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• Early adopters are in a much better position to win – "just do it," Sam Altman says
• Today, AI is an intern, but soon it'll be an experienced worker capable of tackling complex problems
• The next step is AGI, but does that mean accelerated scientific discoveries, self-improvement, or something else?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has offered his honest insights into the evolving AI landscape, comparing previous, current and future trends to point enterprises in the right direction.

"I think, just do it," Altman said in an interview with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy at the company's Summit 2025 event, highlighting that companies waiting for the next AI breakthrough risk being left behind.

"When things are changing quickly, the companies that have the quickest adoption speed... win," he added.

AGI definition is shifting

Reflecting on how his guidance has changed over the past year, Altman noted a major shift in AI's capabilities just in this short period of time.

"We hit a real inflection point for the use of these models," he said, but "an interesting question is what we say different next year."

Looking ahead, Altman said he envisions businesses adopting AI not just to automate routine processes but to tackle bigger challenges.

In 2026, he predicts companies will, "throw a tonne of compute" at "hugely important problem[s]" and "the models will be able to go figure out things that teams of people on their own can't do."

Altman likened today's AI to "an intern that can work for a couple of hours," but foresees a near future where AI resembles an experienced or senior worker. The OpenAI founder predicts that "in some limited cases [and] in some small ways" we could see agents capable of discovering new knowledge pretty soon, and the use cases are only set to increase with further developments.

When asked about artificial general intelligence (AGI), Altman explained that humans are very good as adjusting their expectations, challenging static definitions of the term. Casting his mind back five years, he said that most people might have considered today's ChatGPT to be AGI, but our expectations today have furthered.

"The thing that matters is the rate of progress that you see year-over-year over the last five years should continue for at least the next five, probably well beyond that," he added, suggesting we're nowhere near the top.

His preferred purpose for AGI would be to significantly increase, maybe "quadruple," scientific discovery, but he also acknowledges that others see AGI as a system capable of self-improvement, potentially even consciousness.

Concluding, Altman was asked a hypothetical question – what would he do if he had 1,000x more compute?

"I would ask it to work super hard on AI research, figure out how to build much better models, and then ask that much better model what we should do with all the compute," he said.

Offering us a glimpse into the not-too-distant future from OpenAI, Altman revealed that "the models over the next year, two years, are gonna be quite breathtaking... there's a lot of progress to come."

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• The North Face has notified customers of a data breach
• Hackers ran a credential stuffing attack on its website and breached customer accounts
• They stole names, addresses, and phone numbers

The North Face has confirmed suffering a credential stuffing attack through which cybercriminals exfiltrated sensitive customer information.

The outdoor clothing and equipment company has filed a new notice with the Vermont Attorney General which also included the data breach notification letter sent out to affected customers.

In the letter, the company said it discovered “unusual activity” on its website on April 23, 2025. The subsequent investigation showed that an unidentified attacker ran a “small-scale credential stuffing attack”, using login credentials obtained elsewhere, most likely purchased from the dark web.

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“Credential stuffing attacks can occur when individuals use the same authentication credentials on multiple websites,” The North Face said. “We encourage all of our customers to use a unique password on our website.”

The crooks made away with people’s shipping addresses, preference information, email addresses, full names, dates of birth, and phone numbers.

“Payment card (credit, debit, or stored value card) information was not compromised on our website,” the company added.

“The attacker could not view your payment card number, expiration date, or your CVV (the short code on the back of your card).”

As The North Face explained, payment data was not taken because it’s not being stored on its servers. The company only retains a token linked to the payment card, while the payment processor retains the details.

“The token cannot be used to initiate a purchase anywhere other than on our website. Accordingly, your credit card information is not at risk as a result of this incident.”

The North Face also said notifying customers wasn’t necessary, given the nature of the stolen information, but still decided to do it “out of an abundance of caution.” Still, names, birth dates, postal addresses, and phone numbers are more than enough information to create custom, convincing phishing emails that can result in identity theft, payment information theft and wire fraud, identity theft, and more.

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• You can now create Sora AI videos in the Bing app on mobile
• You get 10 credits, but can earn more by searching with Bing
• Videos are portrait and five seconds long with more formats coming soon

Remember Bing, Microsoft’s attempt to take on the mighty Google in search? I’ve got to admit, I’d completely forgotten about it until Microsoft’s latest trick to make it relevant again caught me off guard: It has added Sora AI video creation to the Bing app on iOS and Android, for free!

Since you would normally need to be a ChatGPT Plus subscriber (which costs $20 a month) to get access to Sora, that’s a pretty sweet deal.

However, a look at the small print shows there are some restrictions. You get 10 ‘fast creations’ credits to start with, and each time you create a video with Bing Video Creator you gobble up a credit.

Using 'fast credits' your video will be created in just a few minutes. Once you’re out of fast credits you switch to Standard speed. Standard means that it will take Bing “approximately several hours per video” to generate anything.

Intriguingly, the 'fast credits' don't auto-renew each month, but instead you can earn more of them by searching using the Bing search engine.

Microsoft has produced a video to show you how Bing Video Creator works:

Using Bing Video Creator

To use Bing Video Creator you have to be using the Bing app on mobile, available on the App Store and Google Play Store.

Once it's running just tap the apps icon at the bottom right of the Bing screen to access all the apps it contains. Next, tap on Video Creator.

You can then type in a prompt for your video. Obviously, the more descriptive you are with your prompts the better the video will be, but to test it out I tried something very simple: “A tiger prowling through the jungle” and hit the Create button.

Just a couple of minutes later, I had my five second AI video. And it had only used up one of my 'fast creations' credits.

I could share my video using all the usual methods on my iPhone, and the video file it produced was only 7MB in size. Videos created in Bing Video Creator are five seconds long and can be created in 9:16 format with 16:9 format “coming soon”.

Here it is:

Unlike Google’s recently released Veo 3 AI video creator, you can’t lip-sync voices in Sora videos, so you can’t make videos of people saying things, although it surely can’t be long before OpenAI add this feature to Sora. There also didn’t seem to be any way of adding sound to the video at all in Bing.

We all know that Microsoft has had a long-standing alliance with OpenAI which has meant that Copilot is powered by the ChatGPT search engine. This has sometimes meant that you can access premium features that you’d normally have to pay for via a ChatGPT.

The addition of Bing Video Creator is another welcome advantage of this deal, even if it's currently only available on mobile, however, Microsoft says that a desktop version is coming soon.

Earning more credits

The most interesting part of the new tool is how you earn 'fast creation' credits. To gain more you can redeem 100 Microsoft Rewards points for a single credit. You can earn these reward points by searching using Bing on desktop or mobile, browsing using the Edge browser or gaming using the Xbox console, provided you are logged in with your Microsoft account.

For example, you can earn five points by searching just once using Bing on either mobile or PC desktop. So, the more you search with Bing, the more Sora videos you can create.

Offering Sora video credits for searching in Bing is a clever tactic from Microsoft, and who knows, it might just bring Bing back into the spotlight again?

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• Photoshop on Android (beta) drops for devices running Android 11 or later
• It's free for a limited time
• Creative Cloud subscriptions unlock Adobe Stock assets and generative edits

Following the release of Photoshop for iPhone earlier this year, the biggest photo-editing app has finally made it to Android in pro-grade form, complete with Photoshop's marquee features and generative capabilities.

Offering much of the same functionality as the iPhone app, the free beta version of Photoshop for Android has an intuitive interface designed specifically for phones, with core Photoshop tools such as layering, masking, and blending.

I'm yet to use the app, but I watched a demonstration of its capabilities presented by Adobe, and it looks super impressive, seemingly being one of if not the most fully equipped and powerful photo editors for Android phones.

You can import images from your camera roll, start from a blank canvas, utilize Adobe Stock assets, and take a photo with your phone to then edit.

As a regular Photoshop user I can't wait to try the app out on my Google Pixel phone, and here are three tools I'll start with…

Tap select can be applied to both subjects and backgrounds and can utilize Adobe's generative Firefly tools. (Image credit: Adobe)1. Tap select

Simplifying Photoshop's subject and background selection tools on a mobile phone is no easy task, but what Adobe calls 'Tap select' appears to do the trick nicely.

During a demo, an Adobe professional walked us through an edit of a classic car photo, using Tap select to make image adjustments to just the car itself, and then to other subjects.

Tap select suggests various objects in an image that you might want to selectively edit, displaying thumbnails of these, and when you've made a selection it'll suggest a huge arsenal of Photoshop tools such as color adjustments and so forth.

Subject selection can be refined with Photoshop's Brush Tool to add / subtract from the selection when it has missed the mark.

And with these edits working within Photoshop's layering capabilities, changes can be tweaked at any point in the editing process.

Tap select is the kind of tool I can see myself using on almost every edit, and its implementation for Android phones looks well thought out.

With the model's clothes selected, it's possible to make selective edits, such as changing the hue. (Image credit: Adobe)2. Generative Firefly

Adobe has focused a lot of its energy recently into developing Firefly – the generative AI tools that sit within its leading apps such as Photoshop. Naturally, Photoshop for Android phones can tap into these tools too.

For example, Generative Fill can replace subjects and backgrounds to your liking, however fanciful your ideas are. Again, during the demo, we saw these tools put into practice – removing parked cars in the background and replacing surrounding trees for palm trees, with multiple generated options to choose between.

Naturally, there are limits to Firefly's capabilities, but the Android phone version appeared to be as powerful and efficient as the full version of Photoshop with the word prompt tasks it was assigned.

It's possible to work on the same file across Photoshop on mobile and Photoshop on web apps. (Image credit: Adobe)3. Tapping into Adobe Stock assets

Despite having a Creative Cloud subscription, I don't generally make use of the 'commercially safe' Adobe Stock assets at my disposal, whether that's images or textures or other assets. However, on the mobile version I can see myself having a proper play with these.

Let's say I want to add text to an image, for which there's a huge selection of fonts to choose from. I can then mask that text layer, modifying the lettering with just about any texture or image of my choice from hundreds of thousands of stock assets.

In the demo, we saw 'Aloha' text added to the classic car photo, taken in Hawaii, and then modified with an image of a hibiscus flower within the lettering.

I came away from the demo with the feeling that the scope of the edits I can make to photos from my phone is vast, and limited only by my imagination.

I'm really looking forward to having a play with Photoshop on my Android phone to get a proper feel for it.

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• The De'Longhi Dedica Duo is a new compact manual espresso machine
• It can brew hot and cold espresso, and has an integrated steam wand
• It comes in four colors, including three pastel shades inspired by gelato

De'Longhi has launched a new compact coffee maker, the De'Longhi Dedica Duo, which takes one of my all-time favorite machines and gives it a makeover with the ability to brew hot or cold, and a choice of four pretty pastel colors.

The De'Longhi Dedica Duo is an upgraded version of the Dedica Style, which has long held a top spot in our roundup of the best espresso machines thanks to its small footprint, impressive performance, high-quality integrated steam wand, and very reasonable price tag.

The Dedica Duo keeps all of those features, and adds the option to brew cold coffee for drinks like iced lattes and espresso martinis.

Cold brew is the biggest trend in home coffee machines right now, with brands including Breville, Ninja, and Jura all launching new models that aim to recreate the mellow flavor of cold-infused coffee in seconds rather than hours.

According to De'Longhi, the Dedica Duo can recreate the flavor profile of traditional cold brew in less than five minutes.

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(Image credit: De'Longhi)Espresso with gelato?

The Dedica Duo came in silver, gray, and black colorways, but the Dedica Duo breaks from tradition with a choice of four shades, three of which, according to De'Longhi, are inspired by the pastel colors of gelato. Alongside the classic stainless steel, you can also take your pick from muted green Pistachio, creamy Vanilla, and candy-pink Rose. The colors are part of a bigger overall trend towards soft shades in the kitchen, and away from clinical designs.

KitchenAid kicked things off in February when it announced that its color of the year would be a soft yellow called Butter, and since then we've seen a real shift towards more natural shades, with Kenwood, Breville and others all joining the trend. Just last week, the tiny Nespresso Vertuo Pop machine appeared in Pistachio (to match its pistachio vanilla coffee capsules) and Pastel Yellow.

Each Dedica Duo comes with a matching colored portafilter handle, which is a nice touch. Other design tweaks include a new knurled knob for controlling steam pressure, and controls positioned on top of the machine, leaving the front looking clean and smart.

The De'Longhi Dedica Duo is available to buy now direct from De'Longhi, and from third-party retailers like Amazon and Target for $299.95. International release dates and prices are yet to be announced, but we'll let you know as soon as this cute little espresso machine is available more widely.

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• IO Interactive has announced its new James Bond game, 007 First Light
• The game will be revealed during the studio's first IOI Showcase on June 6
• The special showcase will also provide announcements and updates on the Hitman franchise and Mindseye

IO Interactive has announced its new James Bond game, 007 First Light, and it's set to be revealed at a special developer showcase this week.

To celebrate 25 years of the Hitman franchise, the first IOI Showcase will air online and in-person on June 6 at 6 PM PDT / 2 AM BST and provide new details for IOI's franchises, including Hitman, Mindseye, and 007 First Light.

The event will be livestreamed from Los Angeles on IOI’s Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok channels and feature exclusive trailers, announcements, gameplay demos, and a live Q&A with key figures from IO Interactive, Build A Rocket Boy, and more.

#EarnTheNumber in 007 First Light, a new game by @iointeractive. Mission brief is headed your way soon. Stay tuned for more information.#007FirstLight pic.twitter.com/Zk46IqHQfbJune 2, 2025

The studio has also confirmed that it will showcase its proprietary game engine, Glacier, alongside announcements regarding upcoming content for Hitman World of Assassination and collaborations within the Hitman franchise.

There will also be new information on the upcoming narrative-driven action-adventure thriller Mindseye, which launches on June 10 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC, as well as a first look at the developer's highly anticipated James Bond game, with presumably a cinematic trailer.

"This event celebrates our 25-years history with the HITMAN franchise and shares an in-depth look at the diverse future of our studio," said IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak in a press release. "We’ve prepared some truly exciting surprises."

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• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet had new footage revealed in the Nintendo Today app
• The new footage showcases the game running at 60fps on Nintendo Switch 2
• The image quality is also noticeably much cleaner

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is set to get a free Nintendo Switch 2 update at the console's launch, as previously revealed on Nintendo's official website.

Now, though, Nintendo has finally revealed footage of the game running on Switch 2, via the Nintendo Today mobile app for iOS and Android devices. And it looks absolutely glorious.

While it's only 30 seconds of footage, we get a good mix of battling and traversal out in the game's open world. Not only is it running at a buttery smooth 60fps, but image quality has taken a noticeable step-up. The game simply looks much sharper and cleaner on Switch 2.

If you're unable to download the Nintendo Today app, popular Pokémon fan page Serebii has uploaded the footage to X / Twitter. Though do keep in mind that the website's ungodly compression doesn't do it any favors here.

Serebii Update: A trailer for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet for Nintendo Switch 2 has been released on the Nintendo Today app https://t.co/gDbXkHSvkT pic.twitter.com/JQlc66YobGJune 2, 2025

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, representing the series' ninth generation of pocket monsters and originally releasing for the Nintendo Switch in 2022, was heavily criticized at launch. While all the ingredients for a great Pokémon adventure were certainly there, it ran horribly and was riddled with more bugs than Viridian Forest.

Of course, it's not the only game in the series to suffer from being released on underpowered hardware, as Pokémon Sword and Shield and Pokémon Legends Arceus also had their share of performance issues - though certainly not quite to the same extent.

Thankfully, this Nintendo Switch 2 update does seem to put the game in a much better light. It is a shame that Scarlet and Violet had to be rushed out the door the way it was originally, but this will certainly be a nice bonus for folks who have the new console and were looking for a reason to dive back into the game's Spain-inspired setting.

Lastly, it is worth stressing that unlike the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition line-up of games, the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet update is completely free and will simply require players to own the original game either physically or digitally. The update will be available on the Switch 2's launch day of June 5.

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• The Google Pixel 10 series could launch a week later than the Pixel 9
• Plus, leaked photos give us a look at the possible design of the Pixel 10 Pro
• And the Pixel 10's ringtone has also leaked

Google announced the Pixel 9 series on August 13 last year, and if anything we’d have predicted the Google Pixel 10 line could land earlier this year. After all, some Pixel superfans are possibly getting to preview the devices as early as June 27, but a new leak suggests the Pixel 10 line will actually land later this year than the Pixel 9 series did last year.

This is according to sources speaking to Android Headlines, who claim the Pixel 10 series will be announced on August 20 – so that’s one week later than last year’s launch.

Pre-orders will likely start the same day, and the Pixel 10 series – which is expected to include the Pixel 10 itself, the Pixel 10 Pro, the Pixel 10 Pro XL, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold – will apparently ship just over a week later, on August 28.

We would however take this with a pinch of salt, because along with this being a long time after the June 27 event where the devices might get previewed, this would also probably be long after the launch of Android 16.

Typically, Google launches new versions of Android towards the end of the year, but this year it’s shifting its schedule forwards, so it would make some amount of sense to similarly shift its smartphone release dates forward so it has new devices to show the new software off on.

Of course, Google also needs time to actually develop and produce new Pixel models, so it wouldn’t be surprising if the company stuck to an August release for that reason.

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A leaked photo of a Pixel 10 Pro prototype (Image credit: Mystic Leaks)

In any case, this isn’t the only new Pixel 10 leak, as photos of what appears to be a Pixel 10 Pro prototype have been shared by someone calling themselves Mystic Leaks (via Android Authority).

The images – some of which you can see above – show a phone that looks a lot like the Pixel 9 Pro, but with a thinner metal border around the camera bar, and the SIM card tray repositioned to the top edge.

The photos also show the phone running an app that displays some specs, including the expected Tensor G5 chipset, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage.

While we'd take this leak with a pinch of salt, it certainly looks convincing, and matches up with leaked Pixel 10 renders.

An adventure in sound

Finally, what’s purportedly the Google Pixel 10 ringtone has also been shared, along with some system sounds.

You can hear them in the YouTube video from theVakhovske above (via Android Headlines). The ringtone is apparently called ‘The Next Adventure’, which would make for a similar naming scheme to the Pixel 9’s ‘Your New Adventure’ ringtone.

Based on past form though it’s likely that these sounds will make their way to older Pixel devices too, so you probably won’t have to buy a Pixel 10 model to get them.

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• DLC and two player support is coming to Elden Ring Nightreign
• This was confirmed by FromSoftware in a recent social media post
• The studio also revealed that the game has sold more than 3.5 million units

Elden Ring Nightreign developer FromSoftware has confirmed that the game will receive a two-player mode later this year.

The news comes from a recent post by the studio's Japanese-language X / Twitter account, which also revealed that the game had sold more than 3.5 million units.

"The total number of copies shipped worldwide for Elden Ring Nightreign has exceeded 3.5 million. Thank you to everyone who has been playing," the post, which we have machine translated, read.

"We will continue to provide post-launch support, including DLC ​​scheduled for release this year, as well as adding a two player mode," it continued.

The news of an incoming two player mode will likely come as a great relief for some. Currently, Elden Ring Nightreign only supports matches of one or three players. This unusual number makes it a little tricky to team up with friends, as you need get two people who own the game online and ready to play at the same time.

When you factor in the lack of cross-platform matchmaking, it can really limit your ability to play when you want to.

The announcement of some downloadable content (DLC) is significant too. Given the online nature of the game, it seems fair to expect that it will receive a number of updates and additions in the following weeks and months.

Finally, the post concluded by stating that "we plan to release enhanced versions of the existing 'Kings of the Night' from this month onwards, so we hope you will continue to enjoy the game."

It's a little unclear what this means, though it will likely be an updated version of some of the game's existing bosses.

If you're keen on trying the game before this new content arrives, Elden Ring Nightreign is available now for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, and Xbox One.

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• Microsoft Copilot study claims major timesaving and productivity gains across UK government
• 20,000 civil servants gained access to Copilot, with striking results
• Timesaving amounted to around two weeks per person per year

Using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot could help civil servants save weeks of work over the course of a year, new government research has claimed.

The UK government had 20,000 civil servants across 12 different organizations use Microsoft Copilot over the course of several months, using the service to draft documents, take meeting notes, search internal information, and even personalize recommendations to unemployed job seeker benefits claimants.

The study claimed to find major productivity and efficiency boosts from using Copilot, with the workers saving on average between 19 and 24 minutes per day — amounting to around two weeks per person per year.

Copilot timesaving

The study, which took place over September 30 to December 31 2024, says these savings were the equivalent of giving a full year back to 1,130 people, allowing them to focus on higher-value tasks rather than admin-based work.

“These findings show that AI isn’t just a future promise – it’s a present reality," commented Technology Secretary Peter Kyle.

“Whether it’s helping draft documents, preparing lesson plans, or cutting down on routine admin, AI tools are saving civil servants time every day. That means we can focus more on delivering faster, more personalised support where it really counts."

The study also signified the largest deployment of Microsoft Copilot in UK government to date, with workers utilizing the platform across the likes of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.

"AI is the most transformative technology of our time and we’re already seeing its potential to reshape public service delivery," noted Darren Hardman, CEO, Microsoft UK.

“This could unlock new levels of growth, efficiency, and innovation for the country. The Government’s Microsoft 365 Copilot experiment shows what’s possible when people are empowered with the right tools: 26 mins per day (almost 2 weeks per year) less time on admin, more time delivering what matters. And the really exciting part is, this is just the beginning.”

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