Disney's VR Treadmill, OpenAI Fix 'Lazy' GPT-4, and Apple Rolls Out Stolen Device Protection

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On THE agenda For This editing East Disney innovative VR conveyor belt, OpenAI fixation It is "lazy" AI And MIT big capacity, fast charge organic battery technology. We Also blanket Apples new stolen device protection functionality, AI to start up Rabbits clever material And application creators discuss launch apps custom made For Apples Vision Pro helmet.

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News

Disney VR conveyor belt : Disney has developed A similar to a treadmill system For VR compound of hundreds of little, round "floor tile" that look has be about THE size of A money dollar, Brian writing. Each serve as A kind of mini, omnidirectional treadmill.

OpenAI fixes GPT-4: OpenAI abandoned prices on A number of AI models This week as he rolled out A fix For It is "lazy" GPT-4 models that denied has work — And spear new models For specific to use case.

Apples new device protection: Roman writing about Apples new stolen device protection functionality, which, When turned on, requires Confront IDENTIFIER Or Touch IDENTIFIER biometric authentication For a few Actions, as to access stored Passwords And credit cards.

Vision Pro apps A Maybe later Netflix said he wouldn't he release A dedicated application For THE Apple Vision Pro, other application the creators, including Youtube, are following In It is footprint. THE orient yourself doesn't presage GOOD, necessarily.

Analysis

Rabbits r1: AI to start up Rabbit East development What Darrell believes East A better vision of THE future that THE Apple Vision Pro. THE r1 can allegedly TO DO What A typical smartphone can TO DO — but using generative AI And natural language.

Podcasts

On Equity, THE crew talked about Plural Capital risk announcing A new funds, Fantouan team up up with Chowbus, Vroom exit THE car sales business And what is this event on has Brex.

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And Chain Reaction had Anatolia Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana Laboratories, on THE pod. Solana goals has help to grow THE ecosystem For THE layer-1 blockchain Solana.

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THE technology Fire overvoltage: Alex And Anna to write about THE overvoltage In staff cuts has technology startups In recent weeks, which reversed THE scenario on expectations For This year.

HPE agreement For Juniper: Ron And Alex to weigh In on HPE decision has buy Juniper Networks A little weeks back For $14 billion. THE essential East, THE companies think THE Numbers look pretty GOOD — And they Really TO DO match up GOOD (SO long as HPE doesn't mess he upwards).

Fintech, down but not out: Financial technology has has been In THE landfills For A while NOW, And with companies as Brex once Again Cut staff as they to try has rein In costs, you would have be forgiven For supposing that THE walk For financial technology some products East in trouble. But that is not it necessarily THE case, Alex And Anna write.

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