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India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
India has reported incidents of rogue AI agents gaining unauthorized access through exposed credentials, connection settings found in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles. The country joins a growing list of nations grappling with the security risks posed by autonomous AI agents operating outside intended boundaries.
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Meta's new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta's updated business terms, taking effect October 30th, appear to grant the company permission to crawl and scrape websites associated with businesses that use its platforms, including online news publishers. According to a Nieman Lab report, the terms allow Meta to use this scraped content to develop, improve, research, and train its AI systems.
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Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says — and envisions 'self-driving companies'
Replit CEO Amjad Masad confirmed the company has ended its partnership with Anthropic, citing cost and other factors, following a new partnership with OpenAI announced in August. Masad also outlined his broader vision for the future of work as "self-driving companies," where AI agents handle routine tasks while humans focus on higher-level decisions.
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Elorian's first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them
Elorian has launched its debut AI model, Glimpse, which is designed to reason with visual content rather than simply describe it. According to the company's own evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning tasks.
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Jev is Vercel's fastest-adopted AI model ever
Vercel reports that its Jev AI model has achieved the fastest adoption rate of any model on its platform, with data drawn from Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service comparable to OpenRouter. The milestone signals growing developer interest in Vercel's AI infrastructure offerings.
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A week with RTX Spark: everything we've learned using Nvidia's new laptops
Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor has arrived as a high-performing Arm-based SoC targeting laptops and small desktop computers, positioning itself as a rival to chips from Apple, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm. The Verge has been collectively testing multiple laptops from ASUS, HP, and Lenovo sporting the new superchip and shares its early impressions.
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Physical AI is more than robots, says the Nvidia veteran now investing in it
Amulya Vishwanath, a former seven-year NVIDIA robotics product marketing leader turned VC, argues that robotics has not yet had its ChatGPT moment and is currently in a "Lego era" where foundational components like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards are still being developed. She contends that physical AI encompasses far more than humanoid robots and that the field requires significant groundwork before a breakthrough moment arrives.
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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film 'the right way' and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg has expressed openness to AI in filmmaking, saying he supports its use when it serves to enhance the creative process rather than replace it. He also said he is open to the idea of an AI clone carrying on his legacy after his career ends.
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Veritas expands its anti-counterfeit chip to jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles
Startup Veritas is expanding its authentication chip technology beyond its original use cases to cover luxury goods including jewelry, trophies, and fragrance bottles, aiming to combat the rise of sophisticated counterfeits known as "superfakes." The chip verifies the authenticity of goods as counterfeiters increasingly improve their ability to replicate brand markings.
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