Welcome back to Local AI Weekly. I promised a weekly, and then took a month to send the second one. So let’s call the first one the pilot episode. From here, the show will run weekly 🤘 This issue leans heavily toward agents, because that’s where most of the interestingContinue Reading
GNOME 51 is out, bringing FIDO2 passkey login, a Reduced Motion option and frame scheduling changes that make UI animations and scrolling feel smoother. Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures andContinue Reading
Microsoft’s top lawyer argued Tuesday that legislators “must make secrecy [orders] the exception” in government subpoenas demanding information about LinkedIn users. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is fighting what it calls overly broad subpoena demands from the US government, which sometimes come with secrecy orders that prevent LinkedIn fromContinue Reading
Nextcloud has developed a desktop app for its Euro-Office-based productivity applications, filling a gap in the software suite that it pitches as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office. Nextcloud, one of the backers of the Euro-Office initiative, integrated the software into its Nextcloud Office suite in June. Until now, it’sContinue Reading
Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers across the finish line. So they’ve been engaging in no shortage of dodgy behavior to try and derail the only thing left standing in their way: the 12-state antitrust lawsuit claiming thatContinue Reading
UK parcel delivery company DPD is in the process of taking delivery of 341 new Mercedes-Benz eSprinters. The vans are scheduled to be operational by the end of October, in time for what is expected to be a record-breaking peak Christmas period for DPD. The addition of the new eSprinters,Continue Reading
AZL Aachen has commissioned JetBlast, a test system that combines flame exposure with a heated, particle-laden blast to reproduce selected loads acting on battery-casing materials during cell venting and thermal-runaway events. Initial calibration trials have confirmed the benchmark operating point for the Joint Partner Project “Thermal Runaway Testing for BatteryContinue Reading
Frontier Airlines today announced that it is working with Hopper Technology Solutions (HTS) to introduce the Cancel for Any Reason product. Passengers can cancel up to 24 hours before departure and receive a refund for their ticket.Continue Reading
Beyond-visual-range missiles and stealth coatings were supposed to make the dogfight obsolete, yet high off-boresight weapons still win if the engagement collapses inside visual range. Six fighter jets currently in production or front-line service are built, in whole or in part, around winning that merge. The question is which designContinue Reading
His remarks come after several current and former Anthropic and OpenAI researchers warned that both companies are acting irresponsibly., His remarks come after several current and former Anthropic and OpenAI researchers warned that both companies are acting irresponsibly., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
“Look, it is embarrassing, really, I think, going beyond politics, how ignorant this president is about the dangers of AI,” Sanders said., “Look, it is embarrassing, really, I think, going beyond politics, how ignorant this president is about the dangers of AI,” Sanders said., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
GNOME 51 is out, bringing FIDO2 passkey login, a Reduced Motion option and frame scheduling changes that make UI animations and scrolling feel smoother. Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures andContinue Reading
A growing divide among leading AI companies over how to secure increasingly powerful models is beginning to translate into challenges for enterprise IT, with implications for how organizations access, deploy, and govern AI systems. The latest flashpoint came after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for neutral evaluators to independently testContinue Reading