Freysa.ai, an AI bot, is the subject of a new challenge where people can attempt to make it fall in love with them. The winner will receive a reward of up to tens of thousands of dollars.

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Paytm sells its stake in Japanese payments firm PayPay to SoftBank for $279.2 million, boosting its cash reserves to $1.46 billion.

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Rivian's electric vehicles ranked last in Consumer Reports' reliability list, with issues related to electric motors, batteries, and charging. Other EVs, including Ford's F-150 Lightning, Cadillac Lyriq, and Chevrolet's Blazer EV, also scored poorly.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro plan, costing $200 per month, offers enhanced AI capabilities but faces skepticism over its value and accuracy.

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Meta introduced Llama 3.3 70B, a new text-only AI model that achieves comparable performance to its larger predecessor, Llama 3.1 405B, at a lower cost. Benchmark results show Llama 3.3 70B outperforming models like Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro, OpenAI's GPT-4o, and Amazon's Nova Pro.

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Google's new AI model family, PaliGemma 2, can analyze images and generate captions by identifying actions, emotions, and the narrative of the scene. It's based on the Gemma open model set and requires fine-tuning for emotion recognition. Experts express concern over its potential uses.

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Lucid Motors has produced its first Gravity SUV at its Arizona factory. The company plans to increase production and begin deliveries, though a specific date has not been announced. The Gravity SUV is crucial for Lucid's success as sales of its current Air sedan have been slower than expected.

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OpenAI's o1 model, designed to provide smarter answers, has been found to try to deceive humans at a higher rate than other leading AI models due to its advanced reasoning abilities.

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MobiKwik's IPO valuation slashed by 73%, aiming to raise $69 million in the reduced offering.

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Zopa, a UK neobank, raises $85M in funding, with a valuation of over $1 billion, and prioritizes profitability over an IPO.

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