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Apple Intelligence Rolls Out in China Without the New Siri

Apple Intelligence will make its debut in China with the iOS 27.3 beta scheduled for November 4, ahead of a full iOS 27.3 release in December. The initial rollout includes notification summaries, real-time translation, rewriting and proofreading tools, visual intelligence, and the ability to remove objects from

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Financial strain tests the AI infrastructure spending boom

Big Tech’s race to build AI infrastructure is entering a more difficult financial phase. Despite continued multibillion-dollar investment, mounting debt and negative cash flow are creating new pressure on technology companies whose AI ambitions require substantial spending on computing capacity and related systems. At the same time, investor

Anthropic Cursor extension reportedly backdoored for nearly 12 hours

Anthropic’s VS Code extension for Cursor was reportedly backdoored for nearly 12 hours. The incident highlights the risk posed by compromised developer-tool accounts, but it is still unclear how attackers gained access to Anthropic’s verified Cursor account. The limited information available does not establish how the backdoor

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Flawed Malware Limits Anthropic Claude Extension Supply-Chain Attack

A supply-chain attack compromised Anthropic Claude extensions used by developers, placing malicious code on thousands of machines. The attacker had intended the compromised extensions to help spread the malware further, but a coding flaw prevented the worm from fully propagating across approximately 5,000 developer systems. The limited success

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Major AI companies back a shared robots.txt opt-out signal

Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic are backing a proposed common signal for robots.txt that publishers could use to indicate whether their content may be scraped for AI training. The proposal, put forward by Anthropic technical lead Kevin Kelley as part of Internet Engineering Task Force work, would add a

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to Offer Streamlined AI Training Tool

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic will offer a streamlined tool designed to simplify AI training. The joint effort brings together four major providers of AI systems and tools, reflecting a shared focus on making model development workflows more accessible and efficient. The announcement does not specify the tool’s capabilities,

California’s ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ Adds a New Layer of Workplace AI Oversight

California is moving to impose new limits on employers’ use of artificial intelligence under a measure known as the No Robo Bosses Act. The law signals greater scrutiny of AI systems used in employment and workplace management, where automated tools may assist or influence decisions about workers. Legal analyses published