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Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT and more taken down by major AWS outage

Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT and more taken down by major AWS outage | Photo shows a close-up of a red LED lightpanel

A major Amazon Web Services outage resulted in many different platforms and services being taken down for many users in the US. This includes Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, ChatGPT, and more.

The problem first occurred shortly after midnight PDT. The company identified the cause a couple of hours later and says that it is now “continuing to observe recovery” across most services …

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Pressure mounts on Siri as ChatGPT ads start airing on primetime TV

Pressure mounts on Siri as ChatGPT ads start airing on primetime TV (still shown)

OpenAI is about to launch a series of ChatGPT ads, airing on primetime TV, streaming, and social media – with the first video being broadcast later today during NFL Primetime.

The latest move adds further pressure on Apple by highlighting the vast gulf between the current capabilities of Siri and generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT …

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GPT-5 brings big improvements to Mac vibe coding

My former colleague Parker Ortolani has been experimenting with “vibe coding” for months, building native and web apps by steering large language models with carefully crafted prompts. GPT-4o and Claude helped him get functional prototypes running, but GPT-5 is the first model that delivers the complete experience he’s been waiting for. Here’s how GPT-5 improves on earlier models:

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OpenAI keeps GPT-4o active and doubles GPT-5 usage for some users

Yesterday OpenAI released GPT-5, the latest model update to ChatGPT. More than 24 hours later, the new model is still rolling out to paid and free customers. Meanwhile, OpenAI is reconsidering the availability of certain models and limitations for customers. The new model will also be more transparent and offer more control over which tools it uses for which requests.

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Proton throws shade at Apple Intelligence privacy as it launches AI chatbot

Proton throws shade at Apple Intelligence privacy as it launches AI chatbot | Proton Lumo promo graphic

The company behind encrypted email service Proton Mail has today launched a new freemium AI chatbot which promises that your chats will remain completely private.

Proton Lumo offers five protections it says aren’t matched by any of the existing mainstream AI services like ChatGPT and Gemini, and has even thrown shade at Apple Intelligence privacy …

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ChatGPT and Mac app integrations point to an exciting future

ChatGPT and Mac app integrations point to an exciting future | Mac keyboard with glowing AI key

The long-term promise of Apple Intelligence and next-gen Siri is that it will be able to access all our apps, and the data stored in those apps, to become massively more helpful.

ChatGPT has effectively given us a preview of this type of capability through its integration with a handful of Mac apps, and I’ve been putting it to the test …

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