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November 15, 2025, 6:10 PM

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Some experts question Anthropic's claims of cyberattack breakthroughs using its tools, noting that white-hat hackers report modest gains from AI-aided hacking  —  Researchers from Anthropic said they recently observed the “first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign” …
Financial Times:
Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor  —  iPhone maker's board is preparing for its longtime leader to step down as early as next year  —  Apple is stepping …
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:
A profile of Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, reportedly leaving after being sidelined, who says LLMs are a dead end for AGI and backs world models instead  —  Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI.  Now he's convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
A California federal jury says Apple must pay Masimo $634M for infringing a blood-oxygen patent used in Watch workout and heart-rate alerts; Apple will appeal  —  A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple (AAPL.O) owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O) …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
OpenAI says ChatGPT will now avoid em dashes if users tell it to; em dashes have become telltale signs that supposedly signals text written by AI  —  OpenAI says ChatGPT will now ditch the em dashes if you tell it to.  The telltale sign that supposedly signals text written by AI has popped …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Apple updates App Review Guidelines to require apps to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers  —  Apple on Thursday introduced a new set of App Review Guidelines for developers, which now specifically state that apps must disclose …
Molly Taft / Wired:
Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025  —  A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.
The Information:
Sources: Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400M led by B Capital at a $5B pre-money valuation  —  Apptronik, a humanoid robot maker backed by Google, is in the process of raising at least $400 million at a $5 billion valuation not including …
More: Bisnow, Axios, and Semafor
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Hugh Son / CNBC:
JPMorgan Chase secures deals with fintech middlemen, like Plaid, covering 95%+ of third-party data pulls, and will receive payment for access to customer data  —  JPMorgan Chase has secured deals ensuring it will get paid by the fintech firms responsible for nearly all the data requests …
More: PaymentsJournal and Reuters
X: @cate_long and @mattdizwhitlockLinkedIn: Hugh SonForums: Slashdot
Yun Li / CNBC:
Filing: Berkshire Hathaway discloses a $4.3B stake in Alphabet in Q3, a surprising move given Warren Buffett's reluctance toward high-growth, tech-driven stocks  —  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new position in internet and AI giant Alphabet in a filing …

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