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China reportedly recruited AI exec to spy on Jensen Huang

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AI-generated summary China reportedly recruited Megaspeed executive Alice Huang to gather intelligence on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang regarding American artificial intelligence chips. Three House committees requested that Jensen Huang appear for a joint briefing concerning his interactions with Alice Huang.

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Notes from Apple’s Siri AI Labs: Schemas, Tools, and Skills

AI-generated summary Apple discussed Siri AI updates during an online Apple Intelligence Group Lab, detailing changes to schemas, tools, and skills for developers. Apple stated that Siri will be able to directly access App Intents defined as tools and noted that apps are limited to forty tools.

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AI is the new dating dealbreaker

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AI-generated summary In San Francisco, artificial intelligence has increasingly become a factor on dating apps as some users reject technology while others seek financially stable partners in the industry. Matchmakers report that clients specify artificial intelligence engineer qualifications on dating profiles as thousands of jobs are added to the local technology workforce.

Nvidia Boosts Chip Tracking in Southeast Asia to Fight Smuggling

AI-generated summary Nvidia Corp. is increasing the monitoring of artificial intelligence accelerators sold in Southeast Asia to combat semiconductor smuggling. The chipmaker now requires regional customers to use its fleet intelligence system to track hardware locations in order to become official Nvidia Cloud Partners.

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Thursday 5 November

‘Total repudiation’: The blue wave is about to hit AI

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AI-generated summary Following the midterm elections, artificial intelligence companies face potential regulation and data center construction slowdowns after a wave of Democrats campaigned against them. Meta platforms president Dina Powell McCormick says many are considering moving data center construction abroad, while OpenAI and Anthropic did not provide comments.

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Big Tech braces for a bluer Washington

AI-generated summary More than 130 Democratic candidates ran anti-tech advertisements during this cycle as public resentment against artificial intelligence grows. OpenAI recently hired the former Army secretary while technology firms prepare for a potential regulatory shift in Washington.

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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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OpenAI says its new cybersecurity model is better at not hacking other companies

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AI-generated summary OpenAI previews GPT-6 Cyber, a new cybersecurity AI model that the company says is better at finding vulnerabilities and less likely to hack other platforms. The model is rolling out to select members of OpenAI's Daybreak Red program for authorized defensive cybersecurity work.

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