The AIs are officially out of control
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The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss ChatGPT and Gemini updates, Walmart acquiring Vizio, Apple's Sports app, and more.

Further reading:

• Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data)

• Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis )

• Google’s open-source Gemma AI models draw from the research behind Gemini)

• ChatGPT spat out gibberish for many users overnight before OpenAI fixed it)

• One month with Microsoft’s AI vision of the future: Copilot Pro)

• Gemini, Gemma, Goose. )

• OpenAI can’t register ‘GPT’ as a trademark — yet)

• Artificial investment)

• Walmart to acquire Vizio in $2.3 billion deal)

• Echo Hub review: a simple, customizable smart home control panel)

• Samsung details a host of audio upgrades coming to its phones, tablets, and TVs)

• Apple says the iPhone 15’s battery got better — but won’t say how)

• Rice is not included in Apple’s official guidance for a wet phone)

One of the last small-ish Android phones looks like it's going the way of the iPhone Mini) 

• OnePlus is getting back into the smartwatch game)

The Garmin Forerunner 165 could be a great budget running watch) 

• Sony’s PlayStation Portal hacked to run emulated PSP games)

• Framework is selling a cheap modular laptop )

• Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes)

• Apple launches Apple Sports app with scores and betting odds )

• Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks )

• IBM quantum computing updates: System Two and Heron)

• Microsoft and Intel strike a custom chip manufacturing deal)

• Rivian says it is laying off 10 percent of its workforce as EV woes deepen)

• Ford slashes Mustang Mach-E prices again as EV price war enters its second year)

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