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Thursday 5 November

Perplexity’s new AI coworkers can take over your workload, but they don’t come cheap

AI-generated summary Perplexity launched Teammates on Thursday, introducing personal AI agents for work that are available first to Max subscribers on the web. CEO Aravind Srinivas says native mobile and desktop apps are coming, while free and Pro users must upgrade to Max for $200 per month.

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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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Claude's new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending - read-only, of course

Claude’s new Personal Finance tool aims to help analyze your spending – read-only, of course

AI-generated summary Anthropic announced Personal Finance in Claude on Thursday, allowing users to connect bank and credit card accounts through read-only access via Plaid. The feature is currently available only to Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US.

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"Used 5% of the time": AI already made your RAM pricier, and now OpenAI's Sam Altman says it's wasted in your Windows PC

AI-generated summary OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated on a podcast that keeping limited DRAM in personal computers used five percent of the time is quite terrible for global allocation. Microsoft executive Satya Nadella instead promotes unmetered intelligence with models running locally on Windows PCs.

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