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The NTSB report shows the Tesla driver overrode the Full Self‑Driving system and accelerated to 100%, causing a high‑speed crash into a house that killed a 76‑year‑old resident.
Microsoft will make passkeys the default phishing‑resistant authentication method in Entra ID, phasing out SMS and voice MFA.
Alibaba’s U.S.-listed shares rose after news that its Qwen AI model would be integrated into Apple services in China, signaling a new partnership between a Chinese AI firm and a U.S. tech giant.
Researchers show how popular AI assistants can be subverted to launch large‑scale botnets, a new vulnerability dubbed HalluSquatting.
The Bank for International Settlements warns that AI infrastructure spending may outpace previous tech booms, risking severe market disruptions.
Internet pioneer Vint Cerf is advising Innovation Labs to create a DNS‑based identity system for AI agents, aiming to enable autonomous agents to operate across the open web.
The x402 protocol, built by Coinbase and now backed by Visa, Mastercard, Ripple and others, enables software agents to pay each other with stablecoins, opening a new machine‑to‑machine payment ecosystem.
The White House has established a new AI cybersecurity clearinghouse, Gold Eagle, to coordinate defenses across critical infrastructure and help manage AI‑driven vulnerability discovery.
SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire code repositories to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off.
OpenAI has reportedly developed a screenless speaker that can move, marking a new hardware venture aimed at expanding its AI ecosystem.
Japanese lawmakers passed legislation mandating social media platforms to flag AI-generated content in elections, aiming to curb misinformation.
Google Sheets now correctly imports 3D bar charts from Excel, fixing a long‑standing conversion issue that had rendered such charts flat and misleading for enterprise users.
Google‑owned Waze introduces Gemini‑powered conversational reporting and personalized navigation, expanding its AI integration across the app.
Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 with a paid API tier at roughly 25 % of rival prices, marking its first move to monetize AI models and undercut competitors.
The NHTSA issued a directive to autonomous vehicle developers, demanding they stop vehicles from blocking emergency scenes and failing to respond to first‑responder signals.
Apple has significantly lowered its demand expectations for the standard iPhone 17 because of rising hardware costs, according to a Chinese leaker.
Bloomberg reports a sharp decline in AI chip prices as Samsung’s profit surge fails to offset market pressures, while Amazon’s bond issuance signals a push for AI infrastructure.
SpaceX has detailed the cooling system for its AI1 satellite, a key component of the Starmind orbital data center that will host AI computing power in space.
Meta is on track to start making the latest versions of its AI‑specific chip in September, aiming to lower GPU costs amid a component shortage.
Google’s recent privacy update now stores more user media to improve AI models, and the article explains how users can opt out of this data collection.