The Best Selling iPhone of 2023 Revealed

The iPhone has managed to become the single most popular smartphone brand in the world, and its latest model always ends up topping the charts in terms of sales. In spite of the fact that this is the case, the type of iPhone that gets the most sales is not always obvious. CIRP just conducted a study that revealed some key insights into which version of the iPhone received the highest number of sales in the first quarter of 2023, and the results might surprise you.

It turns out that the latest versions of the iPhone, namely the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, ended up comprising 22% and 24% of total iPhone sales with all things having been considered and taken into account. The high price point may have made the sales lower than might have been the case otherwise, but the smartphones still managed to succeed against all odds.

With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that the iPhone 14 Pro saw a 15% increase from the fourth quarter of 2022, thereby making it more popular than the more affordable standard iPhone 14. However, it should be mentioned that the iPhone 14 Pro Max actually saw a 4 point dip, decreasing from 28% in Q4 2022 to 24% in Q1 2023.

Interestingly, the iPhone 13 saw more sales than anyone could have expected. It comprised 11% of total sales, far more than the 1% that its budget counterpart the iPhone 13 Mini was able to manage. It even surpassed the iPhone 14 Plus which only received 10%.

Consumers clearly have a preference for flagship models because of the fact that this is the sort of thing that could potentially end up giving them cutting edge tech. This seems to suggest that buyers don’t really care about how expensive iPhones are. They will always go for whatever is most advanced, or they will settle for the next best option. All in all, the latest iPhones ended up representing a whopping 75% of the total number of Apple smartphones sold last quarter.

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ChatGPT Just Failed This Accounting Exam

The internet is littered with examples of ChatGPT passing certain difficult exams with flying colors. For example, many users cited ChatGPT managing to clear the US bar exam that gives lawyers the right to practice in the state of their residence. This has led many to assume that ChatGPT could actually replace lawyers in the real world, but in spite of the fact that this is the case the AI chatbot has ended up struggling with other types of exams, mainly those that involve high level math.

With all of that having been said and now out of the way, it is important to note that ChatGPT recently failed the CPA exam, also known as the Chartered Public Accountant exam. This is the exam that must be cleared in order to get registered as a Chartered Accountant in the US, and ChatGPT’s failure to answer all of the questions seems to suggest that it is not as advanced as people think it is.

Indeed, the chatbot’s performance was so bad that it tried to invent facts out of thin air to try to pass. This obviously wasn’t going to lead to any positive results, and it indicates that ChatGPT does not have what it takes to tackle exams that don’t involve linguistic analysis with all things having been considered and taken into account.

One thing that had a strong impact on how well ChatGPT performed was the type of question it got asked. The chatbot did far better with simple yes or no answer questions, getting 68.7% of them right. It also did well with multiple choice questions, obtaining a success rate of about 59.5%.

However, when it came to questions that required short form answers, ChatGPT was found lacking. It should be mentioned that this chatbot is still in a relatively early stage of its development. Students are still managing to outperform the chatbot in a wide array of areas, which is why it is unlikely that ChatGPT will serve any professional roles in the near future. Upcoming upgrades and advancements to the tech might allow it to get to the next level.

H/T: BYU / Study.

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Twitter Is Making An Array Of Interesting Changes To Its App Including An Expansion Of Community Notes and Encrypted DMs

With Elon Musk in charge of the Twitter app, we’re not too surprised that the platform is working on a series of changes.

The company recently announced the decision to expand its Community Notes endeavor. This means allowing users to glance notes across Tweets that are found inside articles and also seen across websites located outside of the platform.

This particular update is designed to provide some more context and accurate details for readers whenever they come across Tweets.

Moreover, such a Community Notes offering is also designed for users to come together and include some helpful content to the Tweets that some might deem to be a little misleading.

Contributors that are quite regular on the app end up writing and rating such notes across Tweets with an effective system that relies upon the participation of users across a diverse range.

Seeing the notes feature work outside of Twitter is unique and exciting news and that means both your articles and webpages would now feature them, the app mentioned in its recent blog post.

This way, people would be attaining more context whenever they read tweets. And remember, the news arises as many Twitter fans demanded this through suggestions for the platform. Hence, seeing the company pay heed to it is really some great news as Musk had commented on one user’s post as a ‘good idea’.

But remember, to make sure such notes are helpful for a wide range of audience members, it won’t be operating on a major set of rules. They would entail an agreement among contributors that may have disagreed in the past with ratings, putting an end to opinions from one side taking charge.

The app hopes that such ordeals would make users stay more informed as they wish to provide more users with the chance to express their voice and make better decisions that are fair and based on accurate judgments.

Twitter has always been committed to transparency and that’s all of the Notes are set out daily with the ranking algorithm being open for anyone and everyone that wishes to inspect it further. This way, it allows users to understand how a feature works and how it shapes up activities throughout the development process.

In other news, the app has set out a reminder to its platform users about how it would be taking a 10% cut from content subscriptions after a year’s time.

The update was shared by Elon Musk on Friday who explained how the app is on a mission to diversify its sources of revenue. And by monetizing content, he hopes Twitter can do just that. Therefore, a cut of 10% would be slashed from the user’s profits.

He similarly shed light on the company’s plans of providing those with subscriptions the chance to add more text to tweets and also set out longer duration video content on the platform too.

Similarly, in another tweet, Musk announced that, starting from next month, Twitter "will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click." Adding further, "This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article."

Elon Musk has been on a mission to really bring up the company’s revenue after a huge drop in advertising revenue since last year October, which is when the world’s second richest person purchased the app for a striking $44 billion.

He similarly added how the firm’s cut from iOS and Android platforms would drop from 30% in the first year to 15% in the second.

Musk, also tweeted about a major software upgrade this week, which includes, "Encrypted DMs & other DM upgrades" for Twitter users.

Lastly, we’re seeing more news on how the company is trying to make way for new measures that prevent underage users from recording on Twitter Spaces.

The news was first set out by mobile developer and social media enthusiast Alessandro Paluzzi on his Twitter account but we’ll keep you updated more on this front as it becomes public by Twitter itself.

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Reddit Experiments With A New Discord-Like Chat Channel With Select Subreddits

Reddit is carrying out tests for a new Discord-like chat channel with a range of select subreddits.

The company announced the decision on Thursday and revealed how it was on the mission to gain more avenues for members of the community so they could engage with one another, apart from the same old asynchronous system for generating comments.

The company wants to start this new test with nearly 25 volunteer subreddits but it did unveil which ones it hoped to use. It similarly specified those communities who were participating would entail a little less than 100,000 members.

Reddit also unveiled how the channels would be functioning persistently on the navigation bar set out for the community so members would be able to pay a visit more frequently.

The firm also unveiled how it was learning more through various chat products launched in the past such as its community chat rooms endeavor. This was discontinued in the year 2020.

To be more specific, it hoped to provide more control to its moderators on this front. Moreover, there are plenty of plans in place to have dedicated channels that moderators can utilize to better manage users’ subreddits.

People would be able to better decide if they wished to have such features enabled for the community or not.

In addition to that, Reddit wants to be able to provide moderators with an array of tools such as the ability to select which people would be allowed to participate in chats, moderate reported texts, and take part in chat queues too.

In this particular subreddit, the company also mentioned how it has plans to add more features for various channels such as threatening, user mentions, and pinned messages. This alongside push notifications and message edits for senders would be a great thing for the future, it feels.

They will similarly be accepting applications for the moderator position for subreddits that they wish to experiment with in the community.

Most users were pushing back on posts that make announcements of such channels, but now, moderators feel this would launch a great experiment that provides ways for the community to talk with one another.

Reddit mentioned how it adores its tress of posts and the various communities that work on the app and are text-based. They have what people need and give more options to different community members so they can interact in various ways.

For those who may not be aware, communities on Reddit work through external real-time chat servers such as Telegram or Discord where they conduct chats between various members. Therefore, adding such channels would incentivize the community to stay on such platforms.

This platform has really put out a number of ways for liver chats to take place such as the previously famous Clubhouse copy that was called Reddit Talk. Similarly, we had Live Chat posts seen in a community.

And remember, Reddit venturing into this field is not something shocking as it’s not the first firm putting out ways to host chats as WhatsApp did the same with its group chat offering.

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ChatGPT Resumes Its Operations In Italy After Implementing Changes Requested By Regulators

The makers of ChatGPT are excited to announce that they’re back to work as usual in Italy after a temporary ban.

OpenAI was warned by Italian regulators that it needed to make changes that satisfied their rules and regulations. And today, it appears that is the case as they’re back to work as usual, confirmed by a recent report by The Associated Press.

The regulators did exclaim how excited they were about the matter and how keen they were to welcome them back after the necessary changes came into play.

OpenAI mentioned how it was busy trying to address the concerns raised by the Data Protection Authority in the country. These arose during the latter part of last month.

Meanwhile, the GPDP mentioned in bold terms how unlawful it was to see them collecting users’ data. Other concerns were linked to a complete failure of stopping underage users from gaining access to material that was not age appropriate. And in the end, OpenAI had zero choices but to block out ChatGPT in Italy.

The firm was given a timeframe of 20 days to address those issues and today, it appears like they have done more than enough as they’ve been granted the green light to operate again.

But what were the changes brought forward is a question on so many people’s minds. Well, for starters, users in the EU region would be granted a form that they can submit to have any personal data removed under this GDPR act.

In the same way, a new tool would verify users’ ages after being signed up in Italy. In the same way, it also set out a new help center that was designed to outline how both OpenAI and ChatGPT collect personal details such as data about how to contact a particular officer from the GDPR.

The GPDP is yet to respond to requests on the matter regarding any concerns some people may have. But they did unveil a statement that was set out by AP and it mentioned how it was going to welcome such measures that were getting implemented by OpenAI.

It further urged OpeanAI to get on track with age verification amendments and a new publicity campaign that would inform Italians about the right to get out of collecting data.

None of these types of changes appear to be modified dramatically in terms of how ChatGPT functions in the Italian nation. But OpenAI did reveal how it would face a set of challenges later on.

Spain, Canada, and a few other nations have thought about opening up an investigation into the matter. But right now, none of these changes are dramatically modifying how the tool functions in the country of Italy.

OpenAI knows that it would be facing some more challenges in other places too and they’re excited to work with others to bring a solution. A lot of other concerns were linked to how the tool gathers data for training its language models and what kinds of data that model makes for its users.

European lawmakers are moving toward the advancing AI front. And that may add some more requirements for firms such as OpenAI as it could lead to major information disclosures.

OpenAI has really been at the top of the radar for many countries, including leading personalities who feel the ChatGPT might end up doing more harm than good. A lot of job sectors are paying the price of the tool revolutionizing the tech world in more than one way.

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People find artwork generated by artificial intelligence to be less creative

As per a new study, people lose interest in artworks when they are told that they were created using artificial intelligence. Those who believe that only humans can do such stuff showed the strongest effect. The report was published in Computers in Human Behaviour.

AI is the future, as it is capable of completing tasks in just a few minutes that might take hours to get done by normal humans. It has a number of applications, including the ability to recognise speech and translate texts. It can also generate texts and images. With the technology getting more advanced, the tool can now generate art pieces as well, which initially were only done by humans.

Kobe Millet, the man behind the study, added that artificial intelligence was able to generate artwork similar to that done by renowned artists. Not only was it able to create artwork, but it was also able to write poems and create new maps. As a result of such advancements, researchers wanted to see the impact it has on humans and how they view artwork created by AI.

At the time of the study, it was believed that people would prefer human work over computer-generated work. In order to collect data, four tests were conducted. In each of the tests, participants were asked to review two artworks and identify which one was human-made and which one was created using AI. They were even asked to rate which one attracted them the most.

3 out of 4 tests were based on ratings of creativity, while test number 4 asked participants which artwork was worth buying. The first test had 206 Dutch candidates. Thirty-one percent of them were female. They were asked to review music created by artificial intelligence. The second test included almost 300 participants from the United Kingdom. They were asked to share their thoughts on two artworks created by humans. The third test included 404 participants from the U.K. who were asked to review AI-generated artwork. While test number four was based on 800 participants testing the findings of the first three tests.

Moving on to the results, it was revealed that in test number 1, music content produced by humans was favored the most. Similarly, in test number 2, artwork displayed as a creation from AI had the least support and was even considered to lack creativity.

In the next test, although both were AI-generated, the results were similar to test number 2. It was mainly due to the strong effect observed in people who believe artwork can only be created by humans. Test number 4 concluded the results of the first three tests as it showed that artworks perceived as human-made had a high chance of being bought by participants as compared to AI-generated work.

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Mobile Augmented Reality Emerges as a Major Revenue Generator for Advertisers and Brands

A recent analysis highlights that mobile augmented reality is the current talk of the town. Besides being hanging for years, it is bringing in large sums of money through advertising and consumer spending.

With advertisers spending billions on these efforts, AR tech has emerged as a key source of revenue. According to the InsiderIntelligence analysis, mobile AR revenue might reach $23 billion in 2024.

The lenses of Snapchat, which enables users to add augmented reality effects to their photographs and videos, generate a sizable portion of mobile revenue from augmented reality. The platform has been effective in making money off its augmented reality features, drawing a swarm of marketers looking to provide customers with an immersive ad experience.

Even while AR advertising is currently making a sizable profit, consumer spending is still modest. However, as it gains popularity and users become more accustomed to the technology, this is anticipated to change drastically.

Additionally, the addition of Quick Response codes has made it simpler for businesses to introduce similar experiences. Companies may give their clients more engaging and interactive experiences by using these codes to start AR activities. This feature is anticipated to be used by 94 million users in the US this year.

New AR ad types are anticipated to appear as it becomes more widely used. Experts anticipate that these advertisements will become more subdued and blended into the user experience. For instance, commercials based on augmented reality might be incorporated into the environment surrounding the user, creating a more natural and immersive experience, as opposed to interrupting the user with a full-screen advertisement.

The study emphasizes how mobile augmented reality has the power to revolutionize commerce and advertising. More enterprises will hang up on this evolution for their revenues, as this develops further.

Thus, to sum up, the study indicates that mobile augmented reality is already a significant revenue generator, with interest in the technology rising among both consumers and advertisers. We'll probably see even more growth in this market as augmented reality technology advances, with additional revenue streams and chances for businesses to interact with consumers.

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