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Developers get a first look at OpenAI's future.
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-Casely has reannounced a recall of its Power Pods 5,000mAh MagSafe E33A charger after dozens of people were injured and one even killed by the defective devices.

-In order to allow third-party online search engines to be competitive with Google, the EC has recommended that Google permit those services to access its treasure trove of search engine data.

-Perplexity's 'Personal Computer' is a suite of computer use agents that can work with your files, apps, connectors and the web to complete complex and "even continuous workflows."
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A new partnership with Bookshop.org lets you purchase physical books from indie booksellers from within the Spotify app.
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-A group of researchers from across the US and the UK have conducted a study on what AI does to our brains and the results are, in a word, grim.

-Earlier this year it was revealed that Apple and Google were offering "nudify" apps on their stores despite having clear policies barring such content. Nearly three months later, such apps are not only still available, but being actively promoted on the iOS App Store and Google Play.

-Anthropic has started rolling out identity verification on Claude “for a few use cases.” The company didn’t list out those use cases.
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This could make it easy for these people to identify strangers in public.
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