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Apple is aggressively working on the launch of the long-rumoured mixed reality headset this year. Speaking to the London-based Financial Times, sources from within Apple told the publication that both Cook and Williams wanted to release the headset this year despite warnings from the engineering team that it wasn't ready for launch.

An India-based social media app Koo is aming to rival Twitter, has integrated OpenAI's ChatGPT to help users more easily create posts. Koo users will be able to use ChatGPT directly within the app to help them draft posts about current events, politics or pop culture, Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawatka said in an interview.

Dummy units for the iPhone 15, based on leaked CAD files for the smartphone, have shown up in a video that tests compatibility with some of iPhone 14 cases. The dummy units confirm that the iPhone 15, expected to be released later this year, will have smaller bezels, curved edges and sizeable camera bumps for a 48-megapixel camera sensor.

Apple is testing Generative AI concepts that it could integrate into Siri, its virtual voice assistant. The information comes from a report in the New York Times, that says Apple engineers have been working closely with members of the Siri team to test generative AI concepts, that are similar in functionality to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which powers Microsoft's Bing AI chatbot.

Samsung responds to the accusations that its "Space Zoom" technology is fake, and is adding details to the photos, that weren't originally present. A Reddit user who goes by the name 'ibreakphotos' recently conducted an experiment on Samsung's AI technology used for its extreme zoom feature called, "Space Zoom".

Microsoft announces AI-integrations for all of its Office 365 apps and services. The new AI assistant called Copilot will be available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and Business Chat. The AI assistant is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 technology, the same framework that powers ChatGPT, Bing AI and more. The assistant will be present in the sidebar on Office apps, allowing for quick access. Copilot can be used to create drafts, presentations, even formulas and tables in Excel.

The Vivobook 15 OLED is an excellent everyday laptop for daily productivity tasks on MS Office or e-learning. And to top it all off, it has one hell of a screen, earning it an easy recommendation in our books, i.e., if you don’t mind lackluster battery life and a slightly chunky build.