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Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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Ars Technica
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
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The Verge
Meta open sources code to let you make Muse AI gadgets
Meta now lets you make your own Muse gadgets that feature the company's new AI agent with code that the company open sourced. The company suggests projects like loading Muse on a color E…
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Ars Technica
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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The Verge
Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
Apple will add new limits for "full disk access" on Mac in response to risks posed by AI agents, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. In an update on Friday, Apple says it's rolling out new…
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Ars Technica
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
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The Verge
OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
It's a tale as old as last week: OpenAI's new agent platform, called Dots, is full of cute little guys who can do your bidding. But unlike the ultra-approachable Meta Muse, Dots feel very…
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The Verge
Breaking up (with Elon Musk) is hard to do
In a throwback to MySpace-style internet drama, Shivon Zilis announced that she and the father of her four children, Elon Musk, had broken up on X. To do so, she quote-tweeted a post from…
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WIRED
These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open
Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.
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MIT Technology Review
Redefining enterprise intelligence with autonomous AI
Enterprise AI is no longer a future ambition. It is in full operational flight. Model capabilities are advancing faster than most organizations can absorb, while the cost of performance…
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The Guardian
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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WIRED
Trump’s Crazy AI Rebrand Was a Loyalty Test for Tech Execs—and It Worked
For years these billionaires gushed obsessively about AI. But they meekly went along when Trump canceled the term.
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Ars Technica
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive due to AI
Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99.
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The Verge
If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings. But that's changed in…
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The Verge
AI hallucinations are making entitled customers even worse
Madison, a server in New York City, greets every table by asking about each diner's allergies. Lately, there have been some close calls. "Sometimes people will tell me they have a shellfish…
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The Verge
Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers
Amazon is calling for people to support AI data center projects, or risk irreparable harm to the US economy and national security. In a more than 3,000 word blog posted today, Amazon web…
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WIRED
A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data
While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.
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The Verge
AI music maker Suno now generates spoken words
Suno is branching out from the world of AI music, launching a new feature that generates spoken voices based on scripts or prompted descriptions. Speech is now available in public beta…
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WIRED
AI Is Making a Mess of Nurses’ Schedules. They Say It’s a Safety Issue
A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration.
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MIT Technology Review
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
On an afternoon in Seoul in March 2016, I watched a program I helped build put a stone on the fifth line of a Go board in what looked like a gift to its human opponent. Move 37 in game two…
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OpenAI fires three workers over mishandling 'sensitive information'
The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.
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WIRED
Whatever AI Safety Is, It’s Not This
Asking AI companies to self-regulate is a great way to pretend like you’ve accomplished something.
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MIT News
New tool lets users repair AI-generated 3D models, then fabricate them just the way they want
“InstructMesh” can generate designs for everyday objects that are easy to edit and fabricate for both experts and newcomers to 3D modeling.
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Ars Technica
Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it's not an antitrust issue.
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