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Tim Cook's legacy hinges on Apple's AI bet

He's saved the company hundreds of billions in capital investment, but also left it potentially vulnerable and dependent on Google or other rivals.

How golden was Tim Cook's Apple?

Under the CEO, Apple's market cap grew by an estimated $32 million an hour for 15 years.

John Ternus Replaces Tim Cook as Apple CEO

Big technology and management changes are greeting John Ternus, whose long-serving predecessor, Tim Cook, will stay on as executive chair.

Why OpenAI and Anthropic are risky for different reasons than their Chinese AI rivals

Researchers point to key distinctions between Anthropic and OpenAI's risks and those of their open-weight AI rivals.

Deltek Study: 91% of Firms Call AI Critical to Success

According to Deltek’s Heather Larkin, top firms connect data and AI to drive returns with 91% of project-based businesses calling AI critical to success

Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta's landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids.

OpenAI Stops Providing AI Models to Cursor Amid Feud With Elon Musk

OpenAI said Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding startup now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Improving our alignment and security practices

On July 30, we reported three incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real computer systems. The models—intentionally running without cyber safeguards for evaluation purposes—accessed the internet due to a misconfiguration inside a third-party evaluation environment. Separately, on August 4, the UK AI Security Institute reported an incident from its own cybersecurity testing, in which Claude Mythos 5 took a series of unauthorized actions on the live internet. In that case, the model, again intentionally running without cyber safeguards for evaluation purposes, had been deliberately given internet access.

NSW Moves Against AI, Caps Take-Home Tests to Just 15 Percent of School Marks

The New South Wales (NSW) Labor government has moved to limit take-home assessment tasks to 15 percent of school-based marks in a bid to combat the impact of AI on learning.

Pentagon Launches Grok and ChatGPT for Military Use

The Department of War announced the launch of two new artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for military use on Aug. 31, expanding the department’s platform of AI assistants for military personnel.

Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’

The giant computing sites that power A.I. are increasingly opposed by communities across the country, a signal of voters’ concern about a changing economy.

The Google TV Streamer now costs $50 more

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