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Meet the Orb — Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity pays you $42 in crypto to become a verified human before an AGI apocalypse

Sam Altman's World just launched the Tools for Humanity Orb in the U.S., aiming to install 7,500 stations and register up to 50 million people by the end of 2025.

Close-up of biometric scanning Orb at Union Square location in San Francisco, California for World, formerly Worldcoin, a biometric cryptocurrency company founded by Sam Altman using iris scanning to identify humans online.

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"I’ve got 30% of my time back": Microsoft Copilot reportedly helps execs quickly catch up on work after vacations

AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are gaining traction in workplaces, taking over repetitive tasks and allowing executives more stress-free vacations.

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

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"I'm going to kidnap you": Google's co-founder claims AI works better when you threaten it with.. physical violence?

Google co-founder Sergey Brin recently indicated that AI models tend to perform better when you threaten them with physical violence.

Sergey Brin attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.

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OpenAI scientists wanted "a doomsday bunker" before AGI surpasses human intelligence and threatens humanity

Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever reportedly expressed concerns about AGI, proposing "a doomsday bunker" to seek refuge in an unprecedented disaster.

Sam Altman (C), US entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and founder and CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company's co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever (R), speak together at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2023.

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Microsoft's latest AI model can accurately forecast the weather: “It doesn’t know the laws of physics, so it could make up something completely crazy”

Microsoft's latest AI model, Aurora, is designed to help provide detailed and accurate weather forecasts. It can generate accurate 10-day forecasts in seconds.

Cube with Microsoft logo on top of its office building on 8th Avenue and 42nd Street near Times Square in New York City.

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Apple Intelligence page no longer reads "Available Now" — I wonder if Apple has lost faith in its AI strategy after so many delays?

Apple reportedly scrapped the "Available Now" from Apple Intelligence's page late last month, suggesting the company anticipated backlash for its delayed AI.

Apple Intelligence running on an iPhone

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For OpenAI to win, Google must lose Chrome — making ChatGPT "a better product with a really incredible experience"

OpenAI’s ChatGPT chief Nick Turley indicated that integrating Chrome into ChatGPT would furnish users with a "really incredible experience.”

In this photo illustration, the logo of Chrome is displayed on a smartphone screen with OpenAI logo in the background on April 23, 2025 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China.

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Microsoft brings ChatGPT-4o image generator to Copilot power users — Can it tap into OpenAI's viral "Ghibli" success?

Microsoft just shipped a major overhaul to its Microsoft 365 Copilot app, bringing OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o image generator and an AI-powered search experience to the platform.

Microsoft 365 Copilot app gets a major overhaul

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Barack Obama says AI is already better than "70% of coders," but Bill Gates argues that programming is still too complex for AI to totally replace humans

Former President Obama recently indicated that AI can already code better than 60-70% of programmers, making it difficult for humans to establish purpose and meaning in life.

Former President Barack Obama attends a game with LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer

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Microsoft warns its Quick Assist app could expose Windows and macOS users to AI-driven tech support scams and "scareware"

Microsoft warns Windows and macOS users to avoid using Quick Assist as it's susceptible to AI scams camouflaged as "unsolicited" tech support.

Anonymous computer hacker in white mask and hoodie. Obscured dark face using laptop computer for cyber attack and calling on cellphone

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Is DeepSeek AI a "profound threat" to U.S. national security? A report suggests the Chinese startup unlawfully stole OpenAI's data, too.

A House committee described DeepSeek as a significant threat to US national security, citing its strong government ties and alleged unauthorized data collection.

An illustration photo shows the logo of DeepSeek and ChatGPT.

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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"

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"

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

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

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"

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."

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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