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OpenAI will let you turn off your chat history in ChatGPT
OpenAI now gives you the option to switch off your chat history when using its ChatGPT chatbot. As explained in a blog post, OpenAI says it won’t save your previous conversations when you turn this setting off, nor will it use those conversations to help train its AI models.
The company will still store new ChatGPT conversations for up to 30 days to “monitor for abuse” before it permanently deletes them, however. It also notes that the settings won’t apply to any existing conversations you had with chat history turned on, which means OpenAI may still use them for model training.
You can adjust your…
Warning of ‘new Cold War’ with China as Xi secretly prepares ‘biggest military build-up in HISTORY’
FOREIGN Secretary James Cleverly will reportedly warn of a new Cold War with China as he urges Beijing to come clean about its “biggest military build-up in peacetime”.
In a set-piece address to be delivered at Mansion House in London today, he will urge Beijing to be open about its intent behind its military expansion, the Telegraph reported.
China is said to be building up its military forces and is expected to have 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035[/caption]
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, seen here in March, will air his concerns in a Mansion House speech today[/caption]
However, Mr Cleverly will also argue Britain must continue to engage with China and it would be a betrayal of British interests to isolate the nation.
He will say: “At this moment, China is carrying out the biggest military build-up in peacetime history.
“I urge China to be equally open about the doctrine and intent behind its military expansion, because transparency is surely in everyone’s interests and secrecy can only increase the risk of tragic miscalculation.”
He will add: “It would be clear and easy – perhaps even satisfying – for me to declare a new Cold War and say that our goal is to isolate China.”
“Clear, easy, satisfying – and wrong. Because it would be a betrayal of our national interest and a wilful misunderstanding of the modern world.”
China is expanding its nuclear missile silos and the Pentagon believes at current pace it will probably have a stockpile of 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035.
The speech comes amid growing tensions with Beijing over fears it will launch a bid to take over Taiwan, just as Russia has tried to do in Ukraine.
Earlier this month, experts raised fears China had been cutting Taiwan’s internet cables as part of a “dry run” in attempts to terrorise the country ahead of a possible invasion.
Beijing has been accused of deploying its “dark fleet” of spy ships disguised as cargo vessels or fishing boats to carry out the attacks.
The self-governing island is regarded by China as being part of its territory and has vowed to re-unite it with the mainland by force if necessary.
Recent months have seen an upsurge in Chinese military activity around Taiwan with warplanes and ships simulating sealing it off.
But beneath the radar and away from its bellicose threats and sabre rattling, China has been preparing the ground for the isolation and ultimate capture of Taiwan.
Residents of the Taiwanese islands of Matsu, which are just 10 miles from the mainland, recently found that the internet cables connecting to Taiwan proper had been cut – again.
A Chinese fishing boat and a cargo ship seen lurking in the area were fingered as suspects for what would have been the 27th such incident.
Rick Fisher, an expert on China’s military from the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the cutting internet cables is a key part of any invasion strategy.
“In order to achieve an effective blockade of Taiwan and to maximize psychological pressure to force an early surrender, the severing of undersea communication cables would be a very high priority for the early stages of a Chinese invasion.
“Any pre-war cutting of undersea communication cables to Taiwan’s offshore islands would constitute practice for the People’s Liberation Army.
“There is considerable military value for China in cutting undersea communication cables from Taiwan’s offshore islands near the coast of China, as they host valuable Taiwanese intelligence gathering sensors.”
An investigation in 2021 found evidence that China’s state-owned fishing fleet maybe a front for intelligence operations.
The Chinese military’s DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles[/caption]
Chinese soldiers assembling during military training in the Xinjiang region[/caption]
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Can Consumers Break Free of the Tech Industry’s Hold on Their Messaging History?
If different people send you messages in Apple’s Messages (a.k.a., iMessage), WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Slack, you don’t have to check multiple apps to read and reply. Maybe the best promise of Beeper is that you can ditch your iPhone or Samsung phone for another company’s device and keep your text messages…
Eric Migicovsky, Beeper’s co-founder, told me that if you’re pulling Apple Messages into Beeper, you need a Mac computer to upload a digital file. All chat apps have different limits on how much history you can access in the app.
There’s also a wait list of about 170,000 people for Beeper. (Add yourself to the list here.) The app is free, but Beeper says it will start charging for a version with extra features.
To put this all in context, the Post’s reporter remembers the hassle of using a cable to transfer a long history of iPhone messages to a new Google Pixel phone, complaining that Apple makes it more difficult than other companies to switch to a different kind of system. “Many of you are happy to live in Apple’s world. Great! But if you want the option to leave at some point, try to limit your use of Apple apps when possible…”
They look ahead to next year, when the EU “will require large tech companies to make their products compatible with those of competitors” — though it’s not clear how much change that will bring. In the meantime, the existence of a small company like Beeper “gives me hope that we don’t have to rely on the kindness of technology giants to make it easier to move to a different phone or computer system… You deserve the option of a no-hassle tech divorce at a moment’s notice.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Morgan Freeman: ‘African American’ & ‘Black History Month’ Are Insults
Legendary actor Morgan Freeman has been nabbing headlines for his candor on the topic of race.
The 85-year-old, who rarely does interviews, was more than open when chatting with ‘The Sunday Times’ about concepts he doesn’t like – a chat that led him to discuss his disdain for the terms ‘African American’ and ‘Black History Month.’
Look inside to see what he said…
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Apple ‘excited to build on our long-standing history’, says Tim Cook ahead of first retail stores opening
Apple now supports more than 1 million developer jobs in India, and App Store payouts to them in India have more than tripled since 2018, the company said as it gears up major expansion in the South Asian market. The iPhone-maker this week will open its first two retail stores in India. Apple chief executive […]
Apple ‘excited to build on our long-standing history’, says Tim Cook ahead of first retail stores opening by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch