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CHATGPT AND GPT-4 COULD GET A SWEET UPGRADE THIS FALL

OpenAI is reportedly planning to launch a new AI as part of a chatbot this fall. Codenamed Strawberry, the AI has advanced mathematical reasoning, programming, and other skills that allow it to answer questions on more subjective topics, like marketing strategies. It can be used to generate high-quality synthetic training data for training large language models. The model could help OpenAI obtain the data it needs to train the GPT-4's successor.

COMMON CAUSES OF MEMORY LEAKS IN JAVASCRIPT

Memory usage is tracked in Node.js (V8) with metrics like RSS, Heap Total, Heap Used, External, and Array Buffers. There are various causes of memory leaks, such as improperly managed variables, persistent global objects, unremoved event listeners, closures capturing variables, and circular references. Developers can profile memory usage by using the `--prof` flag and analyzing the resulting profile file to identify areas of potential memory leak.

HOW A COLORFUL INVESTOR PROFITED FROM A CRYPTO GIANT'S DEALMAKING

Tether is investing its massive profits into AI and neural implant companies with assistance from controversial tech investor Christian Angermayer. It has already spent $1.5 billion on majority stakes in Northern Data, a German data center operator, and brain-computer interface maker Blackrock Neurotech. These deals mark an expansion of Tether's business from stablecoins, where it earns $4 billion annually, into new technologies, though Angermayer has a questionable track record on past deals.

ELON MUSK: CELLULAR STARLINK WILL OFFER FREE EMERGENCY SERVICE TO ALL PHONES

SpaceX's Starlink system for mobile phones will be free for users connecting to emergency services. The company is currently waiting for approval from the Federal Communications Commission to let it commercially operate its 'direct to cell' Starlink technology. Providing free emergency services access would benefit public safety communications and first responders. There aren't many details about how Starlink's system will work, but it will likely be similar to Apple's Emergency SOS feature for iPhones, which is free for the iPhone 14 and up.

SPACEX POLARIS LAUNCH POSTPONED AFTER HELIUM LEAK IS DETECTED

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission has been delayed until later this week at the earliest due to a helium leak. The mission will send four private citizens (billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Meno) to space on a mission that will include the first spacewalk carried out by a civilian crew. It was scheduled to lift off early Tuesday. Polaris Dawn is the first of three planned space flights funded and organized by Isaacman and SpaceX.

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