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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has announced a new product meant to compete with Google Search. The tool is predictably named SearchGPT, and even though it's currently a prototype, the company is already accepting sign-ups for its waitlist. As announced on OpenAI's blog, SearchGPT is a "a temporary prototype" of...

OpenAI's answer to Google Search is here

The Independent

 OpenAI is testing a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put the artificial intelligence company in direct competition with search giant Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news and other timely information. San Francisco-based OpenAI said Thursday it is releasing a preview of the SearchGPT feature to get feedback from a small group of users and publishers.Google upended its search engine in May with AI-generated written summaries now frequently appearing at the top of search results. The summaries aim to quickly answer a user's search query so that they don't necessarily need to click a link and visit another website for more information. Google's makeover came after a year of testing with a small group of users, but still resulted in errors showing the risks of ceding the search for information to AI chatbots.OpenAI's close business partner, Microsoft, is also testing AI summaries on its Bing search engine.——The Associated Press and OpenAI have a licensing and technology agreement that allows OpenAI access to part of AP’s text archives.

OpenAI tests ChatGPT-powered search engine that could compete with Google

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OpenAI announced Thursday it would start testing a prototype of a new search-based AI tool called SearchGPT. Why it matters: Tech leaders believe that traditional search engines will gradually give way to ChatGPT-style conversational interfaces as the dominant mode of information gathering online. But most AI chatbots today don't always...

OpenAI starts testing prototype of new AI search tool

If you could get a penny for every new scam online, you’d be on your way to becoming rich. If you got a penny for every person who has had their account hacked on Facebook, you’d be doubly rich. Not only do you have to contend with hackers hijacking your accounts or selling your information on the dark web, but now? Hackers are skipping the attempts to infiltrate your accounts but instead cloning your Facebook account.

Cloned on Facebook? Here’s how to take back control

San Francisco, CA

Axios San Francisco

It's time to unwind. Here's what the city has in store for you this weekend.Thursday🎨 Kick off the summer at the Divisadero Art Walk.Divisadero from Haight to Ellis streets; 5-8pmFriday👩🏾‍🎤 Head over to The Lost Church for the night two of the Diva Extravaganza, featuring burlesque and drag performances inspired by nature, animals and fantastical realms.Tickets start at $34.23 (including fees)Saturday🧑‍🎨 Enjoy local music, art, food and more at artisan market TreasureFest.11am-5pm on Treasure Island; Tickets start at $15Sunday🏃🏾‍♀️‍➡️ It's not too late to sign up for the SF Marathon, but if that's too much for you, there's always the 5k on Saturday!🎉 Hit up the release party for "The Dreams I Dreamt: Letters to San Francisco," a new literary magazine.2pm in Jack Kerouac Alley; Free with RSVP🪢 Embrace kink at the annual Up Your Alley festival, featuring music, kink and bondage demos and more.11am-6pm; SoMa

San Francisco weekend guide: Up Your Alley, SF Marathon and more

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Portland, OR

Last year, chef Luna Contreras was named Eater Portland's Chef of the Year just months after opening veggie-forward Mexican restaurant Chelo. She's not slowing down anytime soon. The latest: Contreras is ramping up production of her small batch hot sauce line at independent retailers in Portland and Seattle, and hopes...

Chelo's Luna Contreras shares her last meal

“Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year and, hopefully, high production for other companies in 2026,” the executive posted on X. These dates, while broad, should be taken with a grain of salt. Plenty can happen to the timeline between...

Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date. Here’s where other humanoids stand.

South Carolina State

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

I don’t know about you but summer is definitely my favorite season and I am definitely a sun worshipper. Living in the Pacific Northwest, we do not see enough of it so when it is here, that is where you will find me. Everything I do I do outside when the sun is out and the weather is warm. I wonder who else feels this way. I wonder what Zodiac Signs love the Sunshine. Want to find out? Let’s do a little research.

3 Zodiac Signs Who Love Sunshine

BuzzFeed

After Seeing These 17 Mind-Bending Photos, I Am 1,000% Convinced We're All Just Living In A Simulation

Malvern, PA

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Bucks County Beacon

Earth Quaker Action Team will rally, march, and pray at Vanguard’s Headquarters in Malvern Wednesday to protest the firm’s continued investments in fossil fuel projects destroying the environment and exacerbating climate change.

Earth Quaker Action Team to Protest at Vanguard’s Headquarters on Wednesday

Seattle, WA

Axios Seattle

The Seattle Aquarium plans to open its new Ocean Pavilion expansion next month, completing a key piece of long-term plans to transform the city's waterfront.Why it matters: The new building on Elliott Bay will include a landscaped public rooftop, elevators and stairs to help connect the waterfront with Pike Place Market — a change made possible by the demolition of the Alaskan Way viaduct in 2019.Driving the news: The new addition will open to the public Aug. 29, featuring about 3,500 marine animals and plants.The expansion will measure nearly 50,000 square feet, increasing the aquarium's overall footprint by about 50%,...

A peek at Seattle Aquarium's Ocean Pavilion expansion that opens Aug. 29

Austin, TX

Axios Austin

Track star Gabby Thomas, the Olympic sprinter who relocated to Austin after graduating from Harvard in 2019, is gearing up for Paris.Why it matters: Thomas, who earned bronze in the 200-meter race and silver in the 4x100 relay in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has been training in Austin ahead of her return to the world stage.Driving the news: Just last weekend, Thomas broke the London Diamond League 200-meter meet record in 21.82 seconds, overtaking the competition in the final moments of the race."I feel really good," Thomas told reporters after the race. "It's made me feel confident going into the...

Gabby Thomas says Austin was key to Olympic success

Modders YveltalGriffin and Wesk have created the Kawaii, a miniaturized Wii console that fits on a keychain. The project began with the desire to create a Wii even smaller than the GC Nano. Undervolting and Thundervolt integration allowed for passive cooling and a compact design. The Kawaii features a dedicated dock, various color options, and plays classic Wii games digitally.

The 'Kawaii' keychain-sized Nintendo Wii is passively cooled, docks Gamecube controllers and costs $55 (for now)

Boston, MA

Axios Boston

The Paris Olympics begin Friday with Celtics player Jason Tatum and Stoughton gymnast Frederick Richard representing the U.S.The intrigue: The games are some 3,400 miles away from Boston, despite efforts nearly a decade ago from then-Mayor Marty Walsh and other supporters to bring it here. Instead of reminiscing about what could have been — more T delays, a possible fire, who knows? — Bostonians can gather to cheer on our favorites, like Tatum, Richard or Simone Biles. State of play: The opening ceremony starts at 1:30pm ET Friday, but NBC will also broadcast the ceremony at 7:30pm.NBC and Peacock, the...

Watching the Olympics in Boston

Georgia State

Axios Atlanta

Olympians from across Georgia are lacing up their cleats and taking their marks at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.Why it matters: France is a long way from home. These homegrown heroes need to hear our cheers across the Atlantic Ocean.Catch up quick: We've told you about soccer stars Caleb Wiley and Emily Sonnett and tennis ace Coco Gauff, who's carrying the U.S. flag at Friday's opening ceremony.Here are other Olympians from Georgia to watch:🏃🏾‍♀ Track and field: Jasmine Jones, a Greater Atlanta Christian School alum and NCAA national champion, placed third in the women's 400 meter hurdles at the Olympic...

Georgia athletes to watch at 2024 Paris Olympics

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Fortune

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has stepped away from the metaverse to focus on AI. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once hoped his virtual and augmented reality metaverse would reach a billion people. Now it seems the passion project of the Meta CEO is being asked to reign in its spending.

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse adventure may finally be running out of cash

The Associated Press

Meta said Wednesday that it has taken down about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria running sexual extortion scams and has removed thousands of Facebook groups and pages that were trying to organize, recruit and train new scammers. Sexual extortion, or sextortion, involves persuading a person to send explicit photos online and then threatening to make the images public unless the victim pays money or engages in sexual favors. Recent high-profile cases include two Nigerian brothers who pleaded guilty to sexually extorting teen boys and young men in Michigan, including one who took his own life, and a Virginia sheriff’s deputy...

Meta takes down thousands of Facebook, Instagram accounts running sextortion scams from Nigeria

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Google DeepMind AI becoming a math whiz

Two AI systems from Google DeepMind together solved four of the six problems in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad — on par with silver medalists in...

Google DeepMind AI becoming a math whiz

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