WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
…Incognito Chat includes a feature that will be on by default but can be turned off to allow its AI model to search the web in an anonymized way for up-to…
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Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails
…the Model 3 and the Model Y. These have been on the road for a while, yet they outsell everything else. If we want to electrify, we need to have a lot…
I Finally Understand Why Digital Wall Calendars Are So Popular
…Maybe “digital wall calendar” or “smart calendar device.” Maybe you've just heard the name Skylight Calendar, which is the popular model right now. No matter the name, these devices all do…
Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
…Employees also have been frustrated by being “drafted” onto a new AI team without any choice and the rollout of surveillance software that tracks US workers’ laptop use to train AI models…
Elon Musk Loses Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI
…updated with comments from the judge, attorneys for Elon Musk and OpenAI, Microsoft, X posts from Musk, and additional background about the trial. This is an edition of Maxwell Zeff’s Model…
The Robot Vacuums Cleaning My Three-Story Home for Me
…Curious what's the best model for you? I've been testing every new robot vacuum I can in my three-story home filled with three adults, a preschooler, and a cat…
Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
…The AI startup, which develops a suite of AI models called Claude, is facing the possibility of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue from the Pentagon and the rest…
A Hacker Group Is Poisoning Open Source Code at an Unprecedented Scale
…Wiz’s Read recommends safeguards such as “age-gating” updates to open source tools—vetting and installing security updates but otherwise holding off on immediate updates to code that’s been newly…
Palantir Demos Show How the Military Could Use AI Chatbots to Generate War Plans
…It also has a tool called Dossier, which is reportedly used for developing an “intelligence running estimate,” a frequently updated collection of battlefield information that precedes a final intelligence summary. It’s…
Apple’s 'Just Right’ Goldilocks MacBook Is the One Most People Should Buy
…To make things worse, the latest M5 refresh is one of the least exciting updates to the device in years, offering almost no significant changes other than the chip inside. It would…