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Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (302+ words) A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well. Microsoft on Tuesday released a fix for a high-severity zero-day that was disclosed by a researcher who has been locked in a testy beef with the…...
Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (562+ words) Ars Technica Anthropic Tuesday publicly released Claude Fable 5, its first "Mythos-class" model that it says surpasses its previous frontier Opus models in overall capabilities. But the model's launch today comes with safeguards designed to prevent it from answering queries on…...
Google announces Gemini 3. 5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (459+ words) Ars Technica Google has been chasing real-time translation for years, which it says has been one of its "pioneering machine learning experiments." We've seen numerous demos on stage at Google events in the past, but you needed Google phones, earbuds,…...
High-severity vulnerability in Linux caused by a single errant character
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (289+ words) Use-after-free bug can be exploited to evade sandbox defenses. Researchers have analyzed a high-severity vulnerability in Linux that's able to escalate untrusted users to root by exploiting a bug you don't often see: a single errant character inside the kernel....
Apple says its AI is still private, even when it's running on Google's servers
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (326+ words) Some models run in Google's cloud, but without giving Google any kind of access. For years, Apple has touted user privacy as a key benefit of using its platforms. Its cloud services use encryption that's intended to keep other people'including…...
mac OS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac era
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (223+ words) You'll need an M1 or better to run the next release of mac OS. As Apple announced last year, this year's mac OS release will end support for Intel Macs. The mac OS 27 Golden Gate release will require a Mac with…...
For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (335+ words) 73 packages run self-replicating stealer as soon as they're opened by an AI agent. Dozens of cryptographically verified open source packages from Microsoft were compromised late last week to add advanced credential-stealing code that was triggered when developers opened them in…...
Say hi to "Siri AI"Apple announces new, more "conversational" voice assistant
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (297+ words) New features coming this fall alongside two-tiered, Google-powered AI model overhaul. Unlike other companies that "appear to be racing forward, seemingly pursuing AI for the sake of AI, with little regard for the people" it's meant to serve," Apple's SVP…...
Gemini 3. 5 and Antigravity come to Google Notebook LM
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (751+ words) Notebook LM is getting a big upgrade, but it's only for AI Ultra and enterprise accounts right now. Google's Notebook LM was one of the company's first forays into generative AI technology, and in un-Googley fashion, it hasn't been shut…...
"Chat is dead": Open AI preps overhaul of Chat GPT
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (868+ words) Open AI to recast hit chatbot as a route to higher-margin products before a potential IPO. Open AI is preparing the biggest overhaul of Chat GPT since its launch kicked off the AI boom, as the $850 billion group hunts for…...