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The Disney Plus App Is Getting TikToks. Is a Free Plan Next?

CNET

The Disney Plus App Is Getting TikToks. Is a Free Plan Next?

Disney-themed TikToks are coming to US subscribers. And the company’s executives defended box office flops as wins.

CNET

Minecraft is coming to Switch 2 on October 27

Minecraft is coming to Switch 2 on October 27

Minecraft for the Switch 2 feels like a perfect place for mouse controls, but Mojang hasn't said anything about that feature yet.

A startup that slashes AI agent bills just raised $35M. Anthropic is a backer.

A startup that slashes AI agent bills just raised $35M. Anthropic is a backer.

Sapiom is a San Francisco startup that sits between AI agents and the models they run on. It has raised a $35 million Series A. Dragonfly led the round. It comes 11 months after the company launched, and six months after a $15 million seed…

Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Ars Technica

Google's AI shakeup: DeepMind's Hassabis steps aside, senior scientists depart

Google got a slow start with generative AI after seemingly being caught flat-footed by Microsoft's Copilot reveal. What a difference a few years make. Now, Google is at the forefront of AI development (for better or worse), but new cracks…

Ars Technica

Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems

TechRadar

Chinese military reportedly uses American AI models to train its defense systems

Distillation sidesteps the logic of US export controls, which restrict the chips needed to train frontier models but cannot restrict the text those models produce Review of more than 80 Chinese papers and patents found PLA-linked…

TechRadar

Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says

The Guardian

Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says

Joint statement is being finalised, but Tehran says deal alone would not guarantee waterway’s security Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on ⁠the geographic coordinates for a shipping route…

The Guardian

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company

A handful of high-level personnel changes are coming to DeepMind.

The New York Times

Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather

In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.

The New York Times

Rogue AI outsmarted government tests to create fake identities

Stuff

Rogue AI outsmarted government tests to create fake identities

UK cyber security experts admit OpenAI and Anthropic bots went on hacking spree during trials.

Stuff

AI models have tried to deceive humans and it won't be the last time

ABC News

AI models have tried to deceive humans and it won't be the last time

The British government's AI Security Institute has released a report showing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic had, in test conditions, engaged in "harmful activity directed at real people and organisations".

ABC News

Google is cutting 52 jobs in Washington the same week it lost four star researchers

Google is laying off around 52 employees in Washington state, according to a WARN notice it filed on Wednesday and first reported by GeekWire. The letter gives no reason for the cuts. It says only that they are permanent, and that they are…

Iran agrees to open temporary Hormuz route in tentative deal with Oman — MFA

TASS