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Goodbye Google Glass and Goodbye Tik Tok? - DTH
Google Glass Enterprise is being discontinued and the US warns Bytedance it better sell TikTok if it doesn't want to get banned. Plus GPT-4 tried to hire a TaskRabbit when being tested for safety.
MORE: Google has stopped selling and supporting Google Glass Enterprise as it shifts focus to other products like a prototype that can translate speech on the fly. Following national security concerns, the UK has joined other countries in banning government employees from using TikTok on government devices. Microsoft is introducing AI-powered features, such as creating PowerPoint presentations automatically from Word documents, to revolutionize productivity. OpenAI gave the Alignment Research Center early access to multiple versions of GPT-4 to evaluate its abilities, while Foxconn has agreed to manufacture AirPods for Apple in India. Baidu launched its Ernie AI chatbot and LinkedIn's GPT-4 provides writing suggestions for Premium users. Finally, the GNOME and KDE Foundations are collaborating to develop an App Store using Flatpak, with support from industry leaders.
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