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- Smartphones & apps · Chips & hardware
Some iPhone Duos reportedly break soon after purchase
SamMobile reports that some iPhone Duo units are breaking just hours after being bought. The source gives no further details.
Full story at SamMobile ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Cybersecurity
OpenAI details tighter security for frontier model training
OpenAI explains how it strengthened containment for training and evaluating frontier models. This includes offline environments and high-compute red-teaming.
Full story at openai.com ↗ - Smartphones & apps · IT industry & companies · Operating systems
Apple week: iPhone Duo launches, more products teased
MacRumors says Apple's first foldable iPhone Duo launched and more products were teased for next week. Verizon also announced a monthly charge for iPhone Handoff.
Full story at MacRumors ↗ - Artificial intelligence
Microsoft publishes diagnostic orchestrator work in Science
Microsoft's team published work in Science Magazine on a diagnostic orchestrator. It reasons through complex medical cases with greater accuracy and lower testing costs.
Full story at news.microsoft.com ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Data & databases · Cloud & data centers
OpenAI explains scaling storage for ChatGPT's huge user base
OpenAI describes scaling Habitat with reliable multi-tenancy, global caching and Azure Cosmos DB. This delivers 12× faster reads for ChatGPT.
Full story at openai.com ↗ - Smartphones & apps
iPhone Duo store pickup reopens in US and Canada
Apple Store pickup reservations resumed in the U.S. and Canada. Inventory is extremely limited, and most stores have no pickup slots today.
Full story at MacRumors ↗ - Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies
Major US banks plan for the day after an AI catastrophe
According to Axios, major American banks are preparing contingency plans for a theoretical AI-driven catastrophe. They see a huge rise in AI agent activity on behalf of customers.
Full story at Futurism ↗ - Operating systems · Software & updates
Windows 11 taskbar speed test no longer opens Bing
Windows Latest reports Microsoft is cutting web-based clutter from Windows 11. Even the taskbar's speed test no longer opens Bing.
Full story at Windows Latest ↗ - Smartphones & apps · Software & updates
Google Health 5.11 rolls out with major upgrades
Version 5.11 is rolling out on Android and iOS. It adds Health Guardian for the Fitbit Air, better automatic activity and sleep tracking, and more glucose tracking options.
Full story at Droid Life ↗ - Artificial intelligence
Study: AI helps junior patent attorneys but may limit learning
A three-month field experiment with 133 patent attorneys found AI raised performance, most for junior lawyers. Once AI was removed, only senior attorneys kept the gains, suggesting baseline expertise is needed for lasting skill.
Full story at The Decoder ↗
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