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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Some experts question Anthropic's claims of cyberattack breakthroughs using its tools, noting that white-hat hackers report modest gains from AI-aided hacking — Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign” …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor — iPhone maker's board is preparing for its longtime leader to step down as early as next year — Apple is stepping …
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead — Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he's convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A California federal jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634M for infringing a blood-oxygen patent used in Watch workout and heart-rate alerts; Apple will appeal — A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple (AAPL.O) owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O) …
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LinkedIn: Bowman Heiden. Forums: r/technology, r/AppleWatch, r/apple, r/apple, r/AppleWatch, and MacRumors Forums
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates App Review Guidelines to require apps to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers — Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose …
More: Apple Developer, The Verge, Dataconomy, and Cult of Mac
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the global AI data center buildout, its limits, and ROI concerns; in 2025, US capacity that is built, underway, planned, or stalled has topped 80 GW — Record capital expenditures and data-center planning run up against the ground truths of physical infrastructure
More: Tom's Hardware. Bluesky: @justinhendrix, @carlquintanilla, and @jessefelder. Forums: r/technology
| Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional: |
The current AI strategies of China and the US are complementary, as unlike the US, China isn't “AGI-pilled” yet, focusing on embodied AI and open source models — Thoughts on US-China Competition — The United States and China are often said to be in a “race” with one another with respect to artificial intelligence.
X: @deanwball and @anton_d_leicht
| Heather Knight / New York Times: |
A cat's killing by a Waymo robotaxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don't get the same level of concern — At Delirium, a dive bar in San Francisco's Mission District, the décor is dark, the drinks are strong, and the emotions are raw.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI says ChatGPT will now avoid em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI — OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to. The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped …
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Forums: r/artificial and Slashdot
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Political fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers — Political consultant Bradley Tusk has spent a fortune on mobile voting efforts. Now, he's launching a protocol to try to mainstream the technology.| Molly Taft / Wired: |
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025 — A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
More: ZeroHedge News, USA Today, WebProNews, NBC News, and The Hill
Bluesky: @ketanjoshi.co, @bowiegrrl, @jeremylittau.com, @peard33, @enjohnston, @mollytaft.com, @michielvanhulten.eu, and @sarahposner. Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
Forums: r/technology and Beehaw
| The Information: |
Sources: Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400M led by B Capital at a $5B pre-money valuation — Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400 million at a $5 billion valuation not including … | Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
X replaces DMs with Chat, a new messaging system that it says is E2EE, supports file sharing, video calling, and more, rolling out first to iOS and the web — It also adds disappearing messages and file sharing features. — X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform …
More: Spyglass, Digital Trends, and Mashable
| Theo Wayt / The Information: |
Elon Musk says Grok 5 would be released “in Q1 sometime”, later than a deadline he previously set of releasing the model by the end of 2025 — XAI plans to release its next-generation Grok 5 artificial intelligence model in the first three months of next year, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday.
More: MarketWatch, Dow Jones Newswires, and Benzinga
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