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| Mikita Balesni / @balesni: |
AI researcher Mikita Balesni says he believes OpenAI fired him, Tomek Korbak, and Jasmine Wang for “prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI” — Two other safety researchers and I were fired from OpenAI last week. We wrote this letter to leadership. I believe we were fired for prioritizing safety over the near-term interests of OpenAI as a corporation.
More: Engadget, Mikita Balesni blog, Digit, Business Insider, The Information, and Wall Street Journal
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| Michael Considine / CNBC: |
OpenAI says it didn't fire three researchers for “raising safety concerns or speaking out”, but due to violating “clear policies on handling sensitive” info — OpenAI on Friday defended its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying they had committed a “significant breach of trust.”
More: RuntimeWire, CNN, and The Economic Times
| Associated Press: |
Microsoft denies JD Vance's claim it replaced thousands of US workers with foreign workers last year, saying most H-1B applications were for existing employees — President Donald Trump's administration announced Thursday it was suspending Microsoft and several other firms …
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| Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Reuters: |
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| Jared Perlo / NBC News: |
President Trump awards Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, and Sergey Brin the National Medal of Science at a White House summit promoting innovation — President Donald Trump joined Michael Kratsios to award the Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su and Sergey Brin amid announcements about new science funding.
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| Financial Times: |
Docs: OpenAI told investors its annualized revenue was nearing $50B at the end of September, well below the $70B reported by the media based on investor docs — AI giant recently told investors the key figure was approaching $50bn in September, far less than the $70bn that was widely reported
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic launches OSS Scanner, which provides free, opt-in security audits for open-source projects by sending AI-generated reports without human review — We're launching OSS Scanner, an opt-in vulnerability scanner for the open-source ecosystem informed by our experience using Claude …
More: The Verge, Cyber Security News, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, and The Register
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is planning an event on or around October 27 for its first touchscreen MacBook, an OLED iPad mini, a 14" MacBook Pro with M6, and an iMac with M6 — Apple Inc., already set to introduce a revamped smart home strategy next week, is planning a second launch in October to introduce … | Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: |
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| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX agrees to acquire a low-band spectrum portfolio to help Starlink “become a major mobile carrier in the US”; AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon fall 6%+ after hours — Elon Musk's SpaceX said it acquired low-band spectrum that will enable it to use its Starlink satellites to become a …
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Anthropic updates its usage policy to ban “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude; ending chats is “the primary enforcement mechanism” — The usage policy update also adds new rules addressing propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise up to $100B from Gulf investors for a fund to buy companies and improve their operations with AI and other advanced tech — Founder and chief executive Masayoshi Son has held talks with senior figures in the UAE in recent weeks| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A US judge sentenced Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of the dark web marketplace Empire Market, to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430M in illegal transactions — The co-creator of Empire Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been sentenced to 40 years … | Bloomberg: |
Meta bans ByteDance ads and paid marketing, plus third-party campaigns linking to TikTok, in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam — Meta Platforms Inc. banned advertisements in the US from ByteDance Ltd., the former controlling owner of TikTok, intensifying the competition with the popular social video site.| Bloomberg: |
USV raised $900M, including a $500M early-stage fund, up from $275M in 2024, cuts its general partnership to four investors, and aims to lead more AI rounds — New York City-based venture firm Union Square Ventures is reinventing itself to better compete in the artificial intelligence race … | David Pierce / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils Alexa Tablets, replacing Fire tablets, with Android and Google Play Store: 12 Pro for $500+, 11 for $330+, and 8 for $230+, shipping October 14 — They're powerful, priced to move, and filled with AI ideas. Don't you dare call them Fire tablets.
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LinkedIn: Casimir Tuomi, Chris Welch, Eric Saarnio, Hany Ghali, and Panos Panay. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. Forums: r/DailyTechNewsShow
| Matthew Belloni / Puck: |
Sources: Netflix is preparing for layoffs that will impact ~5% of employees, or ~850 jobs, amid pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price — Facing pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price, the streamer is prepping for a round of layoffs in the near future, per sources.| IDC: |
Global PC shipments dropped 20.1% YoY in Q3 to 62.7M units due to higher prices and supply issues; Lenovo dropped 22.6% YoY, HP 30.9%, Dell 25%, and Apple 11.3% — Q3 delivered the widely expected PC downturn, with supply constraints, high price points, and logistical disruption eroding the usual seasonal lift| Emily Forlini / Fortune: |
Anthropic is setting up a “presidential engagement” program for the 2028 US elections that will offer AI policy education to candidates in both parties — Anthropic is setting up a “presidential engagement” program ahead of the 2028 elections, building an in-house team … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple promotes Carson Oliver to VP of the App Store and names Steve Smith as M&A chief, replacing Adrian Perica, who keeps iCloud, Fitness+, and News — Apple Inc. is naming a new mergers and acquisitions chief, according to people familiar with the matter … Sponsor Posts
Command Line:
Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot will soon determine when a task is best handled by on-device AI and when it needs cloud-scale models.
Bringing local models and sandboxed tools to Windows and GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot will soon determine when a task is best handled by on-device AI and when it needs cloud-scale models.
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The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
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Zoho Books now supports CT600 & Final Accounts Filing as an add-on in the FREE plan — Managing end-of-year filing for limited companies in the UK is often expensive and multi-layered.
IDrive:
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