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University professors still face the seemingly impossible task of detecting AI-fueled cheating, which continues unabated on both small and large assignments (Ian Bogost/The Atlantic)
Ian Bogost / The Atlantic: University professors still face the seemingly impossible task of detecting AI-fueled cheating, which continues unabated on both small and large assignments — Kyle Jensen, the director of Arizona State University’s writing programs, is gearing up for the fall semester. Source link
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CrowdStrike's president appeared at DEF CON to accept the "Most Epic Fail" Pwnie Award, saying "we got this horribly wrong" and "it's super important to own it" (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Michael Kan / PCMag: CrowdStrike’s president appeared at DEF CON to accept the “Most Epic Fail” Pwnie Award, saying “we got this horribly wrong” and “it’s super important to own it” — CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas appears at DEF CON’s annual Pwnie Awards to accept … Source link
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OpenAI says it's changing the format of its DevDay conference this fall to a series of on-the-road developer sessions and GPT-5 will not be announced during it (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI says it’s changing the format of its DevDay conference this fall to a series of on-the-road developer sessions and GPT-5 will not be announced during it — Last year, OpenAI held a splashy press event in San Francisco during which the company announced a bevy of new products and tools … Source link
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A look at the AI-assisted Judging Support System for scoring in gymnastics that made its debut at the 2023 world championships and helps settle disputes (Dvora Meyers/The Verge)
Dvora Meyers / The Verge: A look at the AI-assisted Judging Support System for scoring in gymnastics that made its debut at the 2023 world championships and helps settle disputes — When Simone Biles saluted the judges and stepped onto the mat to vault at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, it seemed like every camera in the packed arena was…
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A look inside Iconiq Growth two months after it closed a $5.75B fund, its largest ever and 42% larger than its previous fund (Jessica Mathews/Fortune)
Jessica Mathews / Fortune: A look inside Iconiq Growth two months after it closed a $5.75B fund, its largest ever and 42% larger than its previous fund — The sudden death of former SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg in a treadmill accident nine years ago shook Iconiq Capital founder Divesh Makan. Source link
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Apple launches the public betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, but without any Apple Intelligence features (Wes Davis/The Verge)
Wes Davis / The Verge: Apple launches the public betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, but without any Apple Intelligence features — You can now download the public betas for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11. Apple’s updated operating systems will eventually include Apple … Source link
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A look at Scale AI's $13.8B valuation from May's $1B round suggests it's almost certainly too high, given below-average margins, reliance on few customers, more (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
Cory Weinberg / The Information: A look at Scale AI’s $13.8B valuation from May’s $1B round suggests it’s almost certainly too high, given below-average margins, reliance on few customers, more — Scale AI’s 27-year-old CEO, Alexandr Wang, used to compete in national high school math competitions. Source link
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Source: OpenAI has changed its policies towards secondary share sales to let current and former employees participate equally in its annual tender offers (Hayden Field/CNBC)
Hayden Field / CNBC: Source: OpenAI has changed its policies towards secondary share sales to let current and former employees participate equally in its annual tender offers — OpenAI has reversed its policies towards secondary share sales, and will now allow current and former employees to participate equally in annual tender offers, CNBC has learned. Source link
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Microsoft says the latest version of Windows 11, version 24H2 now in the Release Preview Channel, is "only available for Copilot+ PCs devices" (Mark Hachman/PCWorld)
Mark Hachman / PCWorld: Microsoft says the latest version of Windows 11, version 24H2 now in the Release Preview Channel, is “only available for Copilot+ PCs devices” — It’s amazing what a mess the Copilot+ launch is turning out to be. — Microsoft has split the future of Windows between two user groups … Source link
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Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS 18 on iPhone 15 Pro, and macOS 15 and iPadOS 17 on devices with M1 or up; Vision Pro is not supported (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: Apple says Apple Intelligence is free and works with iOS 18 on iPhone 15 Pro, and macOS 15 and iPadOS 17 on devices with M1 or up; Vision Pro is not supported — Apple at WWDC today announced Apple Intelligence, a deeply integrated, personalized AI experience for Apple devices … Source link
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