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Tim Cook posted a video on X showing Pikachu roaming Apple Park during a visit from The Pokémon Company, including CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara, alongside Cook and incoming Apple CEO John Ternus. Cook joked that the goal was introductions, talking gaming, and keeping Pikachu away from the pond, but the character ended up near the water anyway.
Jim Cramer said quarterly results from Nvidia and Salesforce released Wednesday evening dismantled two prevailing bearish narratives on Wall Street, driving Salesforce shares up 22% and Nvidia shares up 8% on Thursday. Salesforce posted its fastest sales growth in four years, low customer attrition, and doubled AI bundle bookings, while its new Claudeforce partnership with Anthropic countered fears that AI would erode software subscriptions. Cramer noted Nvidia's report similarly addressed worries about slowing hyperscaler demand, custom-chip competition, GPU depreciation and delays to its Vera Rubin platform.
Anthropic has released a research preview of what it calls the Model Hardware Standard, a set of standardized drivers that let AI agents communicate directly with physical devices like lasers, microscopes, and cameras. The system replaces custom 'translator' software normally needed to connect disparate lab equipment, aiming to cut experimental setup time from weeks to hours. The idea grew out of observing a neuroscientist's manual effort to coordinate multiple instruments for a memory-formation study.
A DuckDuckGo Research survey found that about one-third of people disclose sensitive personal details to AI chatbots that they withhold from friends, family, and doctors, with the figure rising to 56% among self-identified AI enthusiasts. Nearly half of parents surveyed admitted to telling chatbots things they've never shared with their own children or closest confidants.
Rockstar co-studio head Rob Nelson told IGN that Grand Theft Auto VI will replace the series' simple hotwire button with varied theft methods tied to each vehicle's make and model. Some cars will require tools like key cloners, others will demand careful speed control to dodge GPS tracking, and an in-game app will help players identify what's needed and what a car is worth. Players can still carjack any driver directly, but stealing parked vehicles will be gated by story progress and acquired equipment.
OpenAI is said to be developing a persistent AI agent capable of running continuously rather than only responding to single prompts. The agent would maintain ongoing awareness of tasks and context over time, moving beyond the transactional chat-based model most assistants use today.
A free set of runnable Colab notebooks called AI Engineer Notebooks has been released to teach applied LLM engineering skills like RAG, agents, evals, fine-tuning, and serving. The curriculum deliberately avoids frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex, instead having learners build agent loops and retrieval pipelines from raw API calls using the free Groq API. Two GPU-heavy topics, LoRA fine-tuning and self-hosted serving, include optional appendices tested on Colab's free T4 GPU.
Data miners found a DLSS 5-related DLL file inside NBA 2K27's early access build, containing neural rendering weights tied to Nvidia's next-gen upscaling tech. Although the game has no interface to enable it, modders behind the RenoDX Reshade project extracted the file and got it working in Control, revealing customizable sliders that alter lighting, shadows, and facial detail.
Google, OpenAI and more than 100 other companies signed a joint letter warning that AI-powered cyberattacks are set to grow more common in the near future. The letter calls on governments and industry to take stronger action to prepare for and counter this rising threat.
Storm Summoner is a new MIDI controller designed specifically to interface with modern effects pedals, many of which are stereo, programmable, and no longer rely on traditional stomp switches. The device positions itself as the playing interface for this new generation of pedal-based instruments rather than a conventional footswitch accessory.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced that Amazon is now part of YouTube's e-commerce affiliate network, letting eligible U.S. creators tag Amazon products in long-form videos, livestreams, and Shorts. Creators will earn commissions when viewers buy tagged items, expanding an affiliate program YouTube launched in 2022.
Rockstar Games hosted a 26-minute Netflix livestream titled 'Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look,' showing gameplay, cutscenes, and mechanics for its long-awaited sequel. The presentation confirmed players will control two lead characters, Jason and Lucia, as they navigate a richly detailed, satirical version of Miami called Vice City. The reveal followed a week of leaks from a hacker group Rockstar called 'heartbreaking,' plus a separate report detailing the game's technical ambitions.