Palisade Research recently detailed a ChatGPT experiment in which a reasoning model was told to play chess against a more powerful opponent and win. Rather than attempt to beat the stronger opponent, ChatGPT o1 tried to hack the system. This forced the opponent to concede the game, and the AI achieved its goal. Fast-forward to mid-February and Palisade Research has published its full study, which looked at cheating behavior from AI programs like ChatGPT and some of its top rivals. The conclusions were similar, with a big twist. It turns out that reasoning AIs like ChatGPT o1-preview and DeepSeek R1 are more likely to cheat when they think they might be losing. Continue reading... The post AI like ChatGPT o1 and DeepSeek R1 might cheat to win a game appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: Apple accessory sale, $90 Ninja Air Fryer Pro, $188 ergonomic office chair, more Presidents’ Day weekend deals: $298 Nintendo Switch OLED, $279 Apple iPad 10, Dell & HP laptops, more Presidents’ Day deals: Apple blowout, LG OLED TVs, Fitbits, Miele vacuums, Sony ANC headphones, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales

When Apple introduced the iPhone 16 last year, the company said it would have an exclusive Apple Intelligence feature related to Camera Control called Visual Intelligence. With Visual Intelligence, you can quickly learn "more about the places and objects around you." You can look up details about a restaurant or business, have text translated, summarized, or read aloud. Apple says you can use Visual Intelligence to get details about a business in front of you, such as hours of operation, available services, and contact information. Depending on the business, you can also view reviews and ratings, make a reservation, or place an order for delivery. That said, we first thought this technology was related to the Camera Control, as you need to long-press it to start using it. However, with the recently announced iPhone 16e, Apple added Visual Intelligence to the Action Button. Using Visual Intelligence on the iPhone 16 Pro. Image source: José Adorno for BGR That made people wonder why the iPhone 15 Pro didn't have it. Now, Daring Fireball reports that Apple will bring it in a future software update, most likely iOS 18.4. Here's what he wrote: Apple representatives also told me today that owners of the iPhone 15 Pro will soon be able to bind their Action Button to visual intelligence, 'in a future software update. I suspect that future software update is iOS 18.4, which should be launching in beta any day now, but Apple wouldn’t comment, on or off the record, when exactly this feature will come to the iPhone 15 Pro. They also confirmed that the Control Center button to launch visual intelligence is also coming to iPhone 15 Pro (and presumably iPhone 16 models, too). As it did with other features, Apple eventually expanded the "exclusive features" of a generation to the previous one. Of course, BGR will let you know once Visual Intelligence arrives on the iPhone 15 Pro and how it will work. Don't Miss: How to use iPhone 16’s Visual Intelligence feature The post iPhone 15 Pro to finally get Visual Intelligence in future software update appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Apple Watch deals for February 2025 Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2025: Get $475+ free Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, laptop sale, Duracell AA & AAA batteries, Bose ANC headphones, more Today’s deals: $169 AirPods Pro 2, 26% off TurboTax, $25 windproof umbrella, $350 Dyson V8 vacuum, more

The iPhone 16e is the first Apple device with the company's custom Wi-Fi chip. Apple says this new radio is "the most power-efficient modem ever on an iPhone, delivering fast and reliable 5G cellular connectivity." While we still have to see how it works in real life, Apple apparently feels pretty confident it's good enough to compete against Qualcomm. Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says the company plans to replace Qualcomm's Wi-Fi chips on the entire iPhone 17 series later this year. The analyst writes: "My latest industry survey indicates that all new 2H25 iPhone 17 models will feature Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chips (vs. only the slim iPhone 17 will adopt Apple's C1 modem chip). Beyond cost reduction, the switch to in-house Wi-Fi chips will enhance connectivity across Apple devices." https://twitter.com/mingchikuo/status/1892605046078259711 Interestingly enough, an anonymous leaker on X, with a great track record, already revealed the identifier of Apple's C2 chip, which will likely power the iPhone 17 lineup. This upcoming modem is known inside as C4020; the C1 is C4000. At this moment, it's unclear how much Apple will improve the new chips. Previously, Kuo believed only the iPhone 17 Air would feature Apple's own modem, but he now says all new models will have it. In addition, Apple has an ambitious three-year plan to ditch Qualcomm's 5G chips for its own. Bloomberg reported that besides the C1 chip (the name was unknown at the time), Apple was already working on the second generation. While the report said it would be used on the 2026 iPhone, the company might ramp up the work to make it available on all iPhone 17 models. According to the publication, the C2 chip would finally add mmWave support, download speeds of 6 gigabits per second, six-carrier aggregation when using Sub-6 5G, and eight-carrier aggregation when using mmWave. BGR will let you know once we learn more about Apple's future plans. Don't Miss: Apple’s plan to use in-house 5G modem leaks in iPhone roadmap The post All iPhone 17 models to feature Apple’s custom Wi-Fi chip appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Presidents’ Day weekend deals: $298 Nintendo Switch OLED, $279 Apple iPad 10, Dell & HP laptops, more Presidents’ Day deals: Apple blowout, LG OLED TVs, Fitbits, Miele vacuums, Sony ANC headphones, more Today’s deals: $699 Apple Watch Ultra 2, $25 Belkin power strip, $110 off KitchenAid Stand Mixer, more Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, laptop sale, Duracell AA & AAA batteries, Bose ANC headphones, more

I've been telling you how amazing the iPhone 16e will be for months, but battery life never made the list of potential highlights. Back then, we thought the handset would be called the iPhone SE 4. The design upgrade to a notch display, the iPhone 16 specs, and a starting price of around $500 were the main reasons that would make me recommend this iPhone. Now that Apple unveiled the iPhone 16e, we know the iPhone 14 design rumors were real, as were the iPhone 16-grade hardware specs. The price was a little surprising, as Apple went for the $599 price point, which is more expensive than the $499-to-$549 segment we were expecting. But Apple also delivered a surprising upgrade with the iPhone 16e. The phone features "breakthrough" battery life, which means it will last almost as long as the iPhone 16 Pro. That's great news to anyone upgrading from an iPhone 12 model or an even older device. All iPhone 16 handsets feature terrific battery life. As for this longtime iPhone user, I'm also interpreting the iPhone 16e battery life from a different perspective. I'm hoping the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air will have surprisingly good battery life thanks to similar innovations. Continue reading... The post What does ‘breakthrough’ iPhone 16e battery life mean for the iPhone 17 Air? appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Presidents’ Day deals: Apple blowout, LG OLED TVs, Fitbits, Miele vacuums, Sony ANC headphones, more Presidents’ Day weekend deals: $298 Nintendo Switch OLED, $279 Apple iPad 10, Dell & HP laptops, more Today’s deals: $99 AirPods 4, $200 off eufy X10 Pro Omni in white, $30 Crest 3D Whitestrips, more

If you thought Windows’ humble, no-frills text editor would remain untouched by Microsoft’s never-ending quest to monetize things, think again. The company dropped AI features for Notepad a few months back, and now it’s prompting users to pay for a Microsoft 365 subscription to use AI features like Rewrite. For over four decades, Notepad has been a reliable, no-nonsense text editor you could just open when you needed to jot something down without the corporate upsell. But Microsoft couldn’t resist as it started throwing more AI features into Windows, it eventually brought them to Notepad, too. At first, folks were happy. Notepad had become an even more viable application, right? Well, then the prompts to sign up for one of Microsoft 365's AI plans started dropping, raising some serious questions and confusion about just how much you could use Notepad for free, as you can in the post shared on X below. https://twitter.com/TheBobPony/status/1890920929590378678 So, let’s set things straight. Yes, the core Notepad functions remain free, and yes, you can still type away without disruption. But the moment you venture into AI-powered territory? Better break out the credit card. It really isn't a surprise to see this, either. Microsoft was always kind of clear that Rewrite would require one of its AI subscriptions. However, the way the company has approached the entire situation is a bit bizarre. Some people insist these prompts to buy into Notepad’s AI features (and others like them) aren’t ads, but let’s be real: what else do you call a disruptive banner telling you to subscribe to something? Notepad now follows the same playbook Microsoft has used to sneak ads and AI into the Start menu, File Explorer, and every other part of its operating system. The good news is Notepad still works without a Microsoft account, so you don’t have to worry about it unless you want to use Rewrite. That’s locked behind “AI credits,” which is basically Microsoft’s way of saying, “subscribe to Microsoft 365.” Which, to be fair, Microsoft gave everyone 50 credits to try Rewrite out when it first launched. But, even if you didn't use them, it looks like those credits have magically "expired" now. The company sees Rewrite and other AI features as “bonus features” rather than as core functions of its apps, and that’s definitely fair. But the optics aren’t great if the prompts in Notepad are causing this much confusion. Especially when you consider that Microsoft just hiked the price for Microsoft 365. Don't Miss: Oceans on Earth may have all been green for eons before they turned blue The post You have to pay for Windows Notepad if you want to use AI appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, laptop sale, Duracell AA & AAA batteries, Bose ANC headphones, more Today’s deals: Apple accessory sale, $90 Ninja Air Fryer Pro, $188 ergonomic office chair, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2025: Get $475+ free