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OpenAI said on Wednesday it had acquired digital products company Global Illumination , in what comes as the first known acquisition by the storied artificial intelligence firm. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. "The entire (Global Illumination) team has joined OpenAI to work on our core products including ChatGPT ," OpenAI said. New York-based Global Illumination was founded in 2021 by Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon and Joey Flynn, all of whom have previously worked at Meta Platforms ' Instagram . Global Illumination most recently worked on open-source technology related to online game production. Dimson is credited with drafting some of the original code for Instagram's content ranking algorithms, according to his personal website. Meanwhile, many workers across the US are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldw

Apple has been granted a patent that will enable the firm to offer an alternate form biometric authentication on its MacBook and Mac computers. The Cupertino company currently supports unlocking Mac computers via Touch ID, on select models. It introduced Face ID on the iPhone X in 2017 that uses an array of sensors to securely authenticate a user with facial recognition. While Apple is yet to indicate that it plans to add Face ID to future MacBook models, the company's recent laptops are equipped with a display notch that looks similar to the one that is present on the company's smartphones since 2017. Spotted by Patently Apple, the company's latest patent related to facial recognition on computers was granted on August 15, nearly four years after it was filed in September 2019. The 34-page US patent  11727718-B2 credits Paul Wang, Keith Hendren, Adam Garelli, Antonio Clarke, Joshua Daigle, and Dinesh Mathew as the inventors of the technology.  Photo Credit: Apple/ US P

Alphabet's Google will let users experiment with new features that display content created by artificial intelligence while they browse the web, as the company strives to maintain its edge in a market with new competitive threats. Earlier this year, Google released “search generative experience,” or SGE, in which users can try an experimental version of its search engine that displays AI-generated responses above the customary list of results. The company said Tuesday the product would expand to let readers use the AI tool on websites beyond Google's search engine to summarize longer articles and in-depth information. The feature “was specifically designed to help people more deeply engage with long-form content from publishers and creators, and make it easier to find what you're looking for while browsing the web,” Rany Ng, a Google vice president of product management for search, wrote in a blog post. Google said users can “tap” to pull up an AI-generated list of ke

Intel and Israeli contract chipmaker Tower Semiconductor's proposed $5.4 billion (roughly Rs. 44,919 crore) deal has been mutually terminated as they were unable to get timely regulatory approvals, the companies said on Wednesday. Shares of the Israeli company fell about 9 percent in the United States as well as Tel Aviv. Intel, which had decided to buy Tower last year, will pay a termination fee of $353 million (roughly Rs. 2,936 crore) to the latter, the company said in a statement. Tower and Intel did not provide details on the regulatory approvals. Reuters reported late on Tuesday that Intel would drop the deal once their contract expired without regulatory approval from China. "After careful consideration and thorough discussions and having received no indications regarding certain required regulatory approval, both parties have agreed to terminate their merger agreement having passed August 15, 2023, outside date," Tower Semiconductor said in a statement. Th

Nokia G310 5G and Nokia C210 were unveiled in the US as the latest handsets by Nokia brand licensee HMD Global . The new phones run on Android 13 and are powered by Snapdragon chipsets. The Nokia G310 5G flaunts a triple rear camera setup, headlined by a 50-megapixel primary sensor, while the Nokia C210 has a 13-megapixel dual rear camera unit. The Nokia G310 5G comes with the company's "QuickFix” technology for easy self-repairs and is backed by a 5,000mAh battery. The Nokia C210, being the most affordable option, packs a 3,000mAh battery. Nokia G310 5G, Nokia C210 price, availability The Nokia G310 5G is priced at USD 186 (roughly Rs. 15,000). The Nokia C210 , on the other hand, has a price tag of USD 109 (roughly Rs. 9,000). The former comes in a single Blue colour option, whereas the Nokia C210 is available in a Grey finish. HMD Global announced that the Nokia G310 5G will go on sale from August 24 while the Nokia C210 will be available from September 14. Both models

OnePlus Ace 2 Pro was launched in China on Wednesday. The smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm's top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, along with up to 24GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. The handset features a 6.74-inch AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate. It has a 50-megapixel rear camera and a 16-megapixel selfie camera. The flagship-grade handset from OnePlus runs on Android 13-based ColorOS 13.1 out-of-the-box and packs a 5,000mAh battery with support for 150W SuperVOOC charging. OnePlus Ace 2 Pro price, availability OnePlus Ace 2 Pro price is set at CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 34,600) for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The phone is also available in 16GB + 512GB and 24GB + 1TB RAM and storage configurations priced at CNY 3,399 (roughly Rs. 39,200) and CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 46,100), respectively. The OnePlus Ace 2 Pro is available in Aurora Green and Titanium Ash Grey (translated from Chinese) and will go on sale in China via Oppo's online stor

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