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iOS 18.3.1 Release Expected Within the Next Few Weeks

Speculation about the iOS 18.3.1 release has surfaced. This includes a related Starlink connectivity rumor.

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Hims & Hers faces scrutiny from lawmakers over ‘misleading’ Super Bowl ad

Two U.S. senators wrote a letter to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday expressing concerns about an upcoming Super Bowl ad.

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OpenAI Close to Deal that Values Company at $300 Billion

The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank would invest up to $40 billion in the maker of the chatbot ChatGPT.

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One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge

Elon Musk has reportedly picked fresh-faced six engineers to run DOGE. I spoke to one of them in 2023, when his life looked very, very different. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge

Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed its stance,” Ng said during an onstage interview … Continue reading

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IT Teams Worry About Increasing Cost of Cyber Tools From AI Features, While Criminals Barely Use Them

Most IT leaders believe generative AI will increase the cost of their security tools, according to Sophos research. But, by the looks of cyber crime forums, hackers are barely using AI.

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UK’s International AI Safety Report Shows Progress is at Breakneck Speed

The International AI Safety Report, put together by 96 AI global experts, summarises existing literature on the risks and capabilities of advanced AI systems.

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Google Halts Its Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Goals

An email announcing Google’s elimination of various programmes intended to improve diversity at the company was sent to employees on Wednesday.

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DeepMind claims its AI performs better than International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalists

An AI system developed by Google DeepMind, Google’s leading AI research lab, appears to have surpassed the average gold medalist in solving geometry problems in an international mathematics competition. The system, called AlphaGeometry2, is an improved version of a system, … Continue reading

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Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’

Social network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky developer Paul Frazee, Bluesky will add a new “followers only” setting that users can configure to limit replies. In addition, … Continue reading

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