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The BBC quizzed chip maker TSMC on the possibility of increased prices and you’re really not going to like the answer

The ever-spiralling cost of computing components is not exactly news. But the big question is how much longer this will all continue. Unfortunately, a new interview by the BBC with TSMC, the company that manufactures so many of the chips that go into our PCs, suggests there’s plenty more to come. TSMC’s Chief Financial Officer,…

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US Senate launches investigation into Roblox: ‘Children on your platform are hurting. Congress will not look the other way’

It looks like another bad day for Roblox: The US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has launched an investigation into child safety on the platform, saying the company “appears to prioritize revenue and engagement metrics over the safety and well-being of our children.” A letter (via Kotaku) sent to Roblox CEO David…

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ChatGPT’s latest build is such a pathological ass-kisser OpenAI decided to roll it back: GPT-4o is ‘overly supportive but disingenuous’

OpenAI has rolled back its latest version of ChatGPT just 48 hours after release. The reason? Not a murderous LLM rampage, the impending demise of humanity or anything to do with AI overlords. Turns out, GPT-4o was agreeable to the point of ridiculousness. Or to use OpenAI supremo Sam Altman’s words, GPT-4o, “glazes too much.”…

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