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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing four AI glasses designs with rectangular and oval frames, multiple colors, and a camera system with vertically oriented oval lenses — Also: The latest on the foldable iPhone. — Apple is working on several frame styles and a unique camera design for its first smart glasses.
More: CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, Neowin, Tom's Guide, Digital Trends, iClarified, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and Forbes
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| Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase: |
A deep dive into the debate about Claude Mythos Preview, the model's capabilities, attempts to refute Anthropic's claims, and what it means for the future of AI — Anthropic is not going to release its new most capable model, Claude Mythos, to the public any time soon.
More: Wired, Security Boulevard, Tomasz Tunguz, NPR, iClarified, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Axios, and SingularityHub
X: @eliebakouch, @kimzetter, @johncrickett, @maxcroser, @davidsacks, and @jeffreyleefunk. LinkedIn: Todd Humphreys
Bluesky: @timmarchman, @timkellogg.me, @mims, and @shashj
Forums: r/blackhat and r/pwnhub
| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
Sources: UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers, and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting within the next two weeks — Leading banks, insurers and exchanges to be warned over cyber security vulnerabilities exposed by Claude Mythos| Bloomberg: |
More: TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Barron's Online, The US Sun, iPhone in Canada, Yahoo Finance, Techdirt, CNBC, Telegraph, Globe and Mail, Michael Tsai, American Banker, The Hill, Washington Post, Benzinga, Breitbart, and Insurance Business
X: @kantrowitz, @ric_rtp, @miles_brundage, @linahuaa, @brij, @kanishkanarayan, @kanishkanarayan, @kanishkanarayan, @deanwball, @senblumenthal, and @asymmetricinfo. Bluesky: @rayminehane
Forums: r/democrats, r/Foodforthought, and r/inthenews
| Jonah Owen Lamb / The San Francisco Standard: |
Police report: Sam Altman's home appears to have been targeted in a second attack after a gun appeared to have been fired at his home from a car early Sunday — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home appears to have been the target of a second attack Sunday morning, a mere two days …
More: Business Insider, San Francisco Chronicle, Breitbart, The Hans India, crypto.news, The Verge, Decrypt, Bloomberg, SFist, and CBS News
X: @tszzl. Bluesky: @taylorlorenz. Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, r/technology, r/singularity, and r/sanfrancisco
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Takeaways from HumanX, one of the AI industry's main events: Claude Code dominated the conversation, while some execs noted China's lead in open-weight models — If one thing became clear at the HumanX conference in San Francisco this week, where 6,500 executives, founders and investors gathered …
More: XDA Developers, Towards Data Science, The Deep View, The New Stack, MakeUseOf, and PCMag
X: @databricks, @robloxnewsroom, @sierraplatform, @stanleytang, @sierraplatform, @edludlow, @alexeheath, and @pcmag. Bluesky: @carnage4life. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Washington Post: |
Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a “child of God” — The artificial intelligence company asked religious leaders for guidance on building a moral chatbot. — Summary
More: Breitbart, The Decoder, Premier Christian News, and Gizmodo
X: @nitashatiku, @yoda, and @drewharwell
Bluesky: @jetjocko, @reselsnark, @doublepulsar.com, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @marizaga, @ernie.tedium.co, @tonystark, @tcarmody, @davidevanlovett, @damonberes.com, @saramontourlewis.com, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @justinhendrix. Mastodon: @natematias@social.coop
Forums: r/technology and r/accelerate
| Bloomberg: |
As weather betting grows on prediction markets, climate experts are debating whether it improves forecasts by aggregating knowledge or is simply a zero-sum game — From Kalshi and Polymarket to niche scientific platforms, traders are predicting the weather — and climate experts are debating the results.| New York Times: |
A look at the escalating global AI arms race, as the US, China, Russia, and others rush to build AI-backed autonomous weapons and defense systems — China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military systems.| Terrence O'Brien / The Verge: |
Google says Polymarket bets “briefly appeared in Google News in error”, after the bets appeared alongside news articles in the “For You” section — Links to bets on world events were appearing alongside legitimate news organizations.
More: The Guardian, Cointelegraph, Gizmodo, crypto.news, Wall Street Journal, and DL News
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure — India's quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players. But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart …
More: Fortune India and Tech in Asia
| Daniel Tudor / Financial Times: |
Analysts and researchers say Google's TurboQuant compression algorithm to make LLMs more efficient is more likely to expand memory chip demand than reduce it — More efficient artificial intelligence could mean even greater need for semiconductors, say experts| Ellen O'Regan / Politico: |
Survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries: around 84% said they don't trust US tech companies with their personal data; 93% don't trust Chinese companies — Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech. — More than 8 in 10 Europeans … | Simon Batt / XDA Developers: |
The Linux Kernel Organization now lets developers submit AI-generated code, as long as it complies with the guidelines, licensing, and attribution requirements — - Linux allows AI-generated kernel code, but the community will treat it as your own contribution.
More: Linux kernel on GitHub, Implicator.ai, Tom's Hardware, and Neowin
X: @rohanadwankar, @gotrootpw, @somi_ai, @antirez, and @crascit. Mastodon: @nixCraft@mastodon.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/programare, and Lobsters
| Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic: |
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