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Blue Origin has successfully completed its NS-25 mission, resuming crewed flights for the first time in nearly two years. By TechCrunch

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has attributed the successful launch of the company’s latest flagship AI model, GPT-4o, to Indian prodigy Prafulla Dhariwal. Altman stated on X that GPT-4o would not have been possible without Dhariwal’s contributions. By First Post

On May 15, 2024 - Apple announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Eye Tracking, a way for users with physical disabilities to control iPad or iPhone with their eyes. By Apple Newsroom

GPT-4o and other multimodal AI models could soon change the way we work. An AI analyst said plumbers' and electricians' jobs were safe but "AI will impact any job that has data." By Business Insider

If we had to compile a list of our worst nightmares, having your old, long deleted nudes randomly show up on your phone would probably be near the top of the list. Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happening to some iPhone users who upgraded to the latest version of iOS, 17.5. According to this Reddit thread (via MacRumors), some iPhone and iPad users are seeing old, permanently deleted photos show up among their new pics. Worse, some of these photos were taken and deleted years ago, no longer gone for good. By Mashable

OpenAI is launching GPT-4o, an iteration of the GPT-4 model that powers its hallmark product, ChatGPT. The updated model “is much faster” and improves “capabilities across text, vision, and audio,” OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said in a livestream announcement on Monday. It’ll be free for all users, and paid users will continue to “have up to five times the capacity limits” of free users, Murati added. By The Verge

The Alphabet-backed company announced on X this week that it's currently serving more than 50,000 paid, driver-free trips every week in the three major cities where it operates: Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. By Waymo

Samsung and Apple have reached an agreement regarding Samsung providing displays for Apple's foldable gadgets. Apple is currently working on a foldable iPhone, iPad, and a sizable display device speculated to be a MacBook. By Mashable

Apple is in talks with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to use its AI technology on the iPhone and the new features are likely to be introduced in iOS 18 if the deal comes through, according to Bloomberg. By TheWeek.in

While TikTok already labels AI-generated content (AIGC) made using its own AI effects and requires users to label their uploaded AI content, the new policy will apply automatic oversight to offsite content. By Mashable