OpenAI has added enhanced integration of ChatGPT with macOS for search, writing, coding, and more. This is what you need to know.OpenAI announces more ChatGPT integrations with macOS.In March, OpenAI announced better integration with macOS apps called "Work with Apps on macOS." The new features work with all tiers of ChatGPT, including the free tier.With the new version (1.2025.057), pressing Option + Space or clicking the ChatGPT icon in the menu bar enables ChatGPT to work with running apps. You may also notice a new "Work with Apps" button in the ChatGPT interface in active apps. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO already had a ridiculously massive roster of fighters even upon its release in October, but Spike Chunsoft and Bandai Namco are keeping the content mill chugging for the arena fighter.  Another new DLC pack, dubbed Daima Character Pack 1, is going live for Sparking! ZERO later this week, and it will add another eight new playable fighters to the game’s already massive roster. As the DLC’s name suggests, its additions will be characters from Dragon Ball Daima. Specifically, players can look forward to playing as Goku (Mini) Super Saiyan, Glorio, Majin Kuu, Panzy, Vegeta (Mini), and multiple other versions of the latter- specifically, Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, and Super Saiyan 3. Check out the trailer below for a look at what the DLC will bring when it launched on April 24. Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. As of February, it has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

Humanoid Robots Just Raced Alongside Human Runners in a World-First Half-Marathon. Here’s How It Went The race, held in China on Saturday, showcases the country’s advancements in humanoid technology. Still, only 6 of the 21 robot contestants made it across the finish line The winning humanoid, called Tiangong Ultra, races alongside human runners. It completed a half-marathon in about 2 hours and 40 minutes. Johannes Neudecker / picture alliance via Getty Images On Saturday, Beijing hosted what’s being called the world’s first humanoid half-marathon—a footrace that pitted human runners against human-like robots. While technologically impressive, the outcome of the event should reassure those who fear robots will one day overrun humanity—because it appears they won’t be outrunning us any time soon. Twenty-one humanoids of various shapes and sizes raced among thousands of humans, closely followed by their operators. But just six of the robots successfully reached the finish line, reports Wired’s Zeyi Yang. To participate in the race, the robots had to run on two legs, like humans. However, the participating tech companies and universities were allowed to bring their robots in for battery-replacing pit stops, like racecars. Sometimes they even replaced the whole robot with a new one, though this warranted a time penalty, as reported by CNN’s Chris Lau. A small humanoid contestant is closely followed by its technicians. Kevin Frayer / Getty Images “The robots are running very well, very stable … I feel I’m witnessing the evolution of robots and A.I.,” He Sishu, a spectator who works in artificial intelligence, said to Reuters’ Eduardo Baptista and Alessandro Diviggiano on Saturday. Alan Fern, a robotics researcher at Oregon State University, however, tells Reuters that the recent half-marathon “is more of a hardware endurance demonstration” than one of artificial intelligence. He adds that “Chinese companies have really focused on showing off walking, running, dancing and other feats of agility. Generally, these are interesting demonstrations, but they don’t demonstrate much regarding the utility of useful work or any type of basic intelligence.” A humanoid robot takes a fall, while another races past. Song Jiaru / VCG via Getty Images The 13.1-mile racetrack had a dedicated humanoid-only lane—which is probably a good idea, given that the robot contestants regularly fell over, lost their heads or even spun out of control (with at least one taking its operator down with it). Nevertheless, Fern was “actually very impressed” that some humanoids completed the race within a given time limit, since he “would have bet that none of them would finish,” as he tells CNN. Tiangong Ultra, the humanoid winner developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, among others, came in at 2 hours, 40 minutes and 42 seconds. That’s more than an hour and a half behind the winner of the men’s race, who completed it in 1 hour and 2 minutes, but still within the minimum for human runners, which was 3 hours and 10 minutes. Operators switched out Tiangong Ultra’s batteries three times during the race, and it fell once. A small humanoid bot races in human running shoes. VCG / VCG via Getty Images Robots also received awards for the most innovative form, gait design and endurance, according to the Associated Press. CNN writes that the half-marathon showcases China’s technological advancements “as it plays catch-up with the U.S.” in the race to perfect and commercialize humanoid robots. If the aim is to demonstrate useful real-world applications for humanoid technology, perhaps the organizers should consider a house-cleaning or laundry-folding race for the next competition. And maybe they will: As Tang Jian, chief technology officer for the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, tells Reuters, “a focus going forward for us will be industrial applications for humanoid robots so they can truly enter factories, business scenarios and finally households.” Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, previewed several breakthroughs in electric vehicle battery tech that is sure to wow EV makers across the world — even if the tech never makes it to the US.The company teased the innovations at an event in Shanghai timed to precede the city’s auto show. According to local reports, CATL presented three new announcements designed to shake-up the battery world.The first was an upgraded version of its Shenxing battery designed to add more range when fast charging. CATL said the battery can now offer 520 kilometers (323 miles) of range from just five minutes of charging time — a marked improvement over BYD’s promise to add 400km (249 miles) of range in the same amount of time.CATL said its system could provide a maximum charging speed of 1.3 megawatts. Even at -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit), when charging speeds tend to slow to a crawl, CATL’s Shenxing battery can go from 5 percent to 80 percent in just 15 minutes.Another major announcement was the reveal of a new sodium-ion battery called Naxtra. According to Bloomberg, the new cells are already ready for commercialization and have been tested in a number of extreme settings, including very cold and hot temperatures. The new batteries are promised to delivery around 200km of range for hybrid vehicles, and 500km for an EV.Sodium is seen by some as an improvement over lithium, both in terms of availability and stability. The material is more cost effective to obtain and isn’t subject to the same safety hazards as lithium, which can catch fire under certain circumstances. CATL believes that sodium-ion batteries could potentially replace up to half the market for lithium iron phosphate batteries that now dominates the field.CATL also unveiled a new dual-power battery that can offer a maximum range of 1,500km (932 miles) on a single charge. The company likened the super-powered battery to a dual engine aircraft, with a regular fast-charging cell combined with a separate auxiliary pack for enhanced performance and range.But thanks to President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, US residents are unlikely to see any of these benefits anytime soon. CATL’s batteries are found in a wide range of EVs, including Tesla and Ford. And while the company could license its tech to American automakers, rising tensions are likely to make it difficult in the near term.China has recently halted export of rare earth minerals and magnets, and seems likely to want to keep all the best innovations to itself as the US walls itself off from the rest of the world. And the US Department of Defense has recently added CATL to its list of Chinese military companies, which could make it more difficult for the company to do business in the US.See More:

Inside the MCP Revolution: How AI Systems Are Learning to Speak the Same Language 0 like April 22, 2025 Share this post Last Updated on April 22, 2025 by Editorial Team Author(s): Harshit Kandoi Originally published on Towards AI. Photo by Gerard Siderius on Unsplash Imagine a network of AI systems consisting of virtual assistants, recommendation engines, and robotic agents, all working on their own. But not “in sync”. Each time you interact with one, you have to start from scratch, unaware of your prior choices, recent interactions, or even the idea on which it operates. The result? Unnecessary processes, inconvenient experiences, and missed the chance to enjoy true machine automation. This is the price we have to pay for context loss, and it’s become a pressing challenge in today’s AI-driven world. Let’s Enter the World of Model Context Protocol (MCP), an innovative way that promises to restructure how AI systems interact and collaborate. MCP is a standardized framework created to allow the sharing of contextual data across models, ensuring continuity, coherence, and connectivity in these complex AI ecosystems. Why does this matter now, compared to ever before? As we know, AI becomes more embedded in everything from health services to autonomous systems, the need for intelligent context-sharing is not just a technical convenience, but it’s a fundamental requirement. Without it, even the most powerful AI models operate in silos, unable to utilise collective knowledge or maintain user continuity. In this blog, we’ll… Read the full blog for free on Medium. Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor. Published via Towards AI Towards AI - Medium Share this post

The following article contains major spoilers for both The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2 and the video game The Last of Us Part 2. The Last of Us' latest episode had a very special voice cameo from Ellie's original voice actor, Ashley Johnson, and it even has a connection to The Last of Us Part 2. As reported by EW, there is a certain song that plays after Abby kills Joel and his body is being brought back to Jackson, and it's actually a rendition of Shawn James' 'Through the Valley' that is sung by Johnson. Fans may recall that Johnson recorded a version of this song for the PSX 2016 reveal trailer for The Last of Us Part 2, and it turns out the song that appeared in this episode is a mix between that and a "slightly updated version" she recorded not too long ago.PlayEW spoke to The Last of Us co-showrunner, Craig Mazin, and he shared the process of bringing this song back for one of the most important and tragic episodes of the entire series."I always loved the song," Mazin said. "I remember that release trailer and what it did to my brain and my heart. We also not only have a connection to Ashley because she created Ellie in the game, but [because] she plays Ellie's mom. It is an interesting thing in a moment like this, when your only parent is taken from you [and] the parent you've never met, the one you don't even know about, is there watching."Yes, this isn't the first time Johnson has appeared in The Last of US on HBO as she played Ellie's mother in the finale of Season 1.Moving back to the song, Mazin continued to share that there is an even deeper meaning to the song choice."I can make an argument that for every single line of that song, as it is contrasted against what you're seeing, it's not true," Mazin shared. "Almost every single thing is this desire to be true, but none of it's true."PlayFor those unfamiliar, the lyrcs to 'Through the Valley' begin, "I walk through the valley of the shadow of death / And I fear no evil because I'm blind to it all / And my mind and my gun they comfort me / Because I know I'll kill my enemies when they come.""Your gun's not going to save you," Mazin says of of The Last of Us. "You won't kill all your enemies when they come, and you will fear what's around you."The next batch of lyrics goes like this, "Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life / And I will dwell on this earth forevermore / Said, I walk beside the still waters and they restore my soul / But I can't walk on the path of the right because I'm wrong.""The still waters will not keep you alive, forevermore. It's like this hopeless prayer that we dashed to pieces," Mazin says.Thankfully, this is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel that is this song as 'Through the Valley' ends with, "But I know when I die my soul is damned." "Well, maybe that's not true either," Mazin said. PlayFor more, check out our review of this monumental episode, Pedro Pascal's reaction to Joel's death on screen, why we thought Season 2's changes to Abby weakened this moment, and our comparison of the TV show to the game.Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.Adam Bankhurst is a writer for IGN. You can follow him on X/Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on TikTok.

It’s been over four years since AirTag was first introduced, and there’s never yet been a successor. But that’s about to change, as rumors point toward AirTag 2 launching in the coming weeks. Here’s when to expect the AirTag 2 release date. AirTag 2 expected in May or June, per latest rumors Apple has upgraded its original AirTag in small ways via firmware updates over time. It has even introduced bigger additions like iOS 18.2’s new ‘Share Item Location’ option. But the original AirTag hardware has remained unchanged since launch. Now, the wait for a new version is almost over. Per the latest rumors, AirTag 2 is expected to launch in May or June—making its release date just weeks from now. Very likely, it will be the next product Apple launches. Although we don’t yet have more specific timing, the ‘May or June’ release window was shared by leaker Kosutami in February. And it aligns well with prior reporting. For example, back in November Mark Gurman said Apple planned the launch for “around the middle” of this year. And in a more recent update in January, he said AirTag 2 “is already nearing production.” New features coming with AirTag 2 Gurman has previously reported that AirTag 2 will have the same basic design as its predecessor, but come with three main upgrades. The AirTag successor will include: Significantly better range New and improved wireless chip Enhanced privacy features Full details of what these changes may enable haven’t yet been shared, but based on the expected launch timing, we won’t have to wait long to find out. What new features do you hope to see in AirTag 2? Let us know in the comments. Best AirTag deals and accessories AirTag 1-pack for only $25 (down from $30) AirTag 4-pack for only $80 (down from $100) TimeCapsule AirTag 10-year battery case TimeCapsule AirTag 10-year battery case (4-pack) Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Generation Z, or the cohort of people born between 1997 and 2012, has a very weird relationship with artificial intelligence.In the latest sign of just how strange things are getting, a new study by the paper-writing service EduBirdie found, upon asking 2,000 Gen Z-ers a battery of questions about AI, that a quarter believe the technology is "already conscious."What's more, 52 percent — or more than half of the respondents — think AI is not yet conscious but will become so in the years to come. Plus a whopping 58 percent of the Zoomers surveyed said they think the technology will "take over" the world, and 44 percent said they believe that takeover could happen within the next 20 years.Given those concerns, it's not that surprising that 69 percent of EduBirdie's survey respondents claimed they always say "please" and "thank you" to chatbots — a finding that jibes with TechRadar's late 2024 survey in which 67 percent of Americans and 71 percent of Brits polled said they are polite to ChatGPT (terrifyingly, 12 percent of the 1,000 people TechRadar polled on both sides of the pond also said they're nice to OpenAI's chatbot in case it takes over the world.)The topic of AI consciousness is, and has for years, extremely contentious.Prior to ChatGPT's release turning OpenAI into a household name, one of the company's cofounders and former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, cryptically claimed in a tweet that he thought "it may be that today's large neural networks are slightly conscious."That February 2022 tweet ended up setting off a mini-maelstrom in the machine learning world as researchers argued whether or not AI is conscious — or if it could ever get that way at all.Though most experts agreed then (and continue to maintain) that AI isn't yet conscious, there have been notable detractors. A few months after Sutskever's infamous tweet, a Google engineer named Blake Lemoine was ultimately fired and disgraced after claiming in an interview with the Washington Post that the tech giant's Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) had come to life.One thing's for sure: when we're dealing with advanced AI that's been designed to act like a human, like ChatGPT and its ilk, people are going to form weird new bonds with it — and develop beliefs about its supposed internal life that are almost certain to cause strange new divisions in society.Share This Article

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An Uber drove away with Julia's five-year-old daughter still asleep in the backseat last month. Toronto police found her child about an hour and a half later, without the company's help. (Grant Linton/CBC)Social SharingWithin seconds, Julia says she was facing a parent's worst nightmare.She, her boyfriend, and the four kids between them, took an Uber back to his place from a Toronto Raptors game during March Break because of a flat tire. Julia's five-year-old daughter fell asleep in the far back row during the ride. Once they arrived, and before getting out of the vehicle, the couple discussed aloud their plan for how to unload everyone.Julia would grab the garage door opener from her car so they could all get inside the house, while her boyfriend started unloading the other three kids, their car seats and winter coats from the Uber. Julia would then carry her sleeping daughter out of the vehicle once the path to the back seat was clear."I'm returning to the road and I realized the car, it's gone," she said. "I remember looking up and down the street. I don't see a moving vehicle at all. The three kids are already in hysterics. 'Why did he leave with her? Where did he go?' I'm trying to keep it together for my son."WATCH | Mom concerned about Uber policies:GTA mom speaks out after an Uber drove away with her 5-year-old daughter21 hours agoDuration 3:57After a terrifying incident involving an Uber ride and her young daughter, a GTA woman says Uber customer support refused to contact the driver involved. Police told CBC Toronto they tracked down the driver with no help from the ride-share company.  Julia was stunned and her disbelief only grew when she says Uber representatives refused to help them or Toronto police contact the driver. CBC Toronto is only using her first name to protect the identity of her daughter."All we wanted was for them to contact the driver — that's it — and they refused.This was "no time for bureaucratic red tape," Julia said. "This was not a purse or a phone left behind. It was a five-year-old child on a winter night." Julia called 911, and police arrived within a few minutes. An officer called Uber to get contact information for the driver but Julia says a representative for the ride-sharing company refused to provide it — stating the police needed to fill out a form.Uber's guidelines for law enforcement say emergency disclosure requests must be submitted through the company's public safety response portal or by email using its emergency disclosure form. Uber says its staff followed standard protocols, which are designed to protect the privacy and safety of both riders and drivers. (David Horemans/CBC)Found without Uber's helpToronto police confirmed they did not receive help from Uber. Instead, spokesperson Stephanie Sayer says officers were otherwise able to reach the driver."The driver was unaware that the child was still in the vehicle," Sayer said in an email. "When officers arrived, the child was found in good health. Paramedics were called as a precaution."Julia says it took about an hour and a half for police to find her five-year-old. Officers then drove Julia to her daughter who was "unharmed but in hysterics." Police found the girl and the driver about 20 kilometres away from her boyfriend's house in the city's north end.Julia's boyfriend later received a $10 credit from Uber, which she considers "a massive slap in the face."Uber says safety is top priorityAn Uber spokesperson said in a statement the safety of everyone who uses the platform is the company's top priority. "We recognize how distressing this situation was for the family involved and are thankful that the child was safely reunited with their parent," reads the statement. "We immediately began reviewing the details of this incident internally to identify opportunities to improve our processes and support systems."Carmi Levy, a technology analyst, says traditional elements of customer service have been lost in today’s gig economy. (Submitted by Carmi Levy)The company says its support team followed Uber's standard protocols, which are designed to protect the privacy and safety of all users. Uber says its team advised the rider to contact law enforcement and, when police reached out, the company shared its protocol for an expedited request. Once Uber received the request the company says it supported the solution.Technology analyst Carmi Levy says this is an example of how traditional elements of customer service have been lost in today's gig economy."Uber is able to deliver, in theory, a lower cost experience because it dispenses with a lot of the overhead of traditional transportation services," said Levy."There's a cost to their efficiency and their cost effectiveness. And that cost is if something goes wrong, it isn't as easy as just calling a phone number and getting help."Julia has since escalated her concerns with Uber. She says she's looking for both compensation for their emotional stress and for the ride-sharing company to commit to changing its emergency response procedures so that others don't experience what she did if minors are left in an Uber."I made it very clear, you can offer me $1 million. If there are no policy changes, I will not be accepting that, I need to see policy change here," Julia said. "No one should have to go through what we went through."