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Microsoft’s AI Hunger Games Includes Half a Million NVIDIA Chips

In a year marked by an insatiable appetite for AI, Microsoft reportedly purchased more than 500,000 NVIDIA chips—twice as many as any of its tech rivals.

Talk about power-hungry (literally). A portion of this haul is likely fueling OpenAI, with Microsoft as both a major backer and a participant in OpenAI’s massive $6.6 billion funding round in October.

Key Insights:

• Alongside NVIDIA’s GPUs, Microsoft is developing its own custom AI chips, codenamed Maia, revealed during its Ignite conference in late 2023.

• In September, Microsoft inked a deal to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant to secure its power output for 20 years to support its data centers.

So What?

Let's be real, Microsoft looked at the AI race and decided second place isn't in their vocabulary.

Between their OpenAI bromance and these massive infrastructure moves, they're basically saying "Oh, you think AI is expensive? Hold my Azure credits…"

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Show and Tell With ChatGPT

OpenAI's Shipmas keeps delivering, and this time it's something we've all been waiting for. ChatGPT can now see and discuss what you're showing it, combining Advanced Voice Mode with video capabilities.

The update is surprisingly intuitive: just flip on your camera, point it at anything interesting, and start a natural conversation about what ChatGPT sees.

Whether you're troubleshooting tech issues through screen sharing or asking about objects in your environment, ChatGPT can now engage in visual conversations.

And because it's the holiday season, OpenAI threw in a festive bonus: a Santa mode complete with a jolly voice option!

To enable video with Advanced Voice Mode:

1. Download/open ChatGPT on your iPhone or Android.

2. Tap the sound-wave icon next to the chat window.

3. Hit the video icon on the bottom left to show ChatGPT your surroundings, or tap the three-dot menu to share your screen with ChatGPT.

4. To use the new Santa voice, get to the advanced voice mode screen, click the knob buttons on the top right, and swipe until you find Santa!

GitHub Brings Free AI to Your VS Code

GitHub just dropped a bombshell in the developer tools space: Copilot is now free for everyone.

Yes, you read that right – the AI coding assistant that's been revolutionizing development workflows is now available at zero cost.

What You Get:

• 2,000 monthly code completions

• 50 chat messages per month

• Choice between Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o

• VS Code integration out of the box

• ..and more

So we figured, why not show our awesome community how to use it? Here’s how you can get flying with GitHub Copilot + VS Code for free:

1. Navigate to the GitHub Copilot website and hit “Get Started for Free.” Sign into GitHub

2. Once you sign in, you’ll be directed to the main interface page.

3. Above the chat window, there is a button to “Install Copilot in your favorite code editor,” select that option and then VS Code.

4. Go to your VS Code and make sure the GitHub Copilot is installed an enabled.

5. Tab away! You can edit its settings with the Copilot button towards the top.

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For the 10th day of “Shipmas,” OpenAI rolled out a way to call ChatGPT for up to 15 minutes for free over the phone using 1-800-CHATGPT.

Databricks has raised $10 billion in Series J funding, securing $8.6 billion so far. This latest round values the company at $62 billion and is led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, and others.

With iOS 18.2 and iPadOS 18.2 now available, iPhone and iPad users have access to a slew of new features that make use of Apple Intelligence. That includes Genmoji, a new type of AI-generated emoji that was first introduced at WWDC 2024. This article breaks down how to use it.

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