Top AI tech executives promise to ‘self-police’ AI development

From Tom's Hardware: President Donald Trump, several Cabinet members, and House Speaker Mike Johnson sat down with key AI leaders for high-level discussions on AI, as recent incidents such as the publicized Hugging Face hack have brought forth issues about AI safety. The meeting resulted in a...

Apple Pay Finally Arrives In India

From Forbes: Apple Pay has launched in one of the world’s largest digital payments markets, India, currently dominated by the state-backed United Payments Interface (UPI). The initial rollout is limited and arrives in partnership with Axis Bank, the country’s third-largest private lender. Customers...

AMD drops an EPYC $15,000, 256-core beast

From Tom's Hardware: After unveiling the EPYC 9006 (codenamed Venice) series in July and previewing a few impressive Zen 6 benchmarks, AMD has now released full pricing for its highly anticipated next-generation server chips. According to the list StorageReview obtained, AMD has big plans for the...

DoorDash launches an AI agent you can text to order food

From TechCrunch: DoorDash announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a text-to-order AI agent that lets users place orders through Apple Messages. The new tool allows users to send prompts like “order my usual,” and the agent will understand that they mean their Friday night order.

DoorDash says...

Instagram rolls out an AI video editor for creators

From TechCrunch: Instagram announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing an AI video editing tool to Edits, its CapCut competitor.

This conversational AI assistant is intended to provide personalized feedback to creators, rather than generic advice.

“The assistant knows your account’s Instagram...

Apple issues urgent iOS patch as it navigates the spyware arms race

From ComputerWorld: If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”

Apple...

Thermaltake Stage 500 TG ARGB Elevates Showcase Builds

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake introduces the Stage 500 TG ARGB Mid Tower Chassis, designed to bring PC hardware and personal collections together in one showcase. Available in Black and Snow editions, the Stage 500 TG ARGB features a one-piece curved tempered glass panel, a dedicated...

OpenAI takes on Microsoft with launch of ChatGPT's own office suite

From TechCrunch: OpenAI has been a close partner of Microsoft from the jump, but the AI lab is increasingly going after the company’s bread and butter, workplace software, with new features that closely resemble an office software suite like Microsoft’s.

At its Dev Day developer conference in San...

OpenAI launches Dots, its bubbly agentic avatar

From TechCrunch: At OpenAI’s Dev Day event on Tuesday, the company announced the launch of Dots, a new personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra. The company describes Dots as “remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.”

Unlike Codex or ChatGPT, Dots are meant to...

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