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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

Senior Reporter

Senior Reporter

Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more. He’s also covered major tech and gaming events, interviewed CEOs like Steve Huffman and Tim Sweeney, appeared on broadcast outlets like CNBC and NPR, and reviewed a lot of indie games. Before The Verge, he worked at Techmeme and in technology public relations. He graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication.

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OpenAI is sunsetting Pulse, which showed you custom daily digests in ChatGPT.

Alongside the announcement of an updated experience for scheduling tasks, OpenAI said that Pulse would be going away “in the next 14 days” and suggested using scheduled tasks for a daily briefing instead.

Pulse was short-lived: the company launched it in September.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
This week in the big AI data center buildout.

AI data center projects are continuing to pop up across the US, with frequent opposition from locals concerned about their impact. Here are a few recent articles about the projects:

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Roblox’s new types of accounts with increased restrictions for kids are rolling out globally.

Roblox announced Kids Accounts (for ages 5-8) and Select Accounts (for ages 9-15) in April, and it has been testing them in select countries. Kids Accounts will have chat turned off by default, though parents can turn it on.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
MSI’s new Claw gaming handheld starts at $1,699.

That’s according to Best Buy’s listing for the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus — and it’s “early bird” pricing, MSI’s Anne Lee tells The Verge. After retailers run out of their first batches of units, MSI expects them to sell the handheld for $1,799, like MSI’s US store already is.

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A screenshot from Best Buy’s store listing for the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus.
Image: Best Buy