ChatGPT has doubled its weekly active users to 200 million

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ChatGPT now has 200 million weekly active users, according to OpenAI. That represents a doubling of the weekly audience of 100 million the company announced last November. A representative from the company told Engadget that API usage has also doubled since the July release of GPT-4o mini.

User numbers aren't the only big growth OpenAI has seen over the past year. CEO Sam Altman reportedly told

Jason Schwartzman will think about working on 'Megalopolis' with Francis Ford Coppola 'til the day I die'

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Jason Schwartzman in past roles

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You know Jason Schwartzman.

It might be from any of his seven appearances in Wes Anderson's movies, from his film debut as enterprising teen Max Fischer in 1998's "Rushmore" to 2023's "Asteroid City," in which he took on a meta role as a war photographer in a play, and the actor playing him.

Or it could be from his three-season run in the HBO series

Apple is cutting in on Microsoft's dance with OpenAI

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has the voice assistant Apple CEO Tim Cook wishes he had.

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  • Apple is reportedly considering investing in OpenAI during its next fundraising round.
  • This move follows Apple's June announcement of a partnership with OpenAI for AI features.
  • Microsoft, a longtime Apple rival, has already invested in OpenAI, complicating potential returns.

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The world’s largest TV and movie piracy streaming ring is dead

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The highly illegal but very popular media streaming site Fmovies and an affiliated network of pirated movie and TV show websites have been shut down. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), a global coalition of movie studios and entertainment companies including Disney, NBCUniversal and MGM, announced the dismantling of the illegal streaming site, several of its other websites

Sonos opens a Trello board so we can see how it’s fixing the busted app

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A marketing image of the new Sonos app.
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Sonos is still trying to clean up from the mess from the messy rollout of its new app, and to help give users a better idea of what fixes are in the pipeline, the company has shared a public Trello board detailing fixes that it’s working on.

“All the cards here are sourced from various posts and release notes communications (Future Feature Update, for example)

Family of an airman who survived a B-1B crash accused investigators of 'hatred and disrespect' by blaming crew in a scathing crash report

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Aircrew members prepare a B-1B Lancer for deployment at Ellsworth Air Force Base at night.
Aircrew members prepare a B-1B Lancer for deployment at Ellsworth Air Force Base at night.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Jacobsen

  • A B-1B crash report singled out a surviving airman for exceeding the weight limit on the aircraft.
  • An investigator said the pilot being aboard the plane showed a decline in the unit's discipline.
  • The pilot's family argued his weight was unfairly measured in a

Sony’s limited edition Astro Bot controller is up for preorder again

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The new Astro Bot PS5 controller
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After initially selling out, Sony’s limited-edition Astro Bot DualSense controller for the PS5 is available for preorder once again for $79.99. The forthcoming gamepad, which initially sold out but is now available from Walmart and Antonline, will launch alongside the next Astro Bot game on September 6th, giving those who’ve secretly