Artificial intelligence might seem a little less artificial today now that Memory is live for all ChatGPT Plus users.
After a few months of testing in both the free and pay versions of the generative AI chatbot, OpenAI chose to enable the feature, for paying customers only, in all regions except Korea and Europe.
ChatGPT‘s memory is exactly what it sounds like. During prompt-driven “conversations” with the AI, ChatGPT Plus can now remember key facts about the conversations, including details about you, and then apply that information to future interactions. Put another way, ChatGPT Plus just graduated from a somewhat disinterested acquaintance to a friend who cares enough to remember that your birthday is next week or that you recently bought a dog.
You can tell the system to implicitly remember something or just state facts about yourself that it will remember.
I know, it’s the kind of thing that could make AIs like ChatGPT far more useful or completely terrifying. Up until now, we’ve mostly dealt with generative AIs that had intense short-term memory loss. Systems like ChatGPT, Google‘s Gemini, and Microsoft CopIlot could carry on lengthy, discrete conversations where they’d do a decent job of maintaining context (the longer the conversation, the wonkier this could get). If, however, you ended one conversation and started another, it was like meeting a completely different person who knew nothing about you or the conversation you had three minutes ago.
Unlike human memory, which can remember some things forever but easily forget others, ChatGPT Plus Memory is in your control.
Controlling ChatGPT Plus Memory
As I mentioned earlier, you can help ChatGPT Plus build its Memory by telling it things about yourself that you want it to remember. By doing so, you’ll notice that when you ask, say, your age or where you live, it will be able to tell you. ChatGPT will also take those details and combine them with future queries, which could shorten your conversation and make the results more accurate and useful.
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Memory is enabled by default. You can find it under Settings/Personalization. There’s a toggle switch where you can turn it off.
ChatGPT Plus Memory control. (Image credit: Future)
To see all of ChatGPT Plus’ memories, you select the Manage button, which sits right below the Memory description and toggle. Initially, even though I told ChatGPT Plus to remember things about me, my memory box remained empty. If I had found any in there, I could clear all of them or select only the ones I wanted to remove.
However, when I told ChatGPT “I really love houseplants,” I saw a little notation appear right above its response that said: “Memory updated.” When I selected that, the memory, “Loves houseplants”, appeared below it, and right below that, a link to Manage memories.
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I made ChatGPT Plus remember my love of houseplants(Image credit: Future)
Later, when I asked ChatGPT Plus how I might liven up my home, it answered, in part (I bolded the relevant bit), “Adding some houseplants is a great way to liven up your home! They not only beautify the space but also improve air quality and can enhance your mood. Since you love houseplants, you might consider diversifying the types you have….”
As noted, Memory is not free. A ChatGPT Plus subscription, which gives you, among other things, access to the GPT-4 model, costs $20 /£20 a month. I asked OpenAI if any version of Memory is coming to non-paying ChatGPT users and will update this post with their response.
Sure, ChatGPT Plus Memory nudges the generative AI in the direction of humanity, but there is, as far as I know, no way to go into anyone’s mind and delete some or all memories.
Temporary Chat will turn off memories for that that. (Image credit: Future)
While you can turn off Memories, you might like the middle option, which uses the new “Temporary Chat” to introduce short-term amnesia to the system.
To use it, choose the ChatGPT model you want from the drop-down menu and then select “Temporary chat”. Now, nothing you share with ChatGPT Plus during that chat will be added to its memory.
Come to think of it, a real friend, who only remembers what you want them to, could come in handy.
Everybody makes mistakes, but some mistakes are more serious than others – and when you’re running one of the best streaming services, mistakes such as missing episodes, terrible translations and incorrect titles can be a real problem for your subscribers. According to leaked internal documents seen by Business Insider (via Quartz), some of the errors in Prime Video‘s catalog are so bad that some viewers have been ditching shows entirely.
The documents suggest that at least some of the massive amounts of money Amazon has invested in Prime Video have been undermined by serious catalog errors, and those errors are leading to a very high volume of customer complaints. Some 60% of all content-related customer experience complains last year were about catalog errors, BI reports.
Amazon’s on the Prime Video catalog case
The level of complaints is being taken very seriously by Amazon, which is launching a new program with the target of reducing such complaints by 15,000 per year. The top issues complained about were incomplete or inconsistent titling, and what the documents call “season integrity” problems. That’s when you’re streaming a show only to discover that there are missing episodes, inconsistent playback options or wrongly labeled content. Last year, BI says, Amazon received over 10,000 “customer friction records” related to such issues.
Some of the issues identified in the documents include:
Making episode 2 of The Rings of Power available before episode 1;
losing the Spanish audio from Die Hard With A Vengeance;
translation errors in character names;
incorrect age restrictions in some shows such as Continuum
And many customers took their complaints to other places, such as forums and Reddit. It’s likely that many such customers didn’t complain directly to Amazon, so the number of errors could be higher than the leaked documents report.
The most likely explanation for this is human error: any classification system with lots of data has the scope for problems, especially if your content is coming from lots of different places and in multiple languages. But while such errors are understandable they can also be expensive: the documents suggest that wrongly localized content could lead to 20% drop-offs in engagement. With the streaming landscape more competitive than ever, Amazon is keen to ensure that the best Prime Video movies and best Prime Videos shows can a) actually be found, and b) are watched all the way through.
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Full spoilers follow for X-Men: The Animated Series.
I love a good nostalgia trip – especially when it comes to movies and shows from my youth. Turn on the TV and put The Lion King, Power Rangers, Pokémon, or any other 90s-era entertainment on, and I’ll immediately be transported back to a time where adult problems – bills and a lack of sleep, am I right? – seemed eons away.
So when Marvel announced it was developing X-Men 97, a Disney Plus revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (X:TAS) – a beloved childhood show of mine – you can bet I was excited. That anticipation, though, was laced with apprehension. Sure, the comic book giant enjoyed plenty of success with its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise. But, after numerous less well-received movies and series, including the mixed reception to What If…?, Marvel Studios’ first in-house animated offering, I could be forgiven for expecting the worst.
I need not have worried. Based on its first three episodes, X-Men 97 is everything I wanted from a Disney Plus sequel to one of my favorite animated programs. An old-school series with a modern twist, it’s a worthy successor that packs a sentimental punch. At least from what I’ve seen, it’ll not only appeal to X:TAS veterans and established MCU fans alike, but also to those looking for an easy entry point to Marvel’s expansive cinematic franchise.
To me, my X-Men
X-Men 97 picks up several months after its predecessor. (Image credit: Marvel Studios)
X-Men 97 begins several months after X:TAS‘ finale. The world believes Charles Xavier/Professor X, the X-Men‘s telepathic and empathetic leader, is dead (he’s not, but just go with it) after he was fatally wounded by Henry Gyrich, a US government liaison officer with a severe aversion to mutant kind, in the original show’s 76th and concluding chapter.
Xavier’s sacrifice has led most ordinary humans to view mutants in a sympathetic light and largely accept their place in the ‘present’ (1997 being the in-universe ‘present day’). However, in Professor X’s absence, the X-Men grapple with how – or, rather if – they’ll continue to move forward as a team. Scott Summers/Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase) and Jean Grey (Jennifer Hale), for instance, wonder if it’s time to put their unborn son first; a decision that suggests an inevitable parting of the ways with their found family.
X-Men 97 is a delightful reference- and cameo-filled sequel befitting its 90s heyday predecessor
Unsurprisingly, that potential exit, among other best laid plans for Scott and Jean’s fellow superheroes, doesn’t materialize. Whether it’s the re-emergence of Bolivar Trask – the scientist who created the mutant-killing weapons known as Sentinels – or the revelation that Xavier bequeathed leadership of the X-Men to complicated villain Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto (Matthew Waterson), there’s plenty for everyone to deal with in the immediate term.
Given the aforementioned ties to X:TAS, you’ll be pleased (as I was) with the continuity that X-Men 97 exhibits through its episodic and overarching storylines. This isn’t a hard reset. Rather a soft reboot that pursues unresolved plot threads, as well as building on established character arcs, left over from X:TAS. In a world where remakes are commonplace, I was relieved and delighted to see that Marvel had the courage and conviction to pick up where things left off, rather than retell X:TAS‘ five-season story with updated visuals.
Indeed, X:TAS‘ thematic resonance and topical exploration have been preserved with the requisite respect and care – the examination of racial segregation, a staple of the X-Men‘s 60-plus year history, chief among them. Other important talking points – legacy, loss of self-identity, and authentic LGBTQ-plus representation (team member Morph identifies as non-binary) to name three – are also as pleasingly prominent; the latter particularly so in light of X-Men 97‘s progressive, present day take on Marvel’s source material.
X-Men 97 delivers its fair share of somber story beats that’ll leave a lump in the throat
Equally gratifying is Marvel’s decision not to tie X-Men 97 into the wider MCU. To paraphrase prog-rock band Pink Floyd, it’s not just another brick in the MCU wall – indeed, like Moon Knight, X-Men 97 exists as a standalone entity unshackled by the MCU’s unwieldy makeup.
Of course, with seven more episodes to come in X-Men 97‘s first season, it could still become part of Marvel’s cinematic tapestry. There are loose connections to other universes – the MCU or otherwise – in episodes one through three that suggest it might do so, too, if Marvel deems it necessary. However, given X:TAS predated the MCU, via 2008’s Iron Man, by 16 years, I’d like to see X-Men 97 kept separate from the elaborate multiversal tale that’s currently weighing Marvel’s cinematic juggernaut down.
I hope X-Men 97 gives some characters, including Storm, more screen time throughout season 1’s other episodes. (Image credit: Marvel Animation)
If I have one small grievance with X-Men 97, it’s that it primarily focuses on Scott and Jean in its early installments, with the pair placed front and center of the Marvel Phase 5 series’ embryonic storylines. That’s to be expected, what with X-Men 97 recreating classic narratives from the comics involving Nathaniel Essex/Mr. Sinister (Christopher Britton) and a certain famous clone saga (no, not that maligned Spider-Man one).
It’s a three-part series opening that puts Scott and Jean through the emotional wringer. Aside from some wider familial dysfunction that delivers some spicy melodrama to proceedings, though, the rest of the X-Men feel secondary or even disappointingly side lined by the unfolding events. Sure, Magneto gets some multifaceted time to shine in episode 2, Jubilation Lee/Jubilee (Holly Chou) plays a fairly substantial role in X-Men 97‘s premiere, and episode 3’s ending suggests there are entries led by Lucas Bishop (Isaac Robinson-Smith) and Ororo Munroe/Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith) to come. Fans hoping to see the likes of Wolverine, Rogue, and Gambit get their fair share of screen time early on, though, should temper their expectations.
A necessary evolution
X-Men 97‘s action has a very anime feel to it. (Image credit: Marvel Animation)
Fans of X:TAS shouldn’t be concerned that X-Men 97 disregards other elements (aside from what I’ve covered above), either. Indeed, those hoping for a nostalgia-fueled trip down memory lane will *ahem* marvel at how it evokes the feelings of watching X:TAS as a wide-eyed kid.
From the original show’s iconic opening title sequence – The theme song! The animated character intros! The opposing factions running into each other! The 3D title text! – to numerous X:TAS and wider Marvel animated series’ call backs and Easter eggs, X-Men 97 is a delightful reference- and cameo-filled sequel befitting its 90s heyday predecessor.
X:TAS’ thematic resonance and topical exploration has been preserved with the requisite respect and due care
For viewers wanting a bit of shock value from the group’s latest animated runout, there’s some to be had in its first three entries. There isn’t an overabundance of surprising moments, but those of a blind-siding nature – well, they’ll be emotionally stunning to anyone unfamiliar with X:TAS or the group’s illustrious comic book history – are hard-hitting. I’ve been moved by similar animated genre fare before, such as by Arcane and BoJack Horseman on Netflix, and X-Men 97 delivers its fair share of somber story beats that’ll leave a lump in the throat.
X-Men 97 might be a superhero-first series, but it’s not averse to being multi-genre in its scope. (Image credit: Marvel Animation)
The biggest difference between X:TAS and its successor, though, is the latter’s animated glow-up. Though conceptually similar to the 2D character designs from the original show, X-Men 97 adds more than a dashing of 3D-style cell-shading, alongside a fresh lick of paint, to renovate the group’s animated adventures. Like me, it might take you a beat or two for your eyes to acclimate to its newfound graphical style, but I found it to be a simple yet effective upgrade to the 90s cartoon’s aesthetic after a few minutes.
X-Men 97‘s animation is also a step above – obvious as that is to say, given the technological advancements since the original – its forebear. With South Korea’s Studio Mir, whose previous works include Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel The Legend of Korra and Harley Quinn season three, taking the leads on the show’s development, you can bet that there’s a serious anime vibe to its animated composition.
I’d like to see X-Men 97 kept separate from Marvel’s elaborate multiversal tale
X-Men 97‘s action sequences, for instance, are superb. Compared to X:TAS, they’re more ambitious, creative and free-flowing in their scope and scale, have a greater degree of intensity, and even occasionally slip into violent territory. Away from the customary battle scenes, Studio Mir’s penchant for abstract visuals, imaginative animation style, and weird hues lends itself to some trippy, horror-infused moments, too. Episode three is the best example of this, with nightmarish scenes aplenty that indicates X-Men 97 will be more multi-genre in tone than its animated progenitor.
My verdict
X-Men 97 is a crowd-pleasing, wistful throwback to a time where watching Saturday morning cartoons was as stressful as life ever got. A melting pot of classic X:TAS ingredients with more than a sprinkling of modern spice, it’s a mouth-watering recipe that cooks up a delicious, nostalgic feast for the senses that’s as flavorsome to newcomers as it is rewarding for long-time viewers.
I’ll never tire of recommending X-Men: The Animated Series to anyone who hasn’t seen it, but you don’t need to do so to appreciate and enjoy what X-Men 97 has to offer. To me, that’s the tell-tale sign of an excellent show, and you can be sure it’ll join our best Disney Plus shows list for that reason, as well as the others noted throughout this piece, in the near future.
At just 30 minutes a pop, each episode makes for easy digestible viewing while you munch down a bowl of milk-soaked cereal first thing in the morning, too. So, before the monotony of school or work washes over you every Wednesday for the next 10 weeks, why not take a nostalgic trip back in time – breakfast in hand – by watching a terrific sequel to one of the best animated shows of all-time? I know I will be.
X-Men 97’s first two episodes are out now on Disney Plus. New episodes air weekly until the season finale on May 15. Lastly, find out how to watch the X-Men movies in order while you’re here.
Having people to visit you at home can be a wonderful thing – it’s great to be with people you like or even love, and it’s actually good for your health. Of course, that’s only true if you’re not stressed out about the situation and if having guests isn’t something you get anxious about. You’ll want to be just as comfortable as the people coming to see you, so it’s a good idea to be prepared and ensure your guests feel right at home – that way, you can relax, too. With that in mind, here are some ways to make sure that happens.
Give Them a Warm Welcome
First impressions always matter whether you’re having friends, family, colleagues, or anyone else over to see you at home. That’s why a warm welcome is so important, as it will set the tone for the rest of the visit and put people at ease right away.
You don’t have to do anything extravagant or fancy when people arrive at your door; just opening the door with a smile on your face and showing you’re happy to see them (even if you weren’t expecting them!) can be all you need to do. They’ll feel instantly at ease and, because smiling helps to relax you, you’ll feel better too.
Create a Relaxing Atmosphere
If you want people to feel at home, you need to ensure your living room (which is where they’re most likely to be) has a relaxing atmosphere. What you do to make this happen will depend on your preferences, but you could think about lighting some candles, putting on some music, or having an Electronic Shisha for people to use. You could even leave a selection of books and magazines out for people to browse through when you’re out of the room getting drinks and snacks, for example. The cozier and more relaxing you can make the room, the better.
Don’t forget that the living room might not be the only room your guests go into, and it’s likely they’ll need to use the bathroom at some point during their visit, too. In that case, why not invest in some scented candles or leave some air freshener in the room so people can use it if they want to, helping them stay more relaxed and feel even more at home?
Offer Refreshments
If you have people over, something every good host needs to do is offer them food and drink. A cup of coffee, a glass of water, or perhaps an alcoholic drink if it’s later in the day, and some snacks will always go down well. You don’t have to cook a whole meal (unless you’re hosting a dinner party, which is a different situation), but just having some bowls of chips, dip, and maybe some candies on the coffee table is great.
If you know people are coming in advance, check about any dietary requirements they might have so you know the snacks you’re offering can be eaten and enjoyed. Plus, because people do sometimes just turn up out of the blue, it’s a good idea to have a few snacks in a kitchen cupboard, just in case. That way, you can still make people feel at home, even if you didn’t know they were coming.
You’re organising a vacation to Dubai, the metropolis where luxury reigns supreme and the sky’s the limit. You must take a yacht trip, regardless of whether you are visiting to shop in the greatest mall in the world or to dine in the clouds. Yes, we are discussing renting a luxury yacht in Dubai fashion. If you stick with us, we’ll assist you in selecting the yacht that will make your Instagram followers swoon.
The Ultimate Life Goal: Cruising on a Luxury Yacht in Dubai
Make Headlines with Style
Why share a yacht with other tourists when you can go for Dubai luxury yacht rental to yourself? With a luxury yacht charter in Dubai, you are not just taking in the scenery; you are controlling it.
Your Own Personal Oasis
Looking for a respite from the bustle of the city? You may relax and quietly take in Dubai’s skyline on a private yacht.
Choosing Your Dream Yacht: What Type Are You?
Are You Thinking of a Romantic Getaway?
Choose a yacht with quaint nooks and F&B options to prepare some romantic dinners if you’re planning a romantic getaway.
Ready for a Party?
You’ll want a yacht with all the bells and whistles if you’re in Dubai to party hard—imagine live music and why not throw in a Jacuzzi?
Try out a marketplace such as OneClickDrive which functions as your own concierge. It compiles all of the top choices that suit your style, making your decision simple.
Insider Advice for Easy Sailing
Pay Attention to the Sky
The weather in Dubai may be erratic. Make sure to check the forecast so you can meticulously organise your yacht day.
Know Your Sailing Locations
Learn more about Dubai’s well-liked yacht routes. A little preparation goes a long way, whether you want to sail by the famous Burj Al Arab or circle the Palm Jumeirah.
Those Little Extras That Really Do Make a Difference
Who Wants Some Entertainment?
Numerous Dubai luxury yacht rentals come with fun additions like live music. When making a reservation, don’t forget to inquire.
Feed Like a King
Some yachts have in-house F&B options who can prepare anything from a seafood bonanza to a five-course supper at an additional cost.
Quick Tips Before You Say “See Ya”
Remember to Leave a Tip
In Dubai, tipping is essentially expected in the service industry. Giving the yacht crew a little more is usually a lovely gesture.
Snap and Soak
Sure, snap as many selfies and picturesque pictures as you like, but also pause for a moment to just absorb it all in.
Your Yacht Awaits, and Your Dubai Dream is Within Reach
There you have it, then! If you hire a luxury yacht in Dubai, your trip will go from “wow” to “is this even real life?” There is a luxury yacht charter Dubai choice that is perfect for you whether you’re organising a crazy party, a romantic getaway, or just a relaxing day on the water. Along with luxury yacht rentals you can also have an experience of deep sea fishing in Dubai.
What are you still holding out for? Your ideal trip to Dubai is only a short yacht sail away. It’s time to sail out and make some waves!
