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Admins see snags as macOS Sonoma 14.4 hits Macs
There appear to be a couple of snags in the latest iteration of macOS Sonoma that are upsetting to Apple admins: Some USB hubs are no longer recognized by the Mac and a popular command tool used to restart services on remote Apple devices is no longer supported.Why...
Anthropic launches its fastest and cheapest AI model yet
Anthropic has launched its most affordable and fastest AI model — Claude 3 Haiku, which the company claims is up to half the cost of GPT 3.5 and works up to three times faster than existing models. This newest addition to the Claude model family joins the ranks of...
AI hallucination mitigation: two brains are better than one
As generative AI (genAI) continues to move into broad use by the public and various enterprises, its adoption is sometimes plagued by errors, copyright infringement issues and outright hallucinations, undermining trust in its accuracy.One study from Stanford...
The EU browser wars have begun as Apple opens up
Now that Apple has opened up choice to third-party browsers as part of its efforts to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, we can expect a new focus on browser market share in the near future.Third-party browsers have been supported in iOS since version 14....
New AI assistant threatens software engineering jobs
Devin has the ability to actively collaborate with users during software development. This includes providing real-time progress updates, accepting feedback, and working together to make design choices.
Microsoft is holding back the ‘AI PC’ revolution
Look, we need to talk: The PC industry has a big problem. And it’s not hardware makers’ fault — it’s Microsoft’s responsibility. The hardware is here: Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and PC makers have delivered on their end.Now, everyone is waiting for Microsoft to catch up and...
A call for digital-privacy regulation ‘with teeth’ at the federal level
How did we get to the point where the tech industry is in the user-data business instead of the tech business?Every day, Google collects data on billions of people worldwide, according to The Regulatory Review. The dodge that users gain some benefit from ad targeting...
US pushes to weaken international human rights treaty on use of AI software
The US government is lobbying Council of Europe members to weaken an international treaty on human rights and AI software by exempting private vendors from compliance.Diplomats are meeting in Strasbourg, France, this week to create a final version of the treaty, which...
EC’s use of Microsoft 365 violates data-privacy rules, watchdog group says
The European Commission (EC) has violated several key data protection rules in its use of Microsoft 365 regarding the transfer of people's personal data from Europe to other regions not covered by EU data-protection laws, a key European privacy watchdog found.The...
Apple tweaks its DMA compliance strategy in Europe
In what perhaps reflects ongoing backroom discussion between Apple’s App Store team and EU regulators policing the new Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple has once again modified its approach to supporting third-party software sellers on iOS devices.Starting later this...
OpenAI rebuts Musk’s ‘fictional’ claims over Founding Agreement
In a strongly worded reply to Elon Musk, OpenAI has described the claims of the X-owner as fictitious, accusing him of attempting to take credit for the “remarkable technological advances” achieved by OpenAI.Musk’s earlier filing at the San Francisco State Court...
Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI — right idea, wrong messenger
Loose cannon, always-looking-for-attention Elon Musk has again thrust himself into the public eye, this time by suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for breaching its founding agreement by turning the company away from its non-profit roots and cashing in on the billions of...