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Move over, RTX 40-series, because Nvidia’s new shiny toys are about to hit the market - the RTX 50-series GPUs are dropping faster than your in-game framerate on ultra settings. Starting January 30th, the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 will grace our overpriced gaming rigs, with the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 trailing in February. But the real question isn’...

Alright, folks. OpenAI just dropped a new beta feature called “Tasks,” and it’s giving serious side-eye to Alexa, Siri, and all the other so-called “assistance” tools out there. If you thought ChatGPT was just your friendly banter bot, think again – it’s about to manage your life, one scheduled snark at a time. What is "Tasks"? Here’s the...

World Domination, One GPU at a Time The United States, flexing its regulatory muscles under the guise of national security, has proposed a sweeping new framework to limit the global spread of GPU technology used in artificial intelligence development. Dubbed the "Export Control Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion," this initiative reeks of strategic protectionism wrapped in a shiny veneer of...

Sam Altman’s Tweet: A Snapshot of Human Nature Sam Altman’s recent tweet predicting the trajectory of the O3 arc might as well be a crash course in human nature, neatly condensed into three hilariously relatable steps: 1. Awe and Existential Dread “Oh damn it’s smarter than me, this changes everything ahhhh.” The immediate, visceral reaction to encountering something smarter...