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• OpenAI Looks to Localize ChatGPT for UAE Market

  09-02-2026 20:13 via eweek.com
  OpenAI is pivoting from one-size-fits-all AI toward region-specific versions of ChatGPT.The tech giant is reportedly working closely with Abu Dhabi’s influential tech conglomerate, G42, to build a special version of its ChatGPT chatbot for the United Arab Emirates. This exclusive partnership aims to create a finely tuned AI that accommodates the UAE’s local dialect, cultural nuances, and legal landscape.The UAE has spent years positioning itself as a leader in AI, with a strong focus
  
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• 10 Good vs Bad ChatGPT Prompts in 2026: How to Actually Get Useful Answers

  09-02-2026 20:00 via eweek.com
  We’re three years into the ChatGPT era, and somehow most of us are still typing “write me a blog post about marketing” and wondering why the results feel like they were scraped from the bottom of the internet’s barrel.We went from Googling two-word phrases to having full conversations with AI, and most of us are still figuring out where the sweet spot is.After analyzing hundreds of prompts across industries and taking several prompt engineering courses myself, I’ve
  
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• 10 ChatGPT Prompt Engineering Tips in 2026: How to Actually Get Useful Answers

  09-02-2026 20:00 via eweek.com
  We’re three years into the ChatGPT era, and somehow most of us are still typing “write me a blog post about marketing” and wondering why the results feel like they were scraped from the bottom of the internet’s barrel.We went from Googling two-word phrases to having full conversations with AI, and most of us are still figuring out where the sweet spot is.After analyzing hundreds of prompts across industries and taking several prompt engineering courses myself, I’ve
  
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• Google Tests a Tool That Lets You Move ChatGPT, Other AI Chats to Gemini

  09-02-2026 19:04 via eweek.com
  Switching AI chatbots could soon feel less like starting over.Google is reportedly testing a new Gemini feature that may let users import past conversations from ChatGPT and other AI tools, preserving context, preferences, and ongoing projects. Instead of starting from scratch, Gemini could pick up those conversations where they left off.According to TestingCatalog, Google is working on a beta tool called “Import AI chats,” designed to let users upload conversations from other AI pla
  
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• Elon Musk: ‘In 30 Months, the Cheapest Place for AI Will Be Space’

  09-02-2026 17:13 via eweek.com
  As you know by now, every tech company on Earth is racing to build bigger AI data centers. Well, Elon Musk thinks they’re all looking in the wrong direction. Literally.In a three-hour interview on John Collison’s Cheeky Pint podcast (with Dwarkesh Patel co-hosting), Musk laid out why he merged SpaceX with xAI, and the core argument is deceptively simple: we’re running out of electricity.Here’s the crux of it:
  The entire US uses about half a terawatt of power. Scaling AI t
  
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• Axiom.AI Just Solved a Math Problem No Human Could Crack

  09-02-2026 17:01 via eweek.com
  There’s a difference between an AI that solves known problems faster and an AI that discovers something genuinely new. The first is impressive. The second changes everything.Axiom’s AxiomProver just crossed that line when it solved Fel’s open conjecture, a real unsolved math problem that’s been sitting in the research literature waiting for someone (or something) to crack it.Here’s how AxiomProver actually solved itAxiomProver got three inputs: a document explaining
  
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• China’s Unitree G1 Becomes First Humanoid Robot to Walk 130,000 Steps in −53°F

  09-02-2026 16:30 via eweek.com
  A humanoid robot, bundled up like a winter hiker, has just walked its way into the record books.Chinese robotics company Unitree Robotics has unveiled what it says is the world’s first confirmed case of a humanoid robot completing sustained autonomous walking in extreme cold. The company’s G1 humanoid robot logged more than 130,000 steps in temperatures as low as minus 47.4°C (minus 53°F) during a test in the Altay region of Xinjiang, northwest China.Unitree shared the achiev
  
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• Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon Plan $650 Billion AI Spending Push in 2026

  09-02-2026 16:21 via eweek.com
  Four US companies are set to spend a combined $650 billion on AI in 2026.In a swift, aggressive race to dominate the AI sector, four of the biggest US tech companies have placed huge bets on AI spending this year. Bloomberg reports that Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will spend a staggering $650 billion on AI this year.The report also indicates that the money isn’t just for all things AI, but specifically for expanding their data center reach. It’s not surprising, as having mo
  
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