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A startup with a handful of researchers says AI built nearly all of its new coding model, Flint, which a Wired writer ran on a Mac and found very capable.
Read more: A small startup used AI to build a top coding AI that runs on a MacWikipedia and the Internet Archive had outages Wednesday morning. Wikimedia blames new flaws in PHP, software that runs a huge share of websites.
Read more: Internet Archive and Wikipedia hit by outages on WednesdayWriter Derek Thompson backs building more, but says AI data centers are not like housing and may crowd out hospitals, offices and homes.
Read more: A pro-AI writer says AI data centers are a different matterFrance's cyber agency chief says criminals took over retailers' smart fridges through weak passwords and missing protection, not advanced hacking.
Read more: Hackers took over French retailers' smart fridges using weak passwordsStord has bought rival AMS Fulfillment in its largest deal yet, a move that could shape warehouse and shipping choices for online sellers.
Read more: Stord buys rival AMS Fulfillment in its biggest deal yetWhiteLabel.Digital says AI agents will cut its costs and speed up work it does for other marketing firms, with people still checking quality.
Read more: Marketing Firm Uses AI Helpers to Cut Costs for Other AgenciesiOS 27 adds a setting that lets banking apps ask your iPhone if a scam may be in progress. It is off by default, so you have to switch it on.
Read more: iOS 27 can warn apps when a phone scam may be in progressVisa has widened its lower card fee program for small Canadian sellers, while Mastercard has kept its own limit, so your costs may depend on which card you take.
Read more: Visa lowers card fees for more small Canadian businessesOpenEvidence, a free ad-funded AI tool, is now valued at $15 billion and widely used by doctors, while studies on its accuracy point in different directions.
Read more: Doctors are adopting an ad-funded AI tool, and accuracy is in questionYouTube plans to limit hacked channels used for fake celebrity livestreams, a move meant to cut off a tool scammers rely on to spread fake videos.
Read more: YouTube to limit hacked channels used for fake celebrity livestreamsA law firm says US and European regulators expect businesses to describe their AI data practices accurately, and to do it before anything changes.
Read more: Your privacy policy must match how your AI tools handle customer dataAARP Illinois runs free online scam-awareness talks and is recruiting volunteers to share what they learn with friends, family and neighbors.
Read more: AARP Illinois Volunteers Teach Neighbors How to Spot ScamsBank of America says AI assistants that shop for you could cut into marketplaces like Etsy and eBay, and earnings reports next week and the week after may show early signs.
Read more: AI shopping assistants may squeeze online marketplaces like Etsy and eBayNvidia says its new DSX Pod data center can be running in 14 days, a pitch to Europe that could make the computing behind AI faster to build.
Read more: Nvidia's CEO pitches Europe on data centers that arrive ready to plug inWorley linked a smart-contract system to HSBC so approved invoices can start instant bank payments. Here is what businesses should settle before trying it.
Read more: Approved invoices can now trigger bank payments automaticallyAndroid Authority calls OPPO's Find X10 Pro Max possibly the best phone ever made, but the high price means buyers should weigh what they will really use.
Read more: OPPO's Find X10 Pro Max is a top Android phone, but it costs a lotA How-To Geek writer lists five smart home automations that use bulbs, phones and gadgets you already have, from sun-matched lighting to saving heat in an empty house.
Read more: Five smart home upgrades you can set up with devices you already ownAn Android Police writer says five free Gmail filters, set up once on a computer, kept important messages from getting buried under promotions and newsletters.
Read more: Five Gmail filters that keep important emails out of the newsletter pilePhone batteries made with silicon and carbon store more power in the same space, and Android Authority says Apple and Samsung have not caught up.
Read more: Newer phone batteries hold more power, and Apple and Samsung lagApple's rebuilt Siri can sort email, read your screen and add a whole schedule to your calendar, but some of the best features sit in settings.
Read more: Apple's new Siri can read your screen, sort your email and moreGoogle Maps on CarPlay now includes Gemini, so drivers in the US can ask questions and give commands by voice during navigation.
Read more: Google Maps on CarPlay now lets you talk to Gemini while you driveGoogle Maps on Apple CarPlay now lets US drivers talk to Gemini, Google's AI helper, to find places and get directions without touching the screen.
Read more: Google's Gemini voice helper now works in Maps on Apple CarPlayA new French-language prize openly invites fiction written with AI tools, and entrants must say which tool and prompt they used.
Read more: A new book prize is built for stories written with AIIBM released free speech-to-text models that transcribe and translate audio, including one that ranks second among open models on English accuracy.
Read more: IBM releases free speech-to-text models that transcribe and translate
