4 hours ago
Apple Lets Chinese Mac Users Tap Alibaba’s Qwen AI Through Siri
Key Takeaways The integration requires macOS 26.6 and a separate Qwen account activation, and currently applies to Mac only, not iPhone or iPad. Users who opt in get more detailed Siri responses, including photo and document analysis, while Writing Tools can generate text or images from a description using Qwen.…
9 hours ago
Trump Says Congress Wants to Regulate AI “Out of Business” as Washington’s Oversight Fight Intensifies
Key Takeaways Trump’s remarks came as several AI proposals remain stalled in Congress, including a bill requiring independent security audits for the most powerful models. The National Institute of Standards and Technology proposed federal AI evaluation guidelines Friday and opened them for public comment. Trump’s June executive order allows voluntary…
14 hours ago
OpenAI Flags Its First “Critical” Cybersecurity Model, Pausing Parts of Astra’s Development
Key Takeaways Under OpenAI’s own framework, a model hits the Critical threshold if it can independently find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in hardened systems, or design and execute full cyberattacks from just a high-level goal, without human help. OpenAI explicitly stated Astra was not the model involved in July’s Hugging…
2 days ago
Hackers Ran a Five-Week Phone-Call Campaign Against Blackstone, KKR and Dozens of Other Wall Street Firms
Key Takeaways Google identified four hacking groups, dubbed Falcon, Helix, Pink, and Redact, that it believes operate under a shared umbrella it tracks as UNC6671, likely to compartmentalize operations and isolate negotiation fallout. The hackers use voice phishing, calling employees’ personal cellphones while impersonating help desk staff, sometimes spoofing the…
2 days ago
OpenAI’s First Hardware Device Reportedly a $300 to $400 Hockey Puck-Sized Speaker With Moving Parts
Key Takeaways The device will be donut- or ring-shaped, built from “high-quality metal,” and small enough to carry around in one hand between rooms. It has no screen, but includes a camera system, environmental sensors, and speaker grilles for voice-based ChatGPT conversations. Reported “moving parts” are meant to give the…
