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Hacker News - · Sep 9
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 9
Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI.
Hacker News - · Sep 9
Slashdot - · Sep 9
Apple is introducing a new “Reference Image” mode on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max that uses the camera sensor to digitally sign captured data and create an “unalterable” version of a photo, giving users a way to verify what the camera actually saw before any edits were made. The Verge reports: As A
404 Media - · Sep 9
James Strahler was sentenced to 15 years in prison for “cybercrimes that included both real and AI- generated sexually explicit images and threats of violence to numerous victims.”
Axios - · Sep 10
Elon Musk bought Twitter saying civilization needed a “common digital town square.” Four years later, it’s more like a live group chat for Silicon Valley’s AI obsessives . Why it matters: Two years ago, X was fighting off competition from a slew of new entrants. Today, it remains relevant by becomin
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 10
Model developers are selling agentic models to enterprises on the promise that they can work through problems without asking permission at every step. This summer, the cybersecurity industry got a disturbing demonstration of what can happen when that autonomy outruns its constraints. During an inter
The Next Web - · Sep 10
Nvidia has signed eight Australian data centre and cloud companies to build what it calls AI factory capacity, in an arrangement the chipmaker says could support up to two gigawatts of AI compute in Australia by 2027. The partners named in the announcement are Firmus, Sharon AI, IREN, Megaport, Rese
The Next Web - · Sep 10
China’s foreign ministry has rejected the joint US intelligence advisory accusing Chinese developers of extracting capabilities from American frontier models at industrial scale, calling on Washington to stop making unfounded accusations and smears. Mao Ning, a ministry spokesperson, said China’s AI
The Next Web - · Sep 10
Bernie Sanders will convene a private, bipartisan briefing for senators on the risks of artificial intelligence on 16 September. Geoffrey Hinton, Max Tegmark and Ajeya Cotra will address the room for an hour on Capitol Hill. The briefing was reported by Axios, byline Maria Curi. Sanders said AI has
The Guardian Tech - · Sep 10
Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become ‘superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about t
Axios - · Sep 9
An online panic erupted this week after millions discovered that leading AI researchers routinely debate and calculate the risk of human extinction. Taken at face value, the odds are chilling: 10%, 20%, sometimes far higher, assigned to the possibility of AI catastrophe. Why it matters: An esoteric
NY Times Tech - · Sep 9
At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.
The Verge AI - · Sep 9
At Wednesday’s iPhone Duo launch event, Apple announced a handful of new Siri AI Audio Intelligence features, including Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition. Alongside its announcement, Apple released a document laying out how it plans to balance AI “ambient listening” a
Axios - · Sep 9
Politicians have long made it hard to trust their words. Now, AI -generated campaign ads flooding the airwaves and social media are making it harder to trust your own eyes and ears. Why it matters: Americans’ trust in politicians and institutions has been tanking in recent years — and AI campaign ad
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 9
Apple’s phones, watches, and earphones are increasingly judged by how well they enable and support personal AI experiences. Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, opened his company’s hardware event Wednesday by explaining how AI will transform the Apple device experience, and how Apple devices are ideally s
Washington Post Tech - · Sep 9
Anthropic has built its reputation as the safety-minded AI company. But some of its own researchers fear the race it has joined could end with humanity’s destruction.
Hacker News - · Sep 9
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 9
Apple’s introduction today of the Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 marks a significant milestone in the devices’ history. The addition of two new agentic tools—Live Rewind and Siri Recap—repositions the wearables from devices primarily focused on health to ones that also act as an alway
Axios - · Sep 9
AI researchers shook the world Tuesday when they publicly acknowledged that there’s a non-zero chance of AI killing off humanity in the next decade. Why it matters: AI doomsday fears have existed for years, but as the technology has become more powerful and embedded in our lives, those warnings are
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 9
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans
Hacker News - · Sep 9
Hello HN,<p>In the age of LLMs sucking in random secrets, sandbox escapes, and RCE orbital bombardment, I thought it'd be a good idea to create a Maven Extension that defers to the MacOS keychain for resolving secrets. In general, it's a good idea to not have any secrets (passwords, tokens
TechCrunch AI - · Sep 9
AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it’s inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI’s Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans
Hacker News - · Sep 9
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's noticed, but nearly every post on Hacker News is getting LLM comments now. For anyone who works regularly with LLMs, it's very obvious from the tone alone - and a quick check to previous comments will confirm it. Some have gotten slightly more
Fast Company Tech - · Sep 9
In the real world, President Donald Trump is struggling to stop inflation , rout the Iranian government and restore American manufacturing with tariffs. However, it’s a different story in the fantastical vision that he shares with supporters on social media . Over Labor Day weekend, Trump and
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