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Paper co-authored by Yau claims positive curvature for all seven-dimensional exotic spheres
A paper co-authored by Yau claims that all 28 smooth versions of the seven-dimensional sphere admit metrics with strictly positive sectional curvature, addressing a problem he listed in 1982. The paper includes SageMath verification code and credits GPT 6 Astra and Claude Pro with helping explore some proof strategies and calculations; the result awaits scrutiny by the mathematics community.
Models
GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast is available in the OpenAI API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users
GPT-6 Astra Ultrafast is now available in the OpenAI API and to eligible ChatGPT Work and Codex users. NVIDIA says it can generate tokens up to 8 times faster than Astra Standard mode; faster generation can shorten the wait during coding agents’ edit, test and debug cycles.
Products
OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT virtual try-on and product saving worldwide
Users can upload a selfie, full-body photo or product image to see a simulated try-on of clothing and accessories; a “Try on” button will appear in shopping results. They can save products alongside try-on images in the app, and ask ChatGPT to find purchasable items from a celebrity outfit photo.
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Shopify introduces Canvas for building online stores through AI chat
Merchants can chat with Shopify’s AI assistant Sidekick to create and edit a store, see changes in real time in Canvas, or click page elements to adjust them directly. Shopify says the preview renders the store’s actual code, letting merchants test interactivity and animations and view pages at different screen sizes.
Airbnb says AI resolves roughly half of support tickets, while safety issues remain with humans
Airbnb CTO Ahmad Al-Dahle says AI now resolves roughly half of the company’s support tickets without human assistance, while safety issues are among the cases deliberately left to people. He says Airbnb tests the system with synthetic data before putting it into production.
Meta says Muse will come to smart glasses for voice-directed tasks
Meta says its AI agent Muse will come to smart glasses soon. Users will be able to ask it by voice to book services, check flight prices or buy products they see. Meta says Muse data will not be used for ads, but will be used to train future AI models unless users opt out.
Industry
Tokyo court finds unauthorized AI imitation of voice actor's voice infringes image rights
According to AFP, a Tokyo court ruled in voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda's case against TikTok that imitating his voice without permission infringed his rights, marking the first recognition in Japanese judicial practice that a person's voice is legally protected. The court partly accepted his claims but did not order TikTok to remove the videos because the account had been closed.
Briefs
- Suno launches Speech voice generation in public betaThe Verge AI 报道↗
- Amazon Quick Apps adds live queries of governed datasets with per-user access controlsAWS 机器学习博客↗
- Graphite study finds AI writing habits vary by model versionTechCrunch AI 报道↗
- arXiv limits each submitter to two papers per month量子位 AI 报道↗
- US judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits over Google AI searchArs Technica AI 报道↗
- Nvidia raises Shield TV Pro price to $299Ars Technica AI 报道↗
- US judge dismisses two antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI OverviewsThe Verge AI 报道↗
- San Antonio district has more than a dozen data centers, with more expectedThe Verge AI 报道↗