The Verge

OpenAI has upgraded its ChatGPT Chrome extension to allow the AI to view open browser tabs when tagged in the web or desktop app.

• •Although the ChatGPT Atlas browser is discontinued, the Chrome extension has received significant upgrades.
• •With the extension installed, ChatGPT can view open browser tabs when a user tags Chrome in the web or desktop application.
• •OpenAI released a demo video showcasing this new capability.

Sega has removed the Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition remaster from storefronts following a disastrous launch plagued by bugs and poor AI upscaling.

• •The Complete Edition, a remaster of the 2011 strategy game, launched on Tuesday and bundled the main game with all its DLC.
• •Users reported numerous issues, including bugs and upscaling that appeared to be done by AI, leading to a disastrous launch.
• •Sega decided to pull the game from sale in response to the widespread complaints.

President Trump posted White House renovation updates on Truth Social, but one image was revealed to be AI-manipulated.

• •The President posted photos on Truth Social comparing the White House columns before and after renovation.
• •The photo in question showed multiple inconsistencies, raising suspicions of AI manipulation.
• •Google's AI detection tool flagged the image as created or edited by AI.

Bluesky's AI tool Attie has expanded its capabilities from feed creation to building small social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that can be shared as websites.

• •Attie, which launched earlier this year for feed creation, now supports building small apps such as games, polls, and dashboards.
• •The created apps can be shared with others as their own websites.
• •Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider discussed this feature expansion in an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt.

Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model, which is capable of running on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios using the latest MLX framework.

• •Meta positions the Muse Spark Open AI model as the highest-performing US open-weight model to date.
• •The model is capable of running on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios using the latest MLX framework.
• •Meta claims the model is the first in its class to support desktop execution.

Volvo plans to launch a hands-free, point-to-point driving system by 2030, powered by Nvidia's latest AI technology and autonomous driving stack.

• •Volvo will use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving system similar to Tesla's FSD (Supervised).
• •The new point-to-point system is designated as Level 2++, enabling hands-free driving.
• •The launch is targeted for 2030.

Google is updating its AI search results to display inline links more frequently at the top of responses, moving away from traditional link lists to a customized view.

• •Google has updated AI Overviews and AI Mode to make inline links appear higher up in responses more often.
• •The new format provides answers in a customized view rather than a traditional list of links.
• •This change addresses concerns that the previous format might reduce transparency regarding sources.

The article highlights a growing trend of consumer gadgets that spy on surroundings without consent, exacerbated by AI assistants like Meta's Muse asking users to share data about others.

• •Consumer gadgets designed to monitor everything and everyone without consent are on the rise.
• •AI personal assistants like Meta's Muse are prompting users to surrender not just their own data, but also data about others.
• •This trend raises significant concerns regarding privacy in the consumer tech world.

The article explores Nvidia's RTX Spark and its potential to run 'everything' on Arm, contrasting it with the historical failure of the original Microsoft Surface PC.

• •Fourteen years ago, Microsoft's original Surface PC, powered by an Nvidia Tegra chip, was a major failure that resulted in a $900 million inventory write-off.
• •The primary reason to care about Nvidia's RTX Spark is that 'everything' is expected to run on the Arm architecture.
• •The article draws a parallel between the past failure of the Surface and the current trajectory of Arm-based computing.

The article reports on a launch event in San Francisco for Nvidia's RTX Spark laptops, focusing on how Windows is being optimized for these new AI PCs.

• •Microsoft and Nvidia held a launch party in San Francisco for the first wave of RTX Spark laptops.
• •The event featured a new wave of AI PCs with a lively hands-on area for attendees.
• •The author attended a quieter Nvidia event the day after the media launch to hear more details.