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It looks like Elon’s AI company is getting somewhere.
A heavily caveated somewhere — but this is the first real update since xAI formally launched in July.
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The Duolingo owl will now crush you at chess, too.
Duolingo is partnering with Chess.com to make its cast of language-learning characters into chess bots. Naturally, they’ll taunt you in multiple languages.
It sounds like the bots will stick around through November. No word yet on what Elo the owl is — but I’m guessing it’s up there.
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We’re 20 minutes away from Apple’s Scary Fast event.
We’re expecting M3 chips, a new iMac, and some updated MacBook Pros. And if Apple really leans into the spooky theme, maybe an updated Magic Mouse with a USB-C port on the bottom.
You can follow along live right here:
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We’ll be live blogging Apple’s Scary Fast event right here.
Stay tuned to our live updates — the event kicks off at 8PM ET / 5PM PT. We’re expecting the M3 chips and a handful of new Macs. Get your predictions in now.
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Google will pay you to catch AI attacks before they’re used.
The company is looking for prompt injection attacks, training data leaks, and other ways bad actors could evade security restrictions on AI models.
Google’s reward criteria for reporting bugs in AI products
[Google Online Security Blog]
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Your pet loves work from home, so surely they’ll love televet visits, too.
They might be able to visit the vet virtually through Amazon in the future. Walmart already offers televet perks through Walmart Plus.
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Artifact now lets you share restaurant recs, too.
The app just added “places” as a thing you can post to its eclectic new links section.