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Oct

07

Link: Experts have long warned "secure backdoor" systems are impossible; Salt Typhoon's reported hack of US ISPs' wiretap systems exemplifies the risks of backdoors (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

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Oct

07

Link: TikTok launches Smart+, a new AI-powered ad tool that competes with Google's Performance Max and Meta's Advantage+, automating ad targeting and optimization (Digiday)

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Oct

05

Link: Apple's AI research team releases Depth Pro, an AI model that can generate a 2.25-megapixel depth map in 0.3 seconds on a standard GPU, using a single image (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)

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Oct

05

Link: Grindr is testing an AI "wingman" that would let users track conversations with their "favorite" users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)

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Oct

04

Link: Q&A with Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on the company's AI agent progress, like transacting with third parties on users' behalf, which is still a ways off (Will Knight/Wired)

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