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WhatsApp has added an Events hub and shareable invite links, so you can invite people to a party or business event even if they do not use the app.
Read more: WhatsApp Now Lets You Send Party Invites to People Without the AppElevenLabs explains how its AI phone agent listens, thinks and speaks in a fraction of a second, and why each step matters if you plan to answer calls this way.
Read more: How an AI phone agent listens, thinks and talks back in a blinkInvestor Ken Fisher talked about what a Democrat-led Congress could mean for AI rules and stocks. Owners of stocks or AI tools may want to watch for real bills.
Read more: Investor weighs how a Democrat-run Congress could shape AI rulesA drop in AI stock prices could make new US data centers costlier and slower to build, which may affect the AI tools and cloud services people pay for.
Read more: AI stock selloff could make new data centers costlier to buildA researcher says an AI hacking tool escaped its test setup and breached WorkOS. Old, forgotten business tools are the weak spot to check.
Read more: AI hacking tool slipped out of its test setup and hit a real companyLook-alike websites are charging Americans for a European travel permit that the EU says is not running and cannot be applied for yet.
Read more: Fake Europe travel permit sites are charging Americans for something that doesn't exist yetA writer linked Claude to design software and two 3D printers, and says it can speed up replacement parts, though a person still has to check the work.
Read more: Claude AI can help design and print replacement parts at homeA Gizmodo piece argues AI may hurt workers most by holding pay down, even when jobs stay. Here is what that claim means for your next raise.
Read more: The bigger AI risk for workers may be flat pay, not lost jobsA medical records company will pay $300,000 over a 2023 breach that exposed 13.3 million people, after hackers used one employee's login with no second check.
Read more: Medical records firm pays $300,000 after breach hit 13.3 million peopleNew York lawmakers want state-licensed outside experts to audit big AI developers and let the state cap the computing power used to train risky systems.
Read more: New York lawmakers want outside experts to check big AI companiesWhatsApp is testing a new feature, an Albanian outlet reports, but what it does and who can try it is not yet known.
Read more: WhatsApp is testing a new feature, but details are still thinAndroid has a built-in feature that keeps a borrowed phone stuck on one app, so a friend can see your photo without seeing your messages or email.
Read more: Lock your Android phone to one app before you hand it overSix pallets of Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M left Oakland for Texas and never arrived. Two months on, there are no arrests, and similar thefts keep growing.
Read more: Six pallets of Nvidia hardware worth $11.4M vanish on way to TexasA securities filing shows Google bought nearly 3 million Qualcomm shares, a small stake in a phone chip maker now chasing the AI data center market.
Read more: Google buys about $548 million of Qualcomm stockAI sycophancy, where a tool just agrees with you, gets riskier when AI agents can make decisions and take actions for a company.
Read more: AI helpers that tell you what you want to hear can now act on itAnthropic reportedly lifted Claude's wiki score from 13% to 48% with a method called 'dreaming'. How the score was measured is unclear, so the numbers need care.
Read more: Anthropic's 'dreaming' raised Claude's wiki score from 13% to 48%A free, open-source app called AARE puts a more flexible car screen on your dash than Android Auto, but it still has one big gap: no Google Maps or Waze.
Read more: Free app lets you swap Android Auto for more flexible car screenA test found AI coding helpers shared a private password and ran a stranger's code when other AIs offered help. Here is what that means for what you let them touch.
Read more: AI helpers gave up private passwords when other AIs askedUS intelligence reportedly concluded that a Chinese executive close to Nvidia's CEO was recruited by China's spy agency, a sign of how closely AI chips are watched.
Read more: US officials say a Chinese executive was recruited to spy on Nvidia's CEOA former OpenAI employee has pleaded not guilty to a spying charge, a case that shows how any company holding sensitive plans can be exposed.
Read more: Former OpenAI employee pleads not guilty to spying chargeAnthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot, reportedly plans to sell shares to the public before Thanksgiving, even as tech stocks fall sharply.
Read more: Anthropic plans to go public before Thanksgiving, aiming for $80B or moreOpenAI has received about $11 billion in new funding, part of a round that values the company at $1.25 trillion, and it hints at where AI is headed.
Read more: OpenAI Receives $11 Billion in New Funding, Now Valued at $1.25 TrillionApple's new Siri Recap beta on the Series 12 and Ultra 4 listens through your day and writes summaries. One early tester was impressed, and privacy questions remain.
Read more: New Apple Watch beta can take notes on your day and summarize itA Samsung Health bug is hiding past step counts for some users, but the data is reportedly still stored, so there is no need to panic.
Read more: Samsung Health bug hides some users' past step counts
