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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Block unveils Dessa, a “true speech-to-speech” AI model trained on “nothing but human conversation” that it says runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or newer — You have got to listen to these conversations with Block's new Dessa AI model.
More: Block, The Decoder, Gizmodo, Mashable, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, TheStreet, The Indian Express, RuntimeWire, Unite.AI, and Crypto Briefing
X: @jack, @ragavanthurair, @cz_binance, @arpagon, @davetist, @axhoff, @bffmike, @linusekenstam, @gregoryconti19, @jack, @blocks, @shivaroor, @kimmonismus, @kimmonismus, @naithanjones, @simplykashif, @layoffai, @templetonthomas, @amritaahuja, @thebitsian, @blocks, @testingcatalog, @chrisparkx, @trackingcosts, and @justinebateman. Forums: r/programiranje
| The Information: |
Source: Replit recently moved most AI spend from Anthropic to OpenAI, which gave 30%+ off in a deal worth $100M+/year, after Anthropic discontinued its discount — OpenAI's efforts to undercut Anthropic on price are producing some results. — For instance, in May, Anthropic models powered 57% … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI says it built an “offline world” from cached web content to train isolated frontier models to browse, search for information, and use web apps — In order to work with software, AI models need computing environments: digital workspaces where they can write and run code …
More: TechCrunch, The Decoder, The Verge, Engadget, Digital Trends, StrictlyVC, Cyber Security News, The Register, Wccftech, RuntimeWire, Reuters, Blockchain.News, and Unite.AI
X: @hesamation, @rohanpaul_ai, @danielchtan97, and @hadas_gold
Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, and r/technews
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
More: Gizmodo, PCMag, WinBuzzer, The Hans India, Digit, Tech in Asia, What's Trending, Reuters, Crypto Briefing, Finimize, and Bloomberg Law
| Shimul Sood / Android Authority: |
Google updates its privacy policy to clarify it could use data shared via Personal Intelligence from connected apps, including Gmail and Photos, to target ads — Your inbox has secrets, and Google's ads might want in. — • … TL;DR — Google updated its privacy policy …
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Decrypt, CyberInsider, Reclaim The Net, PPC Land, Pulse 2.0, The Hacker News, Moneycontrol, WinBuzzer, Digital Trends, PPC, How-To Geek, Dexerto, 9to5Google, and SammyGuru
X: @glenngabe and @androidauth
Forums: r/technology and r/degoogle
| Torsten Slok / Apollo Global Management: |
Outside of tech there has been no financial payoff to US companies for using AI, now viewed as a margin-hurting cost center, as VC-backed firms burn more tokens — Despite massive investments and widespread hype around artificial intelligence, the technology has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech.
More: DeLong's Grasping …. X: @bradrcarson, @spnichol, @davidsirota, and @thestalwart. Bluesky: @stevenjcbuckley
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Wall Street Journal: |
Ukraine says Starshield was working normally again on Saturday morning; US officials said Trump asked Elon Musk to restore the service — Speed restrictions imposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX have hampered Ukraine's drone forces since Oct. 14 — KYIV—Ukraine's military Starlink system …
More: TechCrunch, Associated Press, Reuters, Puck, Sky News, NewsMax.com, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, NPR, New York Post, Stars & Stripes, Business Insider, The Guardian, Financial Times, Euronews, Ukrainska Pravda, Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, New York Times, Gizmodo, Axios, CNBC, The Kyiv Independent, The Hill, Mediaite, Scripps News, Diplomatic,, Forbes, Politico, The Indian Express, CBS News, and RTÉ
X: @jurgen_nauditt, @barakravid, @elonmusk, @johncornyn, @alexbward, @zelenskyyua, and @ralee85
| Toby Sterling / Reuters: |
The PHP Foundation, which coordinated fixes for two critical PHP flaws, operates on a shoestring budget with one full-time staff member and 14 contractors — The discovery of two serious flaws in PHP this week set off a global scramble to keep websites safe from hackers …
More: PHP and The Hacker News
X: @jaydrogers. Bluesky: @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca. Forums: Hacker News, r/Destiny, and r/CharruaDevs
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Memo: Helen Chiang, Xbox's first COO, is leaving Microsoft on October 23, just months after the role was created; she spent 21 years at the company — Helen Chiang is leaving Microsoft after 21 years. … Xbox is losing its first chief operating officer (COO) after creating the new role just a few months ago.
More: Eurogamer.net, Neowin, ScreenRant, GamesRadar, Polygon.com, Kotaku, PC Gamer, GamesMarket, GamesBeat, IGN, and Inven Global
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A look at OpenAI's Project Daybreak, which lets vetted partners use its top hacking models to find and fix vulnerabilities and helped uncover PHP2Shell RCE bugs — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. — Using the latest GPT model, cyber researchers …
More: Wall Street Journal, Bitcoin Insider, TechCrunch, and NBC News
| Kimi: |
Moonshot unveils Kimi K3.1 Pro, a 3T-class open-weight model with a 1M-token context window, and K3.1 Pro Highspeed, with full weights to be released by Nov. 4 — We're introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro, the first model in our new K3.1 series and our most capable 3T-class open-weight model to date, with a 1-million-token context window.
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, Artificial Analysis, BottleCap AI, Crypto Briefing, Extrapolator AI, SiliconANGLE, Implicator.ai, Wccftech, and Cautious Optimism
X: @arena, @kimi_moonshot, @simonw, @kimi_moonshot, @crystalsssup, @chrisgpt, @miaai_lab, @commandcodeai, @arena, @scaling01, @kimmonismus, @scaling01, @jeremiahdillon, @scaling01, @hesamation, @rynorhn, @choblin29, @natolambert, @natolambert, @andrewcurran_, @kimmonismus, @synthwavedd, @kimi_moonshot, @kimi_moonshot, and @bindureddy. LinkedIn: Jim Dowling
Bluesky: @nikapathid, @timkellogg.me, @minimaxir, and @philpax.me
Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/SillyTavernAI, and r/singularity
| Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: |
More: Latent Space, Reuters, and Bloomberg
| Dana Goldstein / New York Times: |
A look at Alpha School, a network of private schools that claims to teach kids 2x as fast using AI; data shows ~50% of K-8 students missed this goal in math — Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students' test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn't live up to the hype.
More: Los Angeles Times, Cognitive Resonance, Chalkbeat, and San Francisco Chronicle
X: @danagoldstein and @mpershan
| Steven Rosenbush / Wall Street Journal: |
An interview with Ciena CEO Gary Smith, a veteran of the 2001 telecoms crash, on AI demand outpacing supply for Ciena's optical networking chips, and more — Ciena CEO Gary Smith is ‘suitably paranoid,’ but optimistic — The historic telecommunications crash of 2001 is burned indelibly … | Rachel Monroe / New Yorker: |
Inside Meta's law enforcement outreach team, which uses AI and human reviewers to analyze social media posts, aiming to prevent threats like school shootings — Algorithmic social media, which has helped create the conditions for the spread of such violence, is reckoning with how it can be part of the solution.| Liv McMahon / BBC: |
The UK plans to invest £100M to create the AI Biosecurity Lab to boost defenses against biological threats, supported by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind — The UK says it will establish a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) to help strengthen its defences against emerging biological threats.| The Information: |
Sources: Instacart, currently valued at $12B, is in talks to sell itself and held preliminary conversations with DoorDash and Uber; CART jumps 9%+ — Instacart is in talks to sell itself in a transaction that would cap the grocery delivery app's 14-year run as a standalone company.Sponsor Posts
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We can build it. Can we judge it? — As agentic AI shortens the path from idea to shipped code, journey evaluation becomes a critical design skill.
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