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PCWorld reports that Microsoft will end support for Office 2021 on October 13, 2026, leaving users without official security or feature updates and potentially vulnerable to threats. A third-party tool called 0patch offers unofficial micropatches that fix vulnerabilities without altering original software code, providing security coverage for up to three years.

A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety. OpenAI said today that it has found an AI-generated solution to one of the biggest problems in mathematics --a 200-year-old equation that describes the natural behavior of fluids like water and air. The announcement appears to demonstrate the stunning power for AI to advance mathematics. But it has been marred by claims from another mathematician, Tristan Buckmaster, who says that OpenAI rushed ahead to solve the problem after learning of his and another mathematician's progress on the problem, and also then tried to influence who got credit for the work. The proof concerns the Navier-Stokes equation, one of the unsolved problems in the Clay Millennium prizes, which are each worth $1 million.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. ChatGPT copied my writing style, but couldn't fool an AI detector A new ChatGPT feature can scan your writing and use it to draft memos, reports, and other documents in your own voice. I'm not a fan of letting AI do your writing for you, but there's no question that it --and a new ChatGPT tool makes it even easier for the chatbot to copy your own writing style. Hiding in plain sight within ChatGPT's Personalization settings, the "Reference my writing style" option has been generating buzz over the past several days. While it hasn't been formally announced, the feature was confirmed by OpenAI product chief Thibault Sottiaux .

Big tech goes to Hollywood: is Silicon Valley ready for a silver-screen reckoning? The first teaser trailer of Luca Guadagnino's Artificial has been released. After being dropped by Amazon MGM Studios in June, the biopic of the OpenAI tech executive Sam Altman will be released in the US on 25 December by Neon after it premieres at the New York film festival this October. In the trailer, Andrew Garfield as Altman walks down the staircase of a luxurious mansion before entering a basement containing dozens of machine guns. Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman movie dropped by Amazon after it announces OpenAI partnership "The future's inevitable," says Altman as ominous electronic music plays.

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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Govee's smart LED outdoor lights hit their lowest price of the year Govee's Permanent Outdoor Lights 2 just hit $320 (was $490), the lowest price we've seen all year, and it's ready for Halloween through Christmas. We're a week into September and Halloween is going to creep up in the blink of an eye, then Thanksgiving and Christmas right after that. Why wrestle with traditional string lights when you can put up permanent smart lights that you can customize on the fly via an app? Right now, the Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights 2 is on sale for $320 at Amazon, down from its usual $490 and the lowest price it's been all year long.