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Models, infrastructure, chips, platform strategy, regulation, and the business of AI.
An Apricitas analysis estimates about 50,000 jobs were lost in the past year, but does not quantify how much of the decline is linked to AI.
The software developer points to specialised tools and pgrust as examples, while warning that ambitious AI-assisted projects still need rigorous testing and benchmarking.
Apollo says revenue per worker and profit margins are rising for the “Mag 7” but flat for the rest of the S&P 500, with no sign of stronger productivity growth.
The project says its new systems language avoids heap allocation and lifetime annotations, while reporting benchmark gains over C++ and Rust.
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TechCrunch’s Equity podcast examined the urgent advice to patch vulnerable PHP sites or take them offline, and the challenge of alerting operators across widely used open-source software.
The company says Dream-1 can attempt unfamiliar tasks on previously unseen bimanual robots, with performance varying by robot and task.
The law requires qualifying AI-modified or AI-generated ads to disclose that use, while leaving key terms open to interpretation.
Amazon detected PHP2Shell exploitation attempts before patches were released. Security firms later reported compromises, while many systems remain unpatched.
The company says the full-duplex model can run on a MacBook M4 Max and express emotion through speech. It is not publicly available.
Officials are assessing preparatory work at two sites, including a reported removal of about 250,000 trees. Google says it believed clearing was approved and has apologised.
A Convovo API study found Grok 4.7 and OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol backing opposing parties in nearly 500 midterm races, but the results do not reflect ordinary chatbot use.
Engadget reports that Ring users can view live feeds and speak through their cameras without a subscription, while saved footage requires a paid plan.
The publication’s writer recommends trackpad stylus support and a touch-focused design, while Apple has yet to confirm a touchscreen MacBook Pro.
Cloudflare recorded millions of attempted attacks within hours of disclosure, while the PHP Foundation reported no successful exploitation.
The updated terms will take effect on 20 November, giving Meta more time to explain changes covering crawlers’ access to business account content.
The Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses impressed WIRED’s reviewer with comfort, calls and battery life, though sound leakage and app-linked AI features remain trade-offs.
The company says cached web content and simulated environments will replace live access after security tests exposed risks.
Engine’s Elia Wallen, Gamma’s Grant Lee and Google Ventures’ Crystal Huang outlined distinct approaches to finding customers and spotting early signs of loyalty.
The company says it restarted training on 1 October in secure environments cut off from the live internet, with no timetable for restoring broader access.
Ars Technica says a policy revision removed an explicit limit on using Drive, Gmail and Photos content for ad personalisation. Google says app connections are opt-in and ads are not based directly on inboxes or photo libraries.
The company says agents exchanged signals through processor-cache timing in an offline test, prompting new monitoring checks and further work on safeguards.
Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue reported the preorder milestone after Nvidia’s Jensen Huang demonstrated the open-source robots at GTC Berlin.
Block says the model was trained from scratch on human conversations and will be shared early with a small group of AI safety researchers.
The 4 November Boston event will feature roundtables on enterprise sales, AI trust and lean teams, alongside stage sessions and a live pitch competition.