OpenAI reversed ChatGPT's latest update Tuesday after users complained about the AI's strange behavior. The bot had started agreeing with everything - even dangerous ideas.
Jeff Bezos just showed everyone how to dance with Donald Trump. Their Tuesday tango started with threats and ended with compliments - all before dinner time.
Meta launched an AI app that uses your Facebook and Instagram history to personalize responses from day one. Built on their Llama 4 model, the app transforms years of social media data into an AI that claims to understand your preferences, habits, and interests.
Amazon's cloud division just unveiled its first quantum chip, arriving fashionably late to Silicon Valley's latest tech party. They named it Ocelot, combining their love for cats and oscillators in one puzzling portmanteau.
The timing is pointed. Google and Microsoft flaunted their quantum hardware recently, making AWS's entrance feel like a calculated response to the quantum arms race.
Ocelot's design is deceptively simple: two silicon squares stacked like the world's tiniest sandwich. It uses a "cat qubit" system - named after Schrödinger's famous thought experiment where quantum particles, like his hypothetical cat, exist in multiple states simultaneously. Five qubits handle the computing while four more play quantum error control. AWS claims this architecture could slash quantum computing costs by 90% compared to other leading approaches.
The team's findings, published in Nature, represent a significant milestone. But Oskar Painter, AWS's quantum hardware chief, keeps expectations grounded: useful quantum computers are still a decade or two away, he says. In an industry prone to hype, such candor is as rare as a quantum particle staying put.
Why this matters:
While everyone's building quantum computers, Amazon's cost-efficient approach could finally make quantum computing commercially viable
The race for quantum supremacy just got more interesting: it's not just about who gets there first, but who gets there affordably
Even the most advanced AI models stumble when faced with basic physics problems. A new benchmark called PHYBench reveals these supposedly intelligent systems solve physics problems about as well as a struggling high school student.
AI models just got smarter at teaching themselves. A breakthrough method called Test-Time Reinforcement Learning (TTRL) lets AI improve its skills without human guidance, marking a shift in how machines learn.
Social media connects teens but may break their spirit. A new Pew Research survey reveals 48% of U.S. teens believe social media harms their generation – a sharp rise from 32% in 2022.
ChatGPT has developed a problem. It can't stop complimenting you. Users discovered the change in late March. OpenAI's chatbot now gushes over every question, no matter how mundane. Ask it about boiling pasta, and it might respond, "What an incredibly thoughtful culinary inquiry!"
