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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic releases a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model that can interact with desktop apps by imitating mouse and keyboard input via a “computer use” API, now in beta — In a pitch to investors last spring, Anthropic said it intended to build AI to power virtual assistants that could perform research …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic claims that its new Sonnet 3.5 model scores 49% on SWE-bench Verified, up from 33.4% and “higher than all” public models, and debuts Claude 3.5 Haiku — Today, we're announcing an upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and a new model, Claude 3.5 Haiku.
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| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
Netflix shut down AAA game studio “Team Blue”, which hired industry veterans and seemed set to pursue a big-budget multi-device strategy, amid a gaming shake-up — The SoCal studio boasted senior veterans from Halo, God of War and Overwatch — One of Netflix's most intriguing video game studios is no more.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Unisys, Check Point, Avaya, and Mimecast to pay a combined $7M to the SEC, which says they negligently downplayed the impact of the SolarWinds supply chain hack — The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Tuesday that it charged and imposed penalties on four companies …
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
iPad mini (2024) review: fast A17 Pro chip, delightful size, and Pencil Pro support, but less powerful than other iPads, outdated Touch ID and camera placement — Apple's smallest tablet got an upgrade — but it won't feel like much of one unless Apple Intelligence is better than it seems.
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Jack Sweeney says Meta suspended Instagram and Threads accounts tracking celebrities' private jets, including Zuckerberg's; Meta cites a “risk of physical harm” — Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities - including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a new App Store-like app dedicated to games that will integrate with the user's Game Center profile — It's been a month since Apple released iOS 18 to the public, but the company is already working on future software updates. Interestingly, as Apple …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
OpenAI and Microsoft announce a $10M AI local news project operated by the Lenfest Institute, starting with five US metro news organizations — - “The scale, we think, is significant,” he added. … - The new program is being driven in partnership with The Lenfest Institute's Local …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out enhanced scam detection to Google Messages beta users and previews other safety features, like an option to blur images that may contain nudity — The latest round of new features for Google Messages is focused on safety, like “Sensitive Content Warnings” for images that contain nudity.
More: Google Online Security Blog, CNET, Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, Digital Trends, Android Authority, and Droid Life. Forums: r/GoogleMessages
| Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: |
TSMC says it alerted the US to a potential attempt to have it manufacture AI chips for Huawei, circumventing export controls; sources: the chips resembled 910Bs — Chipmaker reported having received order for processor resembling that of Chinese company Huawei
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Penguin Random House, UMG, and SAG-AFTRA join 11.5K+ signatories of an open letter saying the “unlicensed use of creative works” to train AI must not be allowed — Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals' work to train AI models
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Qualcomm partners with Google to help automakers develop AI voice assistants and unveils two new chips to power dashboards and self-driving features — Qualcomm (QCOM.O) on Tuesday said it was teaming up with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google to offer a combination of chips and software … | Runway: |
Runway rolls out Act-One, a Gen-3 Alpha tool for animating AI-generated characters with realistic facial expressions using video and voice recordings as inputs — Act-One can create compelling animations using video and voice performances as inputs. It represents a significant step forward …
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| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Canva releases new generative AI features, including Dream Lab, an image generator powered by Leonardo.ai's Phoenix model; Canva acquired Leonardo.ai in July — Canva has added a bunch of new AI features to its web-based design platform, including updates for generating text and video effects and a more powerful text-to-image app.
More: MakeUseOf, ZDNET, Hindustan Times, PetaPixel, Fast Company, Lifewire, and Capital Brief
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Stability AI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large, an 8B-parameter model that makes 1MP images, and 3.5 Large Turbo, and plans to launch 3.5 Medium on October 29 — Following a string of controversies stemming from technical hiccups and licensing changes, AI startup Stability AI has announced …
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| Radhika Rajkumar / ZDNET: |
Asana launches AI Studio in early access, a no-code tool for designing AI agents that can be integrated into teams' existing workflows — Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise across workplaces and industries. From performing admin tasks in meetings to helping with sales calls …
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