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Satya Nadella says companies that trust one AI for everything may not survive
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned that businesses relying entirely on a single proprietary AI provider risk their long-term survival, reinforcing comments he made earlier in July. Speaking on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, he argued that companies handing over all their data, prompts and workflows to one AI lab are effectively “outsourcing their thinking”, leaving…
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Russia pumping out disinformation in attempt to ‘poison’ AI models used by millions
Reports indicate that Russian-linked operations are flooding the internet with disinformation specifically designed to be picked up and absorbed by artificial intelligence systems, in an attempt to skew the answers given by chatbots and AI models used by millions of people worldwide. The tactic, sometimes described as “LLM grooming” or model poisoning, involves mass-producing fake…
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Authors wary of content ownership despite court ruling on Anthropic case
Authors and the wider literary community have given a mixed reaction to a court-approved $1.5 billion settlement in the copyright case against Anthropic, with many expressing caution rather than outright celebration. Although the payout is being welcomed as a landmark acknowledgement that AI companies may be liable for using pirated or unauthorised copies of books…
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The new open-world RPG climbing Steam is the biggest surprise since Crimson Desert: huge, pretty, and only $30
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iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27
Apple has released iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS 26.6, which are likely the final substantive updates before the launch of the next major operating systems, expected in September. The releases focus almost entirely on bug fixes and security patches rather than new features, as Apple is instead laying groundwork for iOS 27 and macOS…
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A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
A missing underscore in a subpoena led Canadian police to wrongly convict an innocent man, Brandon Klayme of Nova Scotia, for child sex offences. A 2018 investigation into online grooming of a 12-year-old Wisconsin girl identified the suspect’s Kik messaging username as “fus__ro_dah” (with two underscores), but a subpoena sent to Kik mistakenly requested details…
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Meccha Chameleon Players Are Getting Malware From User-Made Maps
Malicious user-made Steam Workshop maps for Meccha Chameleon were found to exploit a vulnerability that could install malware on players’ computers when a map was launched. The incident matters because it shows how seemingly legitimate community content can be used to compromise users, although the developer says the game itself was not infected and the…
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iOS 26.6, macOS 26.6 and the rest are out, addressing security fixes
Apple has released iOS 26.6 alongside macOS 26.6, iPadOS 26.6, tvOS 26.6, watchOS 26.6 and visionOS 26.6 for all supported devices. Unlike the 26.4 and 26.5 releases, this update does not introduce notable new features, but it does deliver security fixes across all platforms, so users are advised to install it promptly. The update is…
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Microsoft’s solution to AI security: more AI and more acronyms
Microsoft has unveiled a new suite of AI-driven security tools, arguing that the same agentic AI capable of finding software flaws for attackers can be turned into a faster, cheaper defender. At an event on Monday, the company introduced its first security-specific model, MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, alongside an agent-coordination system called Project Perception, positioning both as central…
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Fauci diary row, Portsmouth woman’s Florida death, and World Cup and transfer news dominate today’s briefing
Fox News accuses US networks of burying Fauci diaries; Portsmouth’s Sonia Exelby, 32, found dead in Florida after online meeting; Infantino defends World Cup; Arsenal and Liverpool eye same transfer targets.