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| Sean Heelan / Sean Heelan's Blog: |
A security researcher details how he discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMB implementation by analyzing the code using OpenAI's o3 API — In this post I'll show you how I found a zeroday vulnerability in the Linux kernel using OpenAI's o3 model.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: the main topic at WWDC will be a redesigned software interface, dubbed Solarium, for all of Apple's operating systems, including tvOS and watchOS — Jony Ive's deal with OpenAI should cause major shockwaves at Apple, especially after a design-team brain drain and struggles in artificial intelligence.
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Forums: r/apple and r/augmentedreality
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Grok's tendency to repeat debunked claims raises doubts about Elon Musk's goal of making it a reliable source of information in high-stakes areas like medicine — Grok has proved popular with X users. But a string of bizarre blunders has threatened to turn it into a punchline.
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| Valentine Baldassari / Bloomberg: |
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| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
Google expands Veo 3 availability to 71 additional countries, and Gemini Pro subscribers now get a trial pack of 10 Veo 3 generations on the Gemini web app — About 100 hours after its initial launch, Google is opening up its AI video model Veo 3 to users in 71 additional countries.| Allison Johnson / The Verge: |
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| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
Some Amazon engineers say managers have increasingly pushed them to use AI over the past year, raising output goals and becoming less forgiving about deadlines — Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think.| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Zach Witkoff, World Liberty Financial co-founder and son of Trump's Middle East envoy, who is pursuing crypto deals with countries like Pakistan — While Steve Witkoff travels the world as Middle East envoy, his son Zach is pitching foreign deals for his cryptocurrency venture with the Trumps
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| Adam Edelman / NBC News: |
Texas is set to enact one of the strictest bans on social media for minors, with age verification requirements and letting parents request account deletions — It's the latest attempt in a growing effort by states to enact significant limits on the use of social media by young people.
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| Mohit Pandey / Analytics India Magazine: |
Sarvam AI's 24B-parameter LLM for Indian languages Sarvam-M receives only 334 downloads in two days on Hugging Face, raising concerns about AI efforts in India — Much of Sarvam's criticism comes from comparing it to OpenAI or DeepSeek, while the problem the company is trying to solve is fundamentally different.
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LinkedIn: Rishabh Bhardwaj and Mohit Pandey
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
A look at updates that weren't in the Google I/O keynote, including a Nearby Passes notification in Wallet and the Play Store's Ask Someone Else to Pay button — The Google Play Store will let you ask other people to pay for your purchases, and Live Updates are coming to smartwatches.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Sam Altman and Jony Ive's awkward io video feels like empty hype until a compelling device is released, especially given Ive's post-Jobs design missteps — Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it's integrating Jony Ive's hardware startup, I've been struggling with what to write about it.
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| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Some VCs, such as Khosla Ventures, are considering acquiring mature businesses, like call center operators, and optimizing them with AI to serve more customers — Venture capitalists have always focused on investing in companies that leverage technology to either disrupt established industries … | Katie Fehrenbacher / Axios: |
London-based Converge, which uses sensors and AI to optimize the use of concrete in construction projects, raised a $22M Series A led by Dutch bank ABN Amro — Converge, a concrete sensor and AI startup, has closed $22 million in the second tranche of a Series A round, the company tells Axios.
More: ABN AMRO, Converge, ESG Today, Silicon Canals, FinSMEs, EU-Startups, and UK Tech Investment News
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| David Cendon Garcia / EU-Startups: |
Paris-based Veesion, which offers AI-powered video surveillance software for spotting suspicious behavior in stores, raised a €38M Series B led by White Star — Veesion, a French startup building AI tools to detect suspicious behaviour in physical stores, has announced …
More: The French Tech Journal, White Star Capital, TNW, and Silicon Canals
| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
Amap, Alibaba's mapping and local services business, introduces a ride-hailing feature on the app's English version, targeting foreign visitors in China — Amap's ride-hailing feature, available on the platform's English version, reflects support for China's visa-free travel scheme
More: Tech in Asia
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