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OpenAI Launches ‘Deep Research’ for ChatGPT Amid DeepSeek Buzz
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OpenAI Launches ‘Deep Research’ for ChatGPT Amid DeepSeek Buzz

OpenAI Unveils 'Deep Research' Tool Amid Rising AI Competition On Monday, US tech company OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT tool called "Deep Research" just before key meetings in Tokyo. This comes as China's AI chatbot, DeepSeek, gains attention and increases competition in the AI industry. DeepSeek, a new AI competitor, is making waves in Silicon Valley with its strong performance and reportedly lower costs. This has pushed US companies to speed up their AI development efforts. OpenAI, known for launching ChatGPT in 2022, said its new tool can complete research tasks in minutes that would usually take humans hours. "'Deep Research' is OpenAI’s latest AI assistant that works independently. You provide a prompt, and ChatGPT searches, analyzes, and summarizes information from hundre...
U.S. Lawmakers Push to Curb Nvidia Chip Exports to China
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U.S. Lawmakers Push to Curb Nvidia Chip Exports to China

U.S. lawmakers want stricter export controls on Nvidia chips after learning that Chinese AI company DeepSeek used them. They are urging restrictions on Nvidia's H20 chip and similar ones, as well as tighter rules on shipments to Singapore to prevent unauthorized transfers. The concern arose after DeepSeek revealed its AI model R1, which it claims was built using less powerful chips at a lower cost than U.S. models. This raised alarms, as the U.S. had already placed export restrictions to stop China from advancing its military and surveillance AI. Nvidia says it follows all government rules and that its chips meet the limits set by U.S. regulators. However, lawmakers argue that export controls need to be updated more often to prevent China from finding loopholes. They also want the go...
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Connect with OpenAI’s Chatbot at 1-800-ChatGPT

When a user dialed 1-800-CHATGPT on Wednesday, a female voice on the other end shared a recipe for chocolate chip cookies and summarized the Civil War, but it avoided personal conversation. “I don’t have feelings, but I do find my job pretty interesting,” the chatbot said. ChatGPT, launched over two years ago as an online chat-capable AI bot, is now accessible via phone. By calling 1-800-242-8478 in the US, users can try OpenAI’s chatbot without downloading the app, which the company announced is particularly useful for those lacking consistent access to high-speed data. Globally, users can also interact with ChatGPT by messaging the number on WhatsApp. OpenAI provides 15 minutes per month for users to call ChatGPT, describing the feature as an “experimental way” to interact with the AI...
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OpenAI Announces Recovery of ChatGPT Service After Extended Outage

OpenAI announced in a Thursday morning post on X that its widely-used ChatGPT assistant, Sora video generator, and programming interface for developers were fully operational again after experiencing several hours of downtime. ChatGPT has become a mainstream tool, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealing on December 4 that the platform now serves 300 million active users every week. On Wednesday, Apple launched updates for its iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices, adding ChatGPT integrations to their software. According to OpenAI’s status page, ChatGPT experienced an outage lasting just over four hours. This was notably shorter than the five-hour downtime the service faced in June. In October, OpenAI reached a valuation of $157 billion following a funding round backed by existing investor Mi...
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Microsoft Launches Unified .NET API for AI and .NET 9 RC

Microsoft's has introduced a preview of an AI extension library aimed at creating a unified API for AI programming in C#. Additionally, it has released a .NET 9.0 release candidate with a go-live license, ahead of its general availability in November. The Microsoft.Extensions.AI library is designed as "a unified layer of C# abstractions for interacting with AI services." The goal is for developers of AI libraries, such as those for specific service providers, to implement these abstractions so that developers can interact with different AI services through a standard API. Microsoft notes that service-specific APIs can still be used where necessary, allowing developers to "pass through to proprietary APIs only when required." This approach is somewhat analogous to database interfaces ...