OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 with native computer use mode, financial plugins for Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets

The big headlines on this release are efficiency, with OpenAI reporting that GPT-5.4 uses far fewer tokens (47% fewer on some tasks) than its predecessors).
The New York Times

Microplastics Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Avoid Eating Them.

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Ars Technica

MS exec: Microsoft’s next console will play “Xbox and PC games”

Last summer, we here at Ars made the argument that the company’s next Xbox console should give up the walled garden approach and just run Windows already. Now, newly named Microsoft Executive Vice ...
The Guardian

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban

Trump calls Anthropic a ‘Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about’ US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email The US ...
CNET

Free Up Your Google Drive Space at No Cost With These Hacks

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...