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Thursday 5 November

Justice Department Forms AI Task Force, Fox News Reports

AI-generated summary The Justice Department is creating an artificial intelligence task force, according to Fox News reports. Fox News reports that the new task force aims to prevent foreign adversaries and criminal organizations from exploiting advanced technology.

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OpenAI debuts new cybersecurity-focused AI model amid growing alarm about AI-driven cyber attacks

OpenAI chief revenue officer Dali Rajic.

AI-generated summary OpenAI has debuted a new artificial intelligence model called GPT-6 Cyber that is designed to help cybersecurity professionals with tasks such as vulnerability research. OpenAI says the model helped find 81 unknown Firefox vulnerabilities and develop working exploits for hundreds of Linux kernel vulnerabilities.

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Nasdaq heading for worst day in 18 months as Wall Street sustains widespread losses

AI-generated summary The US Nasdaq share index headed for its worst day in 18 months after slumping by up to 5% on Thursday as Wall Street sustained widespread losses. Nvidia fell 6.7% while SanDisk tumbled 19% and Western Digital dropped 16.5% amid growing signs that the artificial intelligence industry will face tougher regulation.

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Anthropic rapidly accelerating AI development amid slowdown calls, group says

AI-generated summary An analysis released Thursday by an independent monitoring group states that Anthropic is developing its artificial intelligence systems around twice as quickly as it was a year ago. Model Evaluation and Threat Research researchers estimated that the acceleration is largely due to the help of artificial intelligence itself, despite CEO Dario Amodei calling to slow down model capabilities.

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Paid $200 for Logic Pro? Apple Says You Won't Get This New Feature

AI-generated summary Apple released version 13.0 of Logic Pro for Mac with a new AI-powered Intelligent Assistant feature that requires a separate Apple Creator Studio subscription costing $12.99 per month or $129 per year. Apple states that customers who previously paid $199.99 for the one-time purchase version of Logic Pro will not receive the Intelligent Assistant feature.

Apple's AI Strategy Is Reshaping Its Hardware and Services Economics

AI-generated summary Apple is spending heavily to bring artificial intelligence into its products, but the financial returns and expected profitability remain uncertain. Chief Financial Officer Kevan Parekh told investors that server-side Siri artificial intelligence costs would be recorded within Services cost of sales.

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