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We unfolded the iPhone Duo ◆ Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity ◆ Meta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset ◆ Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions ◆ Does this AI comic make you laugh? ◆ AI boom helps drive surprise UK growth in July ◆ Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks ◆ CA governor signs 'landmark' laws on youth use of social media and AI chatbots ◆ OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand ◆ Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek ◆ Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US ◆ Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google

We unfolded the iPhone Duo
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Anthropic spent this week in hot water over cybersecurity
The VergeMeta may have leaked the first look at its slim ‘Project Phoenix’ headset
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Meta says it’s changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
The Verge
Does this AI comic make you laugh?
BBC News
AI boom helps drive surprise UK growth in July
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Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks
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CA governor signs 'landmark' laws on youth use of social media and AI chatbots
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OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand
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Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and DeepSeek
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Meta’s AI agent Muse is now the No. 2 app in the US
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Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google
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Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you
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India’s Pocket FM doubles revenue run rate to $500M as AI powers 93% of audio content
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Universal Music Group is collaborating with ElevenLabs on a new AI-powered creation platform
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AI agents are flooding public services with new requests
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UK needs new laws for AI in healthcare, says watchdog
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Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
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Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit

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Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

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Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'

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Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?

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OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours

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