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🔥 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗲𝘁, 𝗮 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 Meta launched Waddle World, a free Tamagotchi-style pet app, on iOS and Android in the Philippines. Adults 18 and older hatch a 16-bit pixel pet, feed it and play mini-games. You speak or type about your day, and the pet writes it up as a journal entry with a doodle. Meta's page says it's not a chatbot. Meta hasn't said whether the app will launch anywhere else. Meta also aims to ship its egg-shaped Muse Charm AI gadget this December. #AI #Meta #WaddleWorld Sources: X, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

𝗥𝗜𝗣 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝘁 July 13, 1940 - October 28, 2026 😥 ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗡𝗨𝗦 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲 Researchers at the National University of Singapore developed a fibre that functions as pixels and senses touch at the same time, published in Nature. The team integrated 54 of them into a sleeve to create a 96 by 54-pixel flexible screen that tracks touch and plays video. > Over 5,000 microchips connected along one-millimeter threads using laser soldering > Display retained light and touch response after 50 detergent washing machine cycles > Withstood 1,000 bends around a 5-millimeter radius while staying as breathable as cotton #Hardware #Wearables #Research Sources: Edu, Designboom ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗣𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗛𝟯 𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝟭𝟱-𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 Pika released H3 Flex with downloadable weights on Hugging Face and code on GitHub. Pika built it by further training MiniMax H3. Pika says it ranks first among open-weight models on DesignArena’s text-to-video board and seventh overall. > Generates a 15-second clip with soundtrack in as little as 7 seconds, according to Pika. > Supports resolutions up to 4K and separate audio tracks for editing. > API pricing starts at $0.01 per second. > Pika offers 15 free generations daily for two weeks. #AI #Pika #OpenWeights Source: X ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 Google started rolling out a Chrome update on October 28 that lets enhanced autofill pull details straight from Gmail. Gemini with Personal Intelligence finds order numbers, package tracking numbers and flight bookings, then suggests them when a form asks. It's live in the US on desktop, Android and iOS, for Gemini in Chrome users who turned Personal Intelligence on. Google says the sensitive data stays encrypted, and you choose what autofill can access in Chrome settings. #AI #Google #Chrome #Gemini Sources: Google, Thurrott ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝟭𝟬𝟬, 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗨𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 Tibo says on X that all usage limits double for the Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500 tiers, and for Business Premium. Tibo says it's effective today. He also says Pro 200 limits won't be reduced after user feedback, so Work and Codex usage there stays the same. #AI #Codex #OpenAI Source: @thsottiaux ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

👀 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮'𝘀 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗴 The New York Times reports that Alice Huang, managing director of Singapore's Megaspeed, was passing information to Beijing as a Chinese intelligence asset. Megaspeed is an Nvidia cloud partner accused of helping smuggle $2 billion worth of Nvidia chips last year. She was photographed beside Jensen Huang around Computex 2024, and seen with him again in Taipei around Computex 2025. U.S. intelligence has reportedly known for over a year and briefed Trump, who chose not to act. #AI #Nvidia #China Source: Tom's Hardware ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🚨 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝟰 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 Mistral released the open weights for Mistral Large 4, its 1-trillion-parameter multimodal model, live today for self-hosted deployment. • Coding: Ranks first among open models on FrontierCode 2.0 with a 19.7% score. • Reasoning modes: Adds Low, Medium, and High modes. #Mistral #OpenSource #AI Source: Mistral ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝟭𝟮% Undergraduate computer science enrollment at US colleges dropped more than 12% this fall. Graduate programs fell more than 10%. Over two years, undergrad programs have lost 18.4% of their students and graduate programs 27.1%. An August Bureau of Labor Statistics report said computer and math jobs would feel the most impact from AI. Total undergrad enrollment still rose 0.6%. #AI #Jobs #ComputerScience Sources: Bloomberg, Business Standard ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 Anthropic made smart reports generally available for Claude Enterprise on October 28. A manager picks a team, a date range and the Claude products to include. The reports also flag "inefficiencies": sessions with no usable output, and ones classified as "personal or off-topic." #AI #Anthropic #Claude Sources: Claude, Mashable, A47 News ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🚨 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗣𝗧-𝟲 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 Both labs used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to train their latest models, according to The Information. Distillation lets competitors clone advanced capabilities faster, without paying for the full training cost. Anthropic says its new safeguards cut similar distillation scraping on Claude by up to 99%. #AI #DeepSeek #OpenAI #MoonshotAI Sources: The Information, Reuters ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🚨 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗣𝗿𝗼 Apple unveiled the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, the first Mac with a touchscreen in company history. The launch reverses Steve Jobs's famous 2010 stance dismissing touchscreen laptops as "ergonomically terrible." Apple's tandem OLED screen reaches 2,000 nits peak brightness, powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch starts at $3,399, shipping November 6. #Apple #MacBookPro #Touchscreen Sources: Apple, CNBC ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

📰 𝗜𝗖𝗬𝗠𝗜: 𝗪𝗲𝗱, 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 Everything we published today, 14 stories, in one place. 🧠 Models and launches - Google drops Gemini 4 Carbon with top cybersecurity benchmarks (t.me/sispotnews/5517) - Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe Takes Orders Before It Listens (t.me/sispotnews/5520) - Everything you need to know about Gemini 4 Carbon (t.me/sispotnews/5523) 🛠 Agents and tools - Cisco Open Sources Project Quarry, a Rule Language for Agent Security (t.me/sispotnews/5515) - Opera Ships Local AI Models Inside Its Browsers, No Subscription Needed (t.me/sispotnews/5521) 🔐 Security and policy - Scale AI Faces EU Complaints Over Keystroke Logging (t.me/sispotnews/5512) - 123 Reg Blames First AI-Driven Cyberattack on China-Linked Hackers (t.me/sispotnews/5516) - Australia House Passes Bill Banning Chatbots from Simulating Emotional Intimacy (t.me/sispotnews/5522) - Cathedral's AI Agents Breach Anthropic Through Third-Party Software (t.me/sispotnews/5524) 💼 Business and funding - OpenAI Reportedly Plans to Buy Google's AI Chips (t.me/sispotnews/5514) - Nvidia Faces DOJ Inquiry Over Hugging Face Deal (t.me/sispotnews/5525) - SAP Swaps Pricey AI Models for Cheaper Ones, Eyes €2B in Gains (t.me/sispotnews/5526) 🌍 The bigger picture - China Hits 3.2 Pb/s Over Fiber on Commercial Hardware (t.me/sispotnews/5513) - AI's Tokenizer Tax: Other Languages Cost Up to 6x More (t.me/sispotnews/5519) ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 €𝟮𝗕 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 SAP is replacing expensive AI models in tools like its internal consulting assistant with cheaper alternatives. The company draws from over 70 models across OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, routing each task to the cheapest model that meets standards. SAP charges customers per completed task rather than compute used, so lower model costs widen its margins. SAP expects the swap to help deliver over €2 billion in efficiency gains over the next two years. #AI #SAP #Enterprise Sources: Yahoo, Reuters, IndexBox ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🚨 𝗡𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗢𝗝 𝗜𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹 The US Department of Justice has "made inquiries" about Nvidia's $13 billion Hugging Face deal, including how it could affect competition in the AI industry. #AI #Nvidia #HuggingFace #Antitrust Sources: Reuters, The Verge, The Next Web ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🚨 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗹'𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 Cathedral, an AI security startup founded by former DOGE staffers, says its AI agents got into Anthropic's internal systems. They got in through weaknesses in third-party software. Source code and model weights weren't touched, Anthropic says. #AI #Anthropic #Cybersecurity Sources: TechRadar, The Independent, Gizmodo, The Decoder ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

Everything you need to know about Gemini 4 Carbon from @GoogleDeepMind! Google's newest model, going to cyber defenders first, weeks after Argon. Is it as good as it looks? We checked @ArtificialAnlys and Google's own charts. 2.5-minute breakdown: #AI #Gemini4

🚨 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 Australia's House of Representatives passed the Digital Duty of Care bill to hold tech platforms legally responsible for online harms. An accepted amendment targets AI chatbots that simulate emotional intimacy and encourage a child's dependence in place of human relationships. The rule covers users under 18, alongside mandatory opt-out buttons for algorithmic recommendation feeds. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged lawmakers to act, calling children treating non-human bots as best friends a wake-up call. #AI #Australia #Chatbots Sources: TechRadar, The Guardian, Tech Insider ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 Opera started rolling out WebAI on October 27, an early preview in Opera One, with Opera GX and Opera Neon to follow. WebAI is a proposed web standard, backed by Google and Microsoft, that lets websites and extensions run AI models on your own computer. At launch it works with Google's Gemma and, on Macs, Apple's on-device foundation model. Developers get Prompt, Decision and Semantic Embeddings APIs with no API key and no per-request cloud bill. #AI #Opera #LocalAI #WebAI Sources: Opera, TechCrunch ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

🔥 𝗡𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝟯.𝟱 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗜𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 Nvidia released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight speech model you can give instructions before it hears the audio. One checkpoint handles transcription, speaker labels, translation and questions about a recording. It's a 30B mixture-of-experts model with about 4B active parameters, so it runs on a single GPU. > Transcribes 40 languages and translates 31 to or from English > Labels up to eight speakers in 13 languages, on recordings up to an hour > 5.33% word error rate, first among open-weight models on Hugging Face's Open ASR leaderboard > 2.81% on Artificial Analysis, against 2.77% for Mistral's Voxtral Small, which uses about six times the active parameters #AI #Nvidia #OpenSource #Speech Sources: NVIDIA AI, Daily, The Decoder ─── 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗜 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗜/𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗫 · 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 · 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺