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Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (theguardian.com)

The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud

Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only (mashable.com)

Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year....

X is shutting down Circles (theverge.com)

Say your goodbyes to Circles by October 31st.

AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden (theguardian.com)

Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system

MGM Resorts computers back up after 10 days as analysts eye effects of casino cyberattacks (apnews.com)

iOS 17 Could Break Crucial Diabetic Glucose Monitor Alerts, Manufacturer Warns (404media.co)

Owners of the FreeStyle Libre 3, one of Abbott Laboratories’ flagship glucose monitors, received an email this week warning them to “disable automatic system updates on your iPhone” because the new operating system’s StandBy Mode and Assistive Access Mode “may impact your ability to receive time-sensitive notifications...

New method to recycle materials inside lithium-ion batteries (techxplore.com)

Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead (arstechnica.com)

Amazon restricts authors from self-publishing more than three books a day after AI concerns (theguardian.com)

Amazon has created a new rule limiting the number of books that authors can self-publish on its site to three a day, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material was listed for sale in recent months....

GitHub launches passkey support into general availability (techcrunch.com)

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Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)

Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....

Japanese researchers say they used AI to try and translate the noises of clucking chickens and learn whether they're excited, hungry, or scared (businessinsider.com)

Mastodon 4.2 - Mastodon Blog (blog.joinmastodon.org)

Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion - The Official Microsoft Blog (blogs.microsoft.com)

Today we take the next step to unify these capabilities into a single experience we call Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion. Copilot will uniquely incorporate the context and intelligence of the web, your work data and what you are doing in the moment on your PC to provide better assistance – with your privacy and...

Hyundai is offering free home chargers and install discounts for new EV buyers (theverge.com)

Tesla is the next biggest union target in the United States. Sorry, Elon Musk (theguardian.com)

What the most ‘Chinese’ smartphone yet tells us about politics | Financial Times (ft.com)

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Cisco buying cybersecurity company Splunk for $28B (splunk.com)

Cisco on Thursday announced an agreement to buy cybersecurity and observability company Splunk for about $28 billion....

OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity (arstechnica.com)

On Wednesday, OpenAI announced DALL-E 3, the latest version of its AI image synthesis model that features full integration with ChatGPT. DALL-E 3 renders images by closely following complex descriptions and handling in-image text generation (such as labels and signs), which challenged earlier models. Currently in research...

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