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Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, has shared its finances ahead of a stock sale that The New York Times says could be the largest first-time offering ever.
Read more: Anthropic opens its books ahead of a possible record stock offeringA man accused of helping steal nearly $37 million from 174 Americans in a fake crypto investment scam is now in a US court, a reminder of how these scams work.
Read more: Man extradited to US over crypto scam that took $37 millionAcer's handheld gaming device, built on Intel Arc graphics, now has a price and release date. It is pitched as a rival to Valve's Steam Deck.
Read more: Acer's Steam Deck rival now has a price and release dateChatGPT now has Pro plans at $100, $200 and $500 a month, while Claude's flagship model costs far less per use. A speed setting can also drain a plan.
Read more: ChatGPT's top plan costs $500 a month, while Claude's runs far cheaperUkraine's cyber agency says attackers are watching and reconfiguring Dahua cameras. Owners of these cameras anywhere should check their settings now.
Read more: Hackers are taking over Dahua security cameras in UkraineKevin Roose and Casey Newton left The New York Times to start Machine Gods, an AI show built for YouTube first, and Roose has a new book on the race to build human-level AI.
Read more: Kevin Roose leaves the Times to launch a video-first podcast on AIApple's new iPad mini cover is made of woven fabric instead of polyurethane and costs $20 more than the last one, with no cheaper option announced.
Read more: Apple's new iPad mini cover swaps plastic-like finish for fabric, costs $79Braiin has upgraded its RADIUS customer service software so AI can handle routine calls and chats on its own, using models from OpenAI, Claude, Gemini or a company's own.
Read more: Braiin upgrades its customer service software so AI can answer calls and chatsA software firm says its AI checked 68,000 utility invoices against contract terms and flagged over $1.1 million in possible overbilling before payment.
Read more: AI tool flags $1.1 million in possible overbilling by utility vendorsAnthropic sells two AI models built on the same weights at the same price, but only one can be bought freely. The other requires an application and a review.
Read more: Anthropic's Two Identical AI Models: One Is Locked Behind a Vetting GateTom's Guide picked five ChatGPT add-ons that can give a second opinion on a suspicious text, email or link before you click or pay.
Read more: Five ChatGPT add-ons can help you check a suspicious text or linkFraudsters are calling people as fake detectives, and the caller ID shows a real West Midlands Police number. Here is why a familiar number is not proof.
Read more: Scam callers pose as police using a real police phone numberMeta plans to sell up to $95 billion in new stock to fund its AI buildout, which could shrink the slice of the company each current shareholder owns.
Read more: Meta plans to sell up to $95 billion in new stock to pay for AIOpenAI is selling ads in ChatGPT to reach Spanish speakers in the US and 16 Latin American markets. Free users will see them, and businesses can buy them.
Read more: ChatGPT now shows ads to Spanish speakers in the US and Latin AmericaCalifornia has a new law on AI-made performers. It asks for clearer labels than New York's law, but it covers fewer situations, which matters for any business making video.
Read more: California's AI performer law: stricter, but narrower than NY'sOllama now runs Phonon, small text-to-speech models that read text aloud on a Mac with no subscription. The license differs by language.
Read more: Free app now reads text aloud in natural voices on your MacA startup says its AI agents got into Anthropic's internal systems in under 12 hours, through everyday business software. Anthropic confirms limited access.
Read more: Startup says its AI agents broke into Anthropic's systemsAnthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, guides its AI with a written constitution. The rules inside shape what the tool will and will not do for you.
Read more: How Anthropic uses a written constitution to guide its AIAbout 2,000 Hong Kong Airlines customers got scam calls after a data breach. Anyone who deals with the airline or two linked shops should be on guard.
Read more: Hong Kong Airlines data breach leads to scam calls for 2,000 customersCriminals hid fake Claude download pages on claude.ai and promoted them with Google ads. Following the steps installs malware that steals passwords and crypto.
Read more: Fake Claude download pages on the real Claude site spread malwareA flaw in Microsoft's Authenticator app for Android let a fake app grab work account tokens without asking. Microsoft has fixed it, but only updated phones are safe.
Read more: Microsoft fixes Android Authenticator bug that exposed work accountsChecks became a running joke at a Federal Reserve payments meeting, a sign that small businesses still rely on paper despite rising check fraud.
Read more: Paper checks keep coming up at a top US payments meetingMicrosoft released firmware on October 22 for the Surface Laptop Ultra that targets screen flicker, random restarts and slow reboots. It cannot be undone.
Read more: Microsoft fixes flickering screens and random restarts on Surface Laptop UltraA former UK police officer's AI startup, backed by Sequoia, is now valued at $400 million. It sells software to police forces, so privacy and public trust are in play.
Read more: Former UK police officer's AI startup is now valued at $400 million
