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Elon Musk Threatens to Sue Apple Over AI Chatbots’ App Store Rankings

Musk is accusing Apple of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over Grok, which his AI company xAI developed.

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Trump Says Intel CEO’s Success an ‘Amazing Story’ After Calling for His Resignation

US President Donald Trump says his Cabinet will meet with Lip-Bu Tan over the next week.

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Why AI emails can quietly destroy trust at work

AI is now a routine part of workplace communication, with most professionals using tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. A study of over 1,000 professionals shows that while AI makes managers’ messages more polished, heavy reliance can damage trust. Employees tend to accept low-level AI help, such as grammar fixes, but become skeptical when supervisors use AI extensively, especially for personal or motivational messages. This “perception gap” can lead employees to question a manager’s sincerity, integrity, and leadership ability.

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TIOBE Programming Index News August 2025: AI Copilots Are Boosting Python’s Popularity

Perl reached the top 10 after rising in popularity over the summer for reasons that aren’t immediately clear.

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NVIDIA, AMD to Hand Over 15% of China AI Revenue to US Government

The US has sought to maintain its sovereignty in AI, citing national security concerns and financial motivations.

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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Touts Medical Benchmarks and Mental Health Guidelines

OpenAI’s GPT-5 aims to curb AI hallucinations and deception, raising key questions about trust, safety, and transparency in large language model assistants.

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‘We Hear You’: OpenAI Reinstates GPT-4o Amid Subscription Cancellations

OpenAI restores GPT-4o for Plus users after GPT-5 backlash, as Sam Altman promises fixes, higher limits, warmer tone, and more customization.

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Train Your Team in AI-Powered Pen Testing for Just $19.99

This $20 bundle offers lifetime access to AI and cybersecurity training for businesses, startups, and pros.

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‘The Pace is Incredible’: NVIDIA Devotes More Resources to Robotics and Physical AI

NVIDIA’s other top announcements at SIGGRAPH include new RTX Pro Servers, additions to the Nemotron AI resource family, and new world simulation SDKs and libraries.

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Anthropic’s Claude Code Arms Developers With Always-On AI Security Reviews

Anthropic’s Claude Code now features continuous AI security reviews, spotting vulnerabilities in real time to keep unsafe code from reaching production.

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Dia’s Paid Plan Marks New Phase in AI-Powered Web Browsing

Dia, an AI-powered browser from The Browser Company, launches a $20 Pro plan billed as “unlimited” AI access, but subject to Terms that can curb heavy use.

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AI Giant With Highest Staff Retention Rate Is Not Google or Meta

Researchers have found that 80% of Anthropic employees hired between 2021 and early 2023 were still at the AI company two years later.

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Former New York Times Cyber Reporter Issues Chilling Warning at Black Hat

At Black Hat 2025, a former New York Times reporter warned that AI-driven cyber threats are accelerating and that only courage can guide the response.

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Google’s Jules AI Coding Agent Now Generally Available

Jules offers autonomous code updates, bug fixes, GitHub integration, and Gemini 2.5 Pro support.

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Trump’s Chip Ultimatum: Invest in US Manufacturing or Face ‘A Very Large Tariff’

Trump threatens steep tariffs on imported chips, urging tech firms to shift production to the US, sparking global supply chain concerns.

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GPT-5 Brings Multimodal and Context-Aware AI to Developers and Businesses

OpenAI released the advanced reasoning model to developers and most users today. Enterprise and Edu account holders can use it next week.

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What Keeps Cyber Experts Up at Night? TechRepublic Goes Inside Black Hat 25

TechnologyAdvice’s Matt Gonzales interviewed cyber experts at Black Hat 25 about the topics they’re watching most closely. The topics include AI, deepfakes, and human error.

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Eco-driving measures could significantly reduce vehicle emissions

New research shows automatically controlling vehicle speeds to mitigate traffic at intersections can cut carbon emissions between 11 and 22 percent.

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Project Ire: Microsoft Tests AI That Autonomously Detects Malware

Project Ire is Microsoft's autonomous AI that reverse engineers software to detect malware without prior knowledge or human intervention.

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School of Architecture and Planning welcomes new faculty for 2025

Four new professors join the Department of Architecture and MIT Media Lab.

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