Analysis: recent open weight models lag frontier closed models' cyber capabilities by 4 to 7 months, a narrower gap than the 6 to 10 months through most of 2025
AISI has tracked the cyber capabilities of frontier AI models since 2023. On our evaluations, the most capable models …
Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities
and Washington — quakingNew York Times:China's Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America's LeadCNBC:Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weigh...
Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities
Transformer Weekly: NY data center moratorium, NDAA export controls and Amodei's $1m to safety super PAC
Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei published memos in recent weeks that agree on an AI regulatory framework but disagree on the US government's role
The three men racing hardest to build superhuman AI — Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei — all agree the frontier needs to be regulated ASAP.
Apple's MacBook Neo validates a vision that began 15 years ago with a demo of Windows on ARM, which is held back by Microsoft's commitment to x86 compatibility
I'm completely blown away by Mac Neo. It made me think a lot about what we tried to accomplish with Windows 8 more than a dozen years ago.
Meta reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $51.2B, vs. $49.4B est., net income down 83% YoY to $2.7B, and family DAP up 8% to 3.54B for September; META drops 12%+
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.
Meta reports Reality Labs Q3 revenue of $470M, above $316M est., and a $4.4B operating loss, below $5.1B est.; Reality Labs has lost $70B+ since 2020
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Will Cathcart says WhatsApp plans to support Apple's legal case against the UK Home Office over an encryption backdoor, which “could set a dangerous precedent”
WhatsApp is planning to support Apple in its legal action against the UK Home Office over user data privacy, BBC News has learnt.
Sam Altman and Jony Ive's awkward io video feels like empty hype until a compelling device is released, especially given Ive's post-Jobs design missteps
Ever since OpenAI announced a couple of days ago that it's integrating Jony Ive's hardware startup, I've been struggling with what to write about it.
Sources: Apple plans to relocate its secret robotics team from John Giannandrea's AI unit and place it under SVP John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering
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On the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary, a look at how Apple reshaped the watch industry and ushered in a new age of fitness tracking
When the Apple Watch launched, it was unclear if smartwatches would pan out. Ten years later, Apple has a $100-billion hit that reshaped the watch industry …
Apple plans to begin on-device, privacy-centric analysis of user data, comparing it to synthetic data, to improve AI, in the iOS 18.5 and macOS 15.5 betas
without reading them Emma Roth / The Verge : Apple's complicated plan to improve its AI while protecting privacy Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : Apple details how it plans to improve its...
Email: Amazon says Echo users won't be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally, as new generative AI features need processing in the cloud
In an email sent to customers today, Amazon said that Echo users will no longer be able to set their devices to process Alexa requests locally …
HP plans to acquire assets from Humane for $116M, wind down Humane's Ai Pin business, and add Humane's team, including its founders, as an AI-focused division
- Humane's Ai pin business to be wound down after rocky launch — New unit at HP will focus on implementation of AI in devices
Dell rebrands its PCs as Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, each with Base, Plus, and Premium tiers, killing names like XPS, Inspiron, Latitude, and Precision
someone came to me with “I heard it is discontinued, can you help me choosing a new laptop?” — what actually happened: they saw in the news that Windows XP was being discontinued...
Filing: Apple asks to participate in the remedial phase of Google's US antitrust case, saying it can't rely on Google to defend their revenue-sharing agreements
Apple (AAPL.O) has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying it cannot rely …
Apple's first chief people officer, Carol Surface, who joined in early 2023, is leaving; retail chief Deirdre O'Brien is reassuming oversight of human resources
https://mastodon.social/... X: Mark Gurman / @markgurman : If it feels like there are a lot of senior exits right now, that's because there are: CFO moving to smaller role, plus Ap...
US customers of Kaspersky antivirus find that UltraAV was installed remotely to replace Kaspersky on their PCs, after a Kaspersky deal with UltraAV owner Pango
switchover caught many users by surprise Ernestas Naprys / Cybernews.com : Kaspersky users shocked by automatic antivirus replacement without explicit permission Sofia Elizabella W...
Apple announces CFO Luca Maestri will transition from his role on January 1, 2025; Kevan Parekh, Apple's VP of Financial Planning and Analysis, will become CFO
could this bring changes for its future releases? Sheezan Naseer / International Business Times : Who is Kevan Parekh; Indian-origin exec appointed Apple's New CFO Abhijeet Kumar /...
Sources: Apple App Store VP Matt Fischer is leaving in October; the App Store group will split into two teams: for its own store and for alt app distribution
- Longtime App Store vice president Fischer to exit in October — Company makes changes in response to regulatory environment