Author HubMaximilian Schreiner

Max is the managing editor of THE DECODER, bringing his background in philosophy to explore questions of consciousness and whether machines truly think or just pretend to.
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OpenAI outperforms humans and Google at the world's top collegiate programming contest

AI in practice

New data from OpenAI and Anthropic show how people actually use ChatGPT and Claude

AI in practice

OpenAI launches GPT-5 as a unified system with adaptive reasoning for complex tasks

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Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic will give the UK government access to their AI models for research and security purposes, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced at London Tech Week on Monday. The UK aims to become a global hub for AI safety regulation.

Plans include a global AI security summit and a £100m Foundation Model Taskforce. OpenAI and Anthropic recently established their European headquarters in the UK.

"AI is surely one of the greatest opportunities before us," Sunak said. But the technology needs to be developed and deployed safely, he said, "I know people are concerned."

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Synthesia, an AI platform for synthetic media, has raised $90 million, bringing its valuation to $1 billion. The round was led by Accel and included Nvidia and other investors such as Kleiner Perkins, GV, FirstMark Capital and MMC.

Synthesia is a London-based company that applies artificial intelligence to video production. The technology allows users to create digital avatars that can deliver presentations or training videos in multiple languages.

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The ChatGPT ecosystem has grown to nearly 400 plugins, with more than 100 added over the weekend. Plugins significantly extend the capabilities of ChatGPT, turning the closed chatbot into a web-enabled assistant. Many of these plugins may soon be available directly in Windows 11: OpenAI and Microsoft are supporting a shared AI plugin ecosystem.

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Amazon is testing AI-generated summaries of product reviews, users report. The feature is in A/B testing and the company has yet to make an official announcement.

The AI summaries appear above the reviews, after the star rating, and appear to include links to related reviews.

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AI research

OpenAI outperforms humans and Google at the world's top collegiate programming contest

AI in practice

New data from OpenAI and Anthropic show how people actually use ChatGPT and Claude

AI and society

Leading AI chatbots are now twice as likely to spread false information as last year, study finds

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