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OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December

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OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December

OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned.

Unlike the release of OpenAI’s last two models, GPT-4o and o1, Orion won’t initially be released widely through ChatGPT. Instead, OpenAI is planning to grant access first to companies it works closely with in order for them to build their own products and features, according to a source familiar with the plan.

Another source tells The Verge that engineers inside Microsoft — OpenAI’s main partner for deploying AI models — are preparing to host Orion on Azure as early as November. While Orion is seen inside OpenAI as the successor to GPT-4, it’s unclear if the company will call it GPT-5 externally. As always, the release plan is subject to change and could slip. OpenAI and Microsoft declined to comment for this story.

Orion has been teased by an OpenAI executive as potentially up to 100 times more powerful than GPT-4; it’s separate from the o1 reasoning model OpenAI released in September. The company’s goal is to combine its LLMs over time to create an even more capable model that could eventually be called artificial general intelligence, or AGI.

It was previously reported that OpenAI was using o1, code named Strawberry, to provide synthetic data to train Orion. In September, OpenAI researchers threw a happy hour to celebrate finishing training the new model, a source familiar with the matter tells The Verge.

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That timing lines up with a cryptic post on X by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in which he said he was “excited for the winter constellations to rise soon.” If you ask ChatGPT o1-preview what Altman’s post is hiding, it will tell you that he’s hinting at the word Orion, which is the winter constellation that’s most visible in the night sky from November to February (but it also hallucinates that you can rearrange the letters to spell “ORION”).

Even ChatGPT thinks Sam Altman is teasing Orion.
Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge

The release of this next model comes at a crucial time for OpenAI, which just closed a historic $6.6 billion funding round that requires the company to restructure itself as a for-profit entity. The company is also experiencing significant staff turnover: CTO Mira Murati just announced her departure along with Bob McGrew, the company’s chief research officer, and Barret Zoph, VP of post training.

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Intel exec says Arrow Lake launch ‘just didn’t go as planned’

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Intel exec says Arrow Lake launch ‘just didn’t go as planned’

Reviews of Intel’s new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 200S-series processor have been lackluster, specifically when it comes to gaming performance, but Intel says that’s not the end of the story. Its new chips should be performing better, and the company will have an ETA on getting them there soon, according to Robert Hallock, Intel’s VP and GM of client AI and technical marketing, in a new interview with HotHardware’s Dave Altavilla and Marco Chiappetta.

Intel was up-front in saying these new chips wouldn’t beat AMD’s chips for gaming. But reviewers’ findings have been unexpectedly poor. Despite some efficiency gains like those noted in Tom Warren’s Verge review of the Core Ultra 9 285K, the new chip seems to lag behind even Intel’s earlier Raptor Lake chips in gaming. That’s to say nothing of its performance versus AMD’s very good Ryzen 9800X3D.

Intel’s Arrow Lake chips’ “bones are solid,” Hallock said during the interview. Still, the company has identified factors “that can combine to produce some pretty wild unintended effects.” Hallock was also clear that the new Arrow Lake performance issues are strictly Intel’s responsibility, and not the fault of Microsoft or anyone else.

As for when Intel will provide an ETA on fixes, Hallock said Intel hopes to give a “comprehensive update” on what the chip’s issues are and what’s causing them by the end of November or early December. The good news is that the fix will be easy, according to Hallock, who called it a “flash the BIOS and update Windows kinda situation.”

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Say goodbye to needle nightmares: gadget gives doctors X-ray vision of your veins

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Say goodbye to needle nightmares: gadget gives doctors X-ray vision of your veins

We’ve all been there, sitting in the doctor’s office, sleeve rolled up, watching nervously as the nurse searches for that elusive vein. 

For some, it’s a quick and painless process. 

For others, it can feel like an eternity of poking and prodding. But what if there was a way to make this experience easier for everyone involved?

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Turning your skin transparent (sort of)

Imagine a device that could give medical professionals Superman-like X-ray vision, allowing them to see right through your skin to the veins beneath. That’s exactly what the Adison Vein Locator does. This nifty gadget uses cutting-edge optical technology to create a 3D map of your veins, making needle insertion a breeze.

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How it works

The Adison Vein Locator uses near-infrared light to penetrate your skin and create a real-time, three-dimensional image of your veins. It’s like having a personal GPS for your circulatory system. The best part? It works on all skin tones and even through scar tissue.

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Not just for adults

Finding veins in infants can be particularly challenging due to their chubby little arms. The Adison Vein Locator has proven effective on patients as young as 6 months old, making those necessary blood draws and IV insertions much less stressful for both babies and medical staff.

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Boosting success rates and patient comfort

Tests have shown that this device can improve the success rate of first-time IV insertions by a whopping 30%. That means fewer attempts, less discomfort, and happier patients all around.

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Award-winning design

The Adison Vein Locator isn’t just functional — it’s also a looker. This sleek device won a RedDot design award, one of the most prestigious accolades in the product design world. It’s not often that medical equipment gets recognized for its aesthetics. With its tilting screen and portable design, the Adison Vein Locator is ready for action in any setting. Whether you’re in a hospital room or kneeling beside a patient on the ground, this device adapts to your needs.

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Kurt’s key takeaways

By making vein access easier and more accurate, the Adison Vein Locator has the potential to reduce patient anxiety, improve treatment efficiency, and even save lives in emergency situations. As we continue to see advancements in medical technology, devices like this remind us that sometimes, the most impactful innovations are those that solve everyday challenges in healthcare. The days of dreading needle sticks may soon be behind us, thanks to this remarkable “x-ray vision” gadget.

Would you feel more at ease during blood draws or IV insertions if your healthcare provider used advanced vein visualization technology like the Adison Vein Locator compared to traditional methods? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact

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There’s a lot more Red Hulk in the new Captain America: Brave New World trailer

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There’s a lot more Red Hulk in the new Captain America: Brave New World trailer

The Brave New World preview opens on Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) visiting one of the first supersoldiers, Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly), in prison after his attack on the president. Isaiah, who doesn’t seem to remember the attack, warns Sam to “be careful.”

The trailer then sets up some heavy tension and intrigue, using a fun splitscreen theme to build to a much more thorough reveal of Ross’ Red Hulk than Marvel did in July. Although it leaves the feeling that he’s the movie’s main villain, it also suggests there’s much more to the story than just “Sam fights a Hulk.” Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters on February 14th.

Then there’s the nearly four-minute-long “special look” at Thunderbolts, which offers more of the Thunderbolts working as an actual team, assembled by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) as a super-powered task force of flawed anti-heroes.

The movie’s other main characters include Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Ava Starr / Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (David Harbour), Antonia Dreykov / Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), and John Walker / US Agent (Wyatt Russell). Oh, and Bob (Lewis Pullman), who seems like just a guy until you see him, injury-free despite a shirt that looks like it’s full of bullet holes that might have come from the dozen or so people pointing guns at him.

Thunderbolts comes out on May 2nd.

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