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The ability to influence others is a critical skill at any career stage. Managers and business leaders use influence to inspire employees to pursue shared goals. Entrepreneurs leverage it to attract investors and early hires. Individual contributors exercise it to boost team performance and earn promotions. Across the career ladder, interpersonal influence is one of the most powerful assets you can develop. As Harvard Business School Professor Jill Avery, who teaches the online course Personal Branding, says, “Influence is a commodity, and those who wield it have power.” Free E-Book: Your Guide to Online Learning SuccessAccess your free e-book today.…

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“A year ago, when they were talking about Apple Intelligence, it struck me how they were doing an ‘all of the above,’ right? They had their own thing but they could fall back onto ChatGPT,” says Ben Lee, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of electrical and systems engineering, who has previously consulted for Meta and Google on sustainability.“That suggests that they’re not quite sure that the smaller models give them what they want on device,” he says. “I think they’re trying to develop the capability first and foremost and then trying to figure out efficiency…

OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and precocious chatbot. But for some users, last Thursday’s release felt more like a wrenching downgrade, with the new ChatGPT presenting a diluted personality and making surprisingly dumb mistakes.On Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X to say the company would keep the previous model, GPT-4o, running for Plus users. A new feature designed to seamlessly switch between models depending on the complexity of the query had broken on Thursday, Altman said, “and the result was GPT-5 seemed way dumber.” He promised to implement fixes…

“I can give it tasks and just walk away.”“It captures details I would have otherwise forgotten.”“There’s so much low-hanging fruit.”“The important thing is to maintain a reserve of skepticism.” A burst of experimentation followed ChatGPT’s release to the public in late 2022. Now many people are integrating the newest models and custom systems into what they do all day: their work.Chefs are using A.I. to invent recipes; doctors are using it to read M.R.I. and CT scans; scientists are unlocking discoveries. It’s helping workers with their day-to-day tasks: writing code, summarizing emails, creating ideas, generating curricula — even as it…

It’s all part of the ongoing tussle between the cheat developers and games companies, which spend money on developing anti-cheat software and trying to limit nefarious behavior in their games—sometimes including lawsuits around perceived copyright issues. “It’s a legal gray area. It’s not illegal to sell cheats” in most countries, Chothia says, noting that China and South Korea are among the few countries that have made it a crime to use cheat software.Andrew Hogan, a cofounder of games threat intelligence company Intorqa, which provides data to gaming companies about the cheat ecosystem, says developers are always evolving their cheats, becoming…

If you’ve seen signs advertising hearing aid shops while driving around town, you might be lulled into thinking these specialized storefronts are the only way to buy them. Not so. In 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration paved the way for hearing aids to be sold over the counter, which means consumers now have a wide variety of outlets from which they can purchase these devices.If you do choose to visit a retail audiology center—whether it’s a small storefront in a strip mall or a more official medical office—you’ll begin the process with a medical examination wherein the audiology…

Other Cooling OptionsThere are a ton of mattresses and related on the market that claim to have cooling benefits. Here are a few others we tested and liked, but not as much as the options above.BedJet 3 for $387: WIRED reviewer Christopher Null liked this climate-control device a lot because it allowed him to sleep cool without having to buy a whole new mattress. This device uses a large blower under your bed to blast hot or cool air beneath your covers. If you like your existing mattress but find yourself sleeping hot, this could be just the ticket.Courtesy of…

Quantum computing is either a distant dream or an imminent reality depending on whom you ask. And while much of this year’s Quantum Village at the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas is focused on emerging research and threat analysis, Village cofounders Victoria Kumaran and Mark Carney are also working to make a currently available quantum technology more accessible to hackers and anyone else.In a main-stage Defcon talk on Saturday, the pair will present an open source and affordable quantum sensor that can serve a variety of uses, from medical technologies to GPS alternatives. And it’s all powered by a…

Watch enthusiasts will no doubt get the joke Seiko and Pepsi are making together here: the Rolex GMT Master II, originally made in Pan Am colors, is called the “Pepsi” in the watch community for its similarity to the soda brand’s logo. It has been an iconic collector’s watch for decades. By partnering with Pepsi officially, and going with a dark color, Seiko has created the Dark Pepsi GMT, and Pepsi finally has an official say in the matter. Both pieces are limited to 7,000 units and will be released in September. The SRPL99 will retail for $395 on a…