What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be?

Hayden Field, reporting for The Verge: We seem to be entering into an AI agent renaissance.

Apple Inc. is developing a screenless health and fitness tracker similar to Whoop Inc.’s wrist-worn device, part of an effort to rethink its smartwatch lineup and add new wearable technologies.

Recent reports claiming that General Motors is reversing course on its controversial plans to ditch CarPlay in its future EVs appear to be incorrect. As noted by Joanna Stern, host of the YouTube channel New Things, a GM spokesperson has confirmed that its new software interface that shows CarPlay or Android Auto alongside its own native system in 2027 models of its Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra is specific to the gas-powered versions of those pickup trucks.

Chevrolet and GMC's full-size pickups get a new infotainment system that combines smartphone apps with vehicle controls on the same screen.

Mark Gurman, reporting in his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg: Apple prepares a retail store shake-up with a renewed focus on a dedicated Genius Bar and revamped pickup and classes areas.

George Hammond and Stephen Morris, reporting for the Financial Times: OpenAI copied millions of copyrighted articles in an effort to build technology potentially worth “gazillions”, despite recognising the “existential threat” it posed to publishers, according to a new filing in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times...

The department argues copyrighted works to train models should be considered fair use because that practice is new and transformative.

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, on his personal website: But over the last few months, I have become convinced that fully addressing the risks requires even more prudence — not just investing in risk prevention, but pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so that risk prevention has time to keep up.

A return to form and function

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The iPhone Duo will work with the Apple Pencil, but support is limited. Apple says that you need the Apple Pencil with USB-C for the iPhone Duo, so if you have the Apple Pencil Pro, you may be out of luck. It's likely the iPhone Duo doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro because there's no magnetic surface for charging the pencil.

Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds. 

OpenAI: We’re introducing GPT‑6 Astra, the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.