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Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-28 23:02:22

Within days of joining Meta, Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, had threatened to quit and return to his former employer, in a blow to Mark Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar push to build “personal superintelligence.” Zhao went as far as to sign employment paperwork to go back to OpenAI. Shortly afterwards, according to four people familiar with the matter, he was given the title of Meta’s new “chief AI scientist.” The incident underscores Zuckerberg’s turbulent effort to direct the

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WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-10-28 23:15:55

WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack into the Apple devices of “specific targeted users.” The Meta-owned messaging app giant said in its security advisory that it fixed the vulnerability, known officially as CVE-2025-55177, which was used alongside a separate flaw found in iOS and Macs, which Apple fixed last week and tracks as CVE-2025-43300. Apple said at the time that the flaw was used in an “extremely sophistica

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Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 01:30:12

That distant ringing? It's the sound of the Taco Bell death knell, tolling for the restaurant chain's shambolic AI-powered drive-thrus. We exaggerate, but only a little. The much-maligned tech experiment, which has been deployed at 500 Taco Bell locations across the United States, isn't quite dead yet. But it's received enough backlash since being unleashed on hangry motorists that even one of the company's top executives is having second thoughts. "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest

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AirPods 3 are imminent, here’s why I’m upgrading

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-29 02:57:55

Apple’s “Awe dropping” event is officially set for September 9, and it’s likely to focus on the iPhone 17 and new Apple Watch models. Based on the latest reporting, however, the highly-anticipated AirPods Pro 3 might also make their debut at the event. AirPods Pro 3 are expected to offer a handful of notable upgrades, and they just might steal the show for me. On a recent episode of the Upgrade podcast, Myke and Jason answered the following question from a listener: “You arrive at the airport

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HoYoverse's Star Rail spinoff is Honkai: Nexus Anima

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 03:36:38

HoYoverse's next gacha game has shades of Teamfight Tactics and Pokémon. The developer describes Honkai: Nexus Anima as a "creature-collector adventure strategy game." HoYoverse first teased the title in May at the Honkai: Star Rail Concert 2025. In Honkai: Nexus Anima's game world, a sudden rupture has shattered the balance between opposing forces (Nexus). You'll explore the realm, forging bonds with the resulting creatures (Anima) scattered about. It sounds like gameplay will revolve around a

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If these iPhone 17 Air rumors are real, my old phone is about to be retired

zdnet.com Elyse Betters Picaro 2025-10-29 03:39:00

The iPhone Plus model (pictured) may potentially be replaced by the iPhone Air/Slim. Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways iPhone 17 Air may debut as Apple's thinnest phone ever. Single rear camera shows Apple's thinness trade-offs. Expected to debut on Sept. 9, 2025, priced around $900. Apple is rumored to be spicing things for this year's iPhone event. It could introduce an ultra-thin model for the 2025 iPhone lineup called the iPhone

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Best Washing Machines for Your Home in 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 01:48:00

It's not always about the features that you most regularly use, but about having features available that you might sometimes need to use. If available features are driving your comparative shopping experience for washing machines, GE offers a top-tier, front-loading model with consistent customer satisfaction and just about every available add-on. While it is more expensive than the models listed above, it's less expensive than other models that offer as many features as it does. This washing m

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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-10-29 03:04:17

Meta says it’s changing the way it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety, a spokesperson exclusively told TechCrunch, following an investigative report on the company’s lack of AI safeguards for minors. The company says it will now train chatbots to no longer engage with teenage users on self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or potentially inappropriate romantic conversations. Meta says these are interim changes, and the company will release more robust, long-lasting safety updates for

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Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees Is Not Going Well

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 06:30:12

That distant ringing? It's the sound of the Taco Bell death knell, tolling for the restaurant chain's shambolic AI-powered drive-thrus. We exaggerate, but only a little. The much-maligned tech experiment, which has been deployed at 500 Taco Bell locations across the United States, isn't quite dead yet. But it's received enough backlash since being unleashed on hangry motorists that even one of the company's top executives is having second thoughts. "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest

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Samsung’s take on Pixel Screenshots is finally available to global users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:26:06

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Global Galaxy owners on One UI 6 or later can now try out the Collections app. This app was previously exclusive to users in China. The app stores information and allows you to easily search for it, sort it by app, and summarize it with AI. Google offers a handy app called Pixel Screenshots, which makes it easy to organize and recall information from screenshots and photos. If you didn’t know, Samsung has a similar, but different app called Collections.

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Why AirPods Pro 3 will be an instant upgrade for me

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-29 07:57:55

Apple’s “Awe dropping” event is officially set for September 9, and it’s likely to focus on the iPhone 17 and new Apple Watch models. Based on the latest reporting, however, the highly-anticipated AirPods Pro 3 might also make their debut at the event. AirPods Pro 3 are expected to offer a handful of notable upgrades, and they just might steal the show for me. On a recent episode of the Upgrade podcast, Myke and Jason answered the following question from a listener: “You arrive at the airport

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The White House reportedly ordered xAI's Grok to be approved for government use

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:56:25

Despite some fallout between President Trump and Elon Musk, the White House appears to still be in Musk’s corner. Wired is reporting , based on documents obtained by the outlet, that the White House allegedly directed leadership at the General Services Administration (GSA) to include xAI's Grok on its list of approved AI vendors. xAI is owned by Elon Musk and was not included in the slew of approvals the GSA issued in August that saw the agency add OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to its list of ve

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Why AI Isn't Ready to Be a Real Coder

news.ycombinator.com Rina Diane Caballar 2025-10-29 06:24:13

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the coding sphere, with AI coding tools completing source code, correcting syntax errors, creating inline documentation, and understanding and answering questions about a codebase. As the technology advances beyond automating programming tasks, the idea of full autonomy looms large. Is AI ready to be a real coder? A new paper says not yet—and maps out exactly why. Researchers from Cornell University, MIT CSAIL, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley hi

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Wikipedia as a Graph

news.ycombinator.com Hamza Baaziz 2025-10-29 07:19:56

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Essential Coding Theory [pdf]

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 06:53:41

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FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:51:02

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Google of using "partisan" spam filtering in Gmail that sends Republican fundraising emails to the spam folder while delivering Democratic emails to inboxes. Ferguson sent a letter yesterday to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, accusing the company of "potential FTC Act violations related to partisan administration of Gmail." Ferguson's letter revives longstanding Republican complaints that were previously rejected by a federal judge and the F

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Students Shocked by Instructor's Ruthless Response to Suspected AI Use on Exam

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 10:26:10

In classrooms, reactions to the rise of artificial intelligence have ranged from abject horror from some educators to excited adoption from others. With ChatGPT approaching its three-year birthday, we've seen students and teachers alike issue all kinds of complaints and defenses — and this latest one might take the cake for the more extreme backlash we've seen. As New Zealand's Stuff reports some 115 postgraduate students at the country's Lincoln University were flabbergasted to learn that the

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OpenAI and Anthropic evaluated each others' models - which ones came out on top

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-10-29 11:52:00

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Anthropic and OpenAI ran their own tests on each other's models. The two labs published findings in separate reports. The goal was to identify gaps in order to build better and safer models. The AI race is in full swing, and companies are sprinting to release the most cutting-edge products. Naturally, this has raised concerns about speed compromising proper safety evaluations. A first-of-

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Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 11:28:47

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters But the AI seems to have served up the complete opposite. Since 2023, the fast-food chain has introduced the technology at over 500 locations in the US, with the aim of reducing mistakes and speeding up orders. In one clip, a customer seemingly crashed the system by ordering 18,000 water cups, while in another a person got increasingly angry as the AI repeatedly asked him to add more drinks to his order. Taco Bell is rethinki

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Anthropic Settles With Authors Over Pirated Material: What Does That Mean for Other AI Lawsuits?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 10:05:02

Anthropic agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of authors alleging that the AI company illegally pirated their copyrighted books to use in training its Claude AI models. On Tuesday, the parties in the lawsuit filed a motion indicating their agreement with the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. We don't yet know the terms of the settlement, but we could know more as soon as next week. Justin Nelson, lawyer for the authors, told CNET via email that more information will be announced soon.

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The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2025-10-29 09:22:26

The White House appears to have instructed leaders at the General Services Administration (GSA) to add xAI’s Grok chatbot to a list of approved vendors “ASAP,” according to an email sent by agency leadership earlier this week, which WIRED obtained. “Team: Grok/xAI needs to go back on the schedule ASAP per the WH,” states the email, sent by Josh Gruenbaum, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service. “Can someone get with Carahsoft on this immediately and please confirm?” Carahsoft is a

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The future of AI hardware isn’t one device — it’s an entire ecosystem

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-10-29 11:30:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. I dream of a gadget that can do it all. Instead, when I leave for the office, I pack one or two phones, a portable battery bank, a laptop, a Kindle, a new product I’m testing, and at least one pair of earbuds. In my backpack, there’s a pouch full of cords and adapters. On my body, I usually sport between two and four wearable devices.

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At OpenAI, Signs of Crisis Grow Behind the Scenes

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-29 14:43:50

OpenAI is still reeling from the disappointing launch of its latest GPT-5 model. It's being pelted with lawsuits from left and right, for alleged crimes like mass copyright infringement and colluding to ice out its competitors. More than ever, it's being criticized for its chatbot's alarming proclivity to not only give dangerous advice, but convince people to actually take it with its beguiling and sycophantic charm — a deeply weird phenomenon that's already led to several alleged deaths. Behin

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A third of professionals are embarrassed by their lack of AI skills, says LinkedIn

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-10-29 15:45:24

Deagreez/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI's fast nature and the need to upskill are overwhelming workers. Learning about AI feels like a second job to workers. Forty-one percent say AI's pace impacts their well-being. Staying up with AI's changing landscape is getting workers down. Forty-one percent of professionals report AI's current pace is impacting their well-being, and more than half of professionals say

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Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash, then a hacker found it

news.ycombinator.com Trisha Thadani 2025-10-29 12:15:39

Years after a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a young Florida couple in 2019, crucial electronic data detailing how the fatal wreck unfolded was missing. The information was key for a wrongful death case the survivor and the victim’s family were building against Tesla, but the company said it didn’t have the data. Then a self-described hacker, enlisted by the plaintiffs to decode the contents of a chip they recovered from the vehicle, found it while sipping a Venti-size hot chocolate a

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Antarctica Is Unraveling

gizmodo.com Matt Simon 2025-10-29 15:10:15

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll find not a simple cap of frozen water, but an extraordinarily complex interplay between the ocean, sea ice, and ice sheets and shelves. That relationship is in serious peril. A new paper in the journal Nature catalogs how several “abrupt changes,” like the precipitous loss of sea ice over the last dec

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AI or not, Will Smith’s crowd video is fresh cringe

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-28 21:02:52

Will Smith posted a video on social media that shows oceans of fans cheering him on during his recent European tour. “My favorite part of the tour is seeing you all up close,” the caption says. “Thank you for seeing me too.” In these thousands-deep crowds, some fans are holding up signs espousing their love for Smith, with one even saying that his music helped them survive cancer. But the video gives off an odd aura — it looks believably real at first glance, until you look closer and find di

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AirTag deal: Get a four-pack of Apple's Bluetooth trackers for $70 for Labor Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-29 19:16:26

Labor Day sales include a decent number of Apple devices this year, from big to small. AirTags are among the latter; you can pick up a four-pack of the Bluetooth trackers for only $70 right now. That's only about $5 more than the pack's record-low price, and it's one of the best prices we've seen all year. For Apple users, AirTags offer some large advantages over rival trackers. The ultra-wideband functionality offers precise tracking with iPhones less than five years old, so you can narrow you

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iPhone 17 Air Rumors: What to Expect From Apple's Thin Phone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 18:00:04

Key takeaways The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly replace the iPhone Plus model. It could measure 5.5mm thick and have a 6.6-inch display. iOS 26's Adaptive Power feature could help mitigate battery compromises with a skinnier iPhone. This slim iPhone 17 could cost $900, but the price may be affected by tariffs. It could come in four color options, including a buzzed-about sky blue hue. As September approaches, so too does the anticipated reveal of the next iPhone, which could include the thin

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Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-10-29 19:19:10

Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the country’s AI backbone through a new subsidiary — starting with strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta. At the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched a new venture called Reliance Intelligence, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. The new venture aims to create a national-scale AI infrastructure, including enterprise tools and services for a var

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Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

WhatsApp fixes ‘zero-click’ bug used to hack Apple users with spyware

Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well

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OpenAI and Anthropic evaluated each others' models - which ones came out on top

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Billionaire Ambani taps Google, Meta to build India’s AI backbone

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