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Researchers detail an indirect prompt injection flaw in Perplexity's Comet AI browser, letting attackers manipulate it into performing unauthorized actions — The threat of instruction injection — At Brave, we're developing the ability for our in-browser AI assistant Leo to browse the Web on your behalf, acting as your agent.
More: BleepingComputer, Engadget, ZDNET, The Register, and The Hacker News
X: @zack_overflow, @brave, @zack_overflow, @shivan_kaul, @brave, @zack_overflow, @brave, @brave, @lukemulks, @brave, @0x, @zack_overflow, and @brave. Bluesky: @sungkim
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, and Beehaw
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's three-year iPhone redesign plan, starting with iPhone Air this fall, foldable with Touch ID in 2026, and a curved-glass “iPhone 20” in 2027 — Apple is weeks away from its big product launch event, where it will lay the foundation for a once-in-a-generation iPhone overhaul.
More: Business Standard, MacRumors, Phandroid, Moneycontrol, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada, Digital Trends, PYMNTS.com, Tom's Guide, Benzinga, iClarified, Livemint, MacRumors, Digital Trends, Neowin, iThinkDifferent, AppleInsider, iClarified, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, PhoneArena, PhoneArena, PhoneArena, PhoneArena, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, and 9to5Mac
X: @markgurman, @joshconstine, @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @pbeisel, and @markgurman. Bluesky: @parismarx.com
Forums: r/augmentedreality, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Gaby Hinsliff / The Guardian: |
An interview with Nick Clegg about Silicon Valley's “cloying conformity” and “combination of machismo and self-pity”, Zuckerberg's “masculine energy”, and more — When Britain's former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world.
More: The Hans India, The Guardian, Implicator.ai, TechCrunch, The Guardian, and Business Insider
X: @carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla, @salisburyplain_, @_andyburrows, @wi_john, @andrewrsorkin, @flynny123, @russincheshire, @mattrosoff, @riptari, and @alfonslopeztena. LinkedIn: Neville Hobson
Bluesky: @plaintanjane, @robertscotthorton, @nxthompson, @mja66, @drgeophysics, @faduda, @stephenfarrow, @gj19eighty, @emmalbriant, @rossmcnally, @catanonim.me, @jonathancohn, @helenebismarck, and @fascinatorfun. Threads: @nickclegg
Mastodon: @johnquiggin@aus.social and @dharmadan@aus.social
Forums: r/LabourUK, r/BillBurr, r/ukpolitics, r/technology, r/Foodforthought, and r/siliconvalley
| Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional: |
A look at the surge in US states introducing AI bills, as the states shift from comprehensive AI laws to focus on narrower issues, like mental health — A check-in — Introduction — This newsletter first started picking up readers because of my writing about AI regulations in state governments.
More: Bloomberg, The Colorado Sun, Denver Post, Marginal Revolution, GovTech, GovTech, and Forbes. X: @deanwball
| Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: |
Vertical streaming apps charging $20/week are beating Netflix and other SVOD platforms in user growth with their mini-dramas optimized for mobile viewing — Streaming apps that charge $20 a week for absurd, 60-second soap operas are winning audiences that rival Hulu and Paramount+.| Wall Street Journal: |
Two former executives who ran the CHIPS Program Office say the US-Intel deal won't solve Intel's real issue: a lack of external customers for its foundry unit — The Chips Act wasn't about raising revenue, and an equity share wouldn't enhance national security.| New York Times: |
A look at FoundHer House, an all-female hacker house in San Francisco that has become a hot spot for dinners and panel discussions sponsored by a16z and others — FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker house where residents are creating …
Bluesky: @hunterwalk.com
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
xAI releases the weights of Grok 2 on Hugging Face, under the Grok 2 Community License Agreement; Musk says Grok 3 “will be made open source in about 6 months” — Elon Musk's xAI has made an older version of its AI model Grok — specifically, the model weights used to shape Grok 2.5 …
More: xAI on Hugging Face, The Hans India, Reuters, TechEBlog, Engadget, Tech in Asia, The Decoder, and Livemint
X: @dfranke, @djcows, @jefffhj, @alpindale, @xlr8harder, @migtissera, @scaling01, @scaling01, @realmrfakename, @rasbt, @burkov, @clementdelangue, @ethanhe_42, and @elonmusk
Bluesky: @timkellogg.me and @timkellogg.me
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/grok
| David Keohane / Financial Times: |
Sony's gaming execs, designers, and studio founders describe how it wants its first-party studios to contribute more to revenue growth and take measured risks — PlayStation owner wants its standalone ‘first-party studios’ to contribute more to revenue growth and take measured risks| J. Edward Moreno / Sherwood News: |
Q&A with Grindr CEO George Arison on developing AI-powered features like Wingman and A-List, Grindr's new telehealth service Woodwork, his RTO mandate, and more — Wall Street has a hard time understanding Grindr, a gay dating and hookup app whose yellow mask icon and distinct notification sound … | Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: |
How Spotify's Discovery Mode has become the new normal in music marketing, five years after its 2020 launch when it faced a backlash and “payola” accusations — Spotify's Discovery Mode allows rightsholders to boost their songs in exchange for a lower royalty rate. Most everyone is using it.| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
A journalist recounts shipping code as a vibe coding engineer during a two-day stint at Notion, working alongside engineers using AI tools like Cursor — I spent two days at Notion and saw an industry in upheaval. I also shipped some actual code. — I asked my editors if I could go work at a tech startup.| Beth Rose / BBC: |
How AI tools from ElevenLabs and others were used to recreate a woman's voice, lost to motor neuron disease, from just eight seconds of audio on a VHS tape — “After such a long time, I couldn't really remember my voice,” Sarah Ezekiel tells BBC Access All. “When I first heard it again, I felt like crying.
More: Tech Xplore, New York Post, and BBC
LinkedIn: Matt McCarty, The 10,000 Brains Project, and Son V Truong
| Lane Florsheim / Wall Street Journal: |
How Raya, a privately held dating app with a waitlist of 2.5M people, found success through its rigorous user selection process and Fight Club-style rules — The privately held company has attracted an A-list clientele and even gotten Gen Z onboard with online dating.
X: @tjtaylr
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