You can make ChatGPT sound like Santa Claus for the holidays

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI is making ChatGPT sound like Santa for the holidays. The startup announced on Thursday that ChatGPT users could access a new “Santa Mode” voice for the month of December. The feature allows users to speak with ChatGPT’s existing real-time voice feature, Advanced Voice Mode, but with a Christmas twist. The voice sounds, well, “merry […]
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RIP, Cruise robotaxi

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! GM’s decision to no longer fund its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise was a surprise to many — and got me thinking about this startup that I’ve come […]
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Ev Williams, Twitter and Medium Founder, Unveils New Social App

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

The serial internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Twitter and created Medium, was turning 50 and feeling detached from friends. Maybe a new start-up could fix that.

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Texas House introduces bill to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

Legislation was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives Thursday that would enable the state to build a strategic bitcoin reserve.

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Microsoft anchors $9B renewable energy coalition

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

The coalition, which is organized by Acadia, is seeking to invest $9 billion to build 5 gigawatts worth of renewable power.
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Zomato faces $95 million India tax bill

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

Zomato, India’s top food delivery and quick commerce platform, has been slapped with a tax bill of $94.5 million. The Indian tax authority has ordered the $32 billion firm to pay 401.7 crore in allegedly unpaid gross goods and services tax for the period between October 29, 2019, and March 31, 2022. The order also […]
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

The move follows a visit that Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, made last month to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Donald Trump.

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Anthropic’s 3.5 Haiku model comes to Claude users

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

Anthropic has released one its newest AI models, Claude 3.5 Haiku, for users of its AI chatbot platform, Claude. Reports of 3.5 Haiku’s launch in Claude began rolling in Thursday morning on social media, and TechCrunch was able to independently confirm that the model is available in Claude on the web and mobile. Claude Haiku […]
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Mark Zuckerberg sweetens Meta’s $1M donation to Trump’s inaugural fund with a pair of smart glasses

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pulling off a lobbying-public relations combo move by gifting President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund $1 million, according to the Wall Street Journal. The money came from Meta, to be clear, but Zuckerberg sweetened the gift further — while doing great marketing — by sending Trump a pair of Meta’s smart […]
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Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft

Posted on December 12, 2024 by Techme101

The project’s leader says that allowing everyone to access the collection of public-domain books will help “level the playing field” in the AI industry.

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