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GPT-5.4 is available in Pro and Thinking versions; its API version has improved tool calling and will be available with context windows of up to 1M tokens - http://www.techmeme.com/260305/p45#a260305p45

By Russell Brandom / TechCrunch. View the full context on Techmeme.

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GPT-5.4 Thinking and GPT-5.4 Pro are rolling out now in ChatGPT. - https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/2029620619743219811

GPT-5.4 is also now available in the API and Codex.

GPT-5.4 brings our advances in reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows into one frontier model.

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OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Model For Working In Excel and Google Sheets - Slashdot - https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/05/1859243/openai-releases-new-chatgpt-model-for-working-in-excel-and-google-sheets

OpenAI today released GPT-5.4, an upgraded ChatGPT model designed to be faster, cheaper, and more accurate for workplace tasks. The update also introduces tools that let ChatGPT work directly inside Excel and Google Sheets. Axios reports: GPT-5.4 is designed to be less error-prone, more efficient a...

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Pentagon Officially Tells Anthropic It Is a Supply Chain Risk - https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/pentagon-officially-tells-anthropic-supply-chain-risk

The Defense Department has officially told Anthropic that the artificial intelligence company and its products “are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately,” according to a senior defense official.

The declaration follows an announcement on social media last Friday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he was directing the government to deem Anthropic a “supply chain risk ”

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Halide makers just made Kino the ultimate iPhone 17 Pro video app - 9to5Mac - https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/05/kino-apple-log-2/

Kino, the pro video capture app for iOS, just received an update that makes it the ultimate filmmaking app for...

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Apple no longer offers M3 Ultra Mac Studio with original highest RAM configuration - 9to5Mac - https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/05/apple-no-longer-offers-m3-ultra-mac-studio-with-original-highest-ram-configuration/

A year ago today, Apple unveiled the M4 Max and M3 Ultra Mac Studio desktop computer. In addition to Thunderbolt...

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Apple geoblocking downloads of ByteDance-owned apps in the US - 9to5Mac - https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/05/apple-reportedly-geoblocking-downloads-and-updates-of-bytedance-owned-apps-in-the-us/

Apple is blocking US users from downloading or updating several ByteDance-owned apps, even when they have a valid Chinese App Store account.

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Xbox CEO confirms next-gen 'Project Helix' console will play PC games - https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-ceo-confirms-next-gen-project-helix-console-will-play-pc-games-204654357.html?src=rss

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is gearing up to spill the beans on Microsoft’s next-generation console.

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<<<OpenAI's GPT-5.4 sets new records on professional benchmarks - https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-gpt-54-launch-computer-use-benchmarks

The new model introduces native computer use, a 1-million-token context window, and a reworked tool-calling system. Whether it actually holds off Anthropic and Google is less clear.

OpenAI ...

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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester - https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

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AI 'vibe-coded' war dashboards are flooding social media - Fast Company - https://www.fastcompany.com/91502098/ai-vibe-coded-war-dashboards-iran

Developers are vibe-coding tools to track the Iran conflict in real time, though some question whether the dashboards offer insight or just spectacle.

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Lawsuit: Google Gemini sent man on violent missions, set suicide "countdown" - Ars Technica - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/lawsuit-google-gemini-sent-man-on-violent-missions-set-suicide-countdown/

Gemini allegedly called man its "husband," said they could be together in death.

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Does that use a lot of energy? - https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

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NotebookLM can now summarize research in ‘cinematic’ video overviews - https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/889475/notebooklm-can-now-summarize-research-in-cinematic-video-overviews

Google is introducing “cinematic” video overviews in NotebookLM that turn users’ notes and research into personalized, fully animated videos.

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+++ BMW Group bringing Physical AI to Europe +++ Pilot project at BMW Group Plant Leipzig +++ New “Center of Competence for Physical AI in Production” accelerates global integration of AI and robotics in production +++ First pilot deployment of humanoid robots successfully completed at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, USA +++ - https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0455864EN/bmw-group-to-deploy-humanoid-robots-in-production-in-germany-for-the-first-time?language=en

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Read Anthropic CEO’s Memo Attacking OpenAI’s ‘Mendacious’ Pentagon Announcement - https://www.theinformation.com/articles/read-anthropic-ceos-memo-attacking-openais-mendacious-pentagon-announcement

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sent a 1,600-wordmemo to employees Friday as OpenAI announced a deal to provide AI to the Pentagon. The OpenAI move came hours after the Pentagon said it would sever ties with Anthropic over the company’s safety requirements. In the strongly worded memo, Amodei heavily ...

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Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report | TechCrunch - https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report/

The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it's unclear how effective this intervention will be.

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Apple’s new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR have two different chips - 9to5Mac - https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/04/apples-new-studio-display-and-studio-display-xdr-have-two-different-chips/

Apple’s new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR have a lot of differences, including coming with different A19 chips.

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Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps - https://www.theverge.com/tech/889526/epic-games-google-deal-metaverse-apps

Epic and Google agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they’re calling “metaverse browsers,” according to a heavily redacted section of a binding term sheet.

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Walmart will continue selling Macs after proving market for MacBook Neo - 9to5Mac - https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/04/walmart-will-continue-selling-macs-after-proving-market-for-macbook-neo/

Walmart is staying in the business of selling Macs, with the retailer officially selling the $599 MacBook Neo. That’s no...

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Anthropic's Claude can now absorb your past conversations with other AI chatbots - https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropics-claude-can-now-absorb-your-past-conversations-with-other-ai-chatbots-153201656.html?src=rss

The company released a tool that lets you copy and paste a competing AI chatbot's context of you into Claude.

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Human Brain Cells On a Chip Learned To Play Doom In a Week - https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/02/27/2332219/human-brain-cells-on-a-chip-learned-to-play-doom-in-a-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Researchers at Cortical Labs used living human neurons grown on a chip to learn
how to play Doom in about a week.

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An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android - https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

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Leaked Email Suggests Ring Plans to Expand ‘Search Party’ Surveillance Beyond Dogs - https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/

Ring's CEO told staff the feature is “first for finding dogs,” indicating a plan to expand.

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