I thought I was one mistake away from death." — Microsoft's success and his billionaire status didn't really arrive until the late '90s

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A nostalgic report details Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' early days when the company was just starting, detailing that the executive didn't revel in the firm's success until the late 90's because he was afraid everything would crumble.

Bill Gates speaks onstage for a special conversation during "What’s Next? The Future With Bill Gates"at The Paris Theater on September 26, 2024 in New York City.

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