ChatGPT Open and Other Latest Tech News

ChatGPT now supports login-free use
OpenAI announced on April 2 that ChatGPT will now be available to users without the need to register or log in to an OpenAI account, although it will only be available with GPT-3.5 when not logged in. OpenAI said that the core of its policy is to make ChatGPT more widely available, and that it will also provide a data sharing option for unregistered users, so that by default data such as conversations will be used for model training, but users can disable data sharing in the settings. By default, data such as user conversations will be used for model training, but users can disable data sharing in the settings. It should be noted that not all regions can use ChatGPT without logging in, the relevant regional support is still expanding, and most regions still need to register an account to use it for the time being.

Chrome to introduce new standards for cookie hijacking
9to5Google reports that the Google Chrome team has recently proposed a DBSC standard for browser cookie hijacking, called Device Bound Session Credentials, which aims to avoid the problem of maliciously stealing cookie files that store user credentials. Specifically, the DBSC standard ties the user credentials stored in the cookie file to the user’s actual device, locally storing the private key with the help of a trusted platform module or other software solution, and then verifying the device’s identity through a public-private key pairing. DBSC has already been tested with some users in the Chrome Beta channel, and Google plans to launch a larger trial by the end of 2024. conduct a larger trial.

Yahoo Acquires Artifact
Yahoo and Artifact announced the acquisition of Artifact, an information app created by Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, on Tuesday. Artifact was designed to leverage AI and social networks to deliver more personalized reading recommendations to users, and won the Google Play App Store’s App of the Year award in 2023. In January 2024, Artifact announced that it would close down and end its content operation in February, and Yahoo’s acquisition was mainly geared towards Artifact’s technology in content classification and recommendation system rather than the team, and both parties refused to share the cost of the acquisition, with Artifact’s co-founder serving as a “special advisor” to Yahoo.

iOS 18
Citing a tipster, 9To5Mac says that iOS 18’s device compatibility will remain the same as iOS 17, including the iPhone 15 series, iPhone 14 series, iPhone 13 series, iPhone 12 series, iPhone 11 series, iPhone XS series, iPhone XR, and the iPhone SE (2nd gen and 3rd gen); however, iPadOS 18 will no longer support the iPad (6th gen), iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd gen), and iPad Pro (10.5-inch). 3rd generation); however, iPadOS 18 will no longer support the iPad (6th generation), iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2nd generation), and iPad Pro (10.5-inch).