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GitGuardian Public Secrets Monitoring uses AI agents to detect and analyze leaked credentials, providing a company-related verdict, risk score, and visible reasoning to help security teams prioritize and respond to incidents.

OpenAI has ended its partnership with Cursor, a startup behind a popular AI coding tool, due to concerns over Elon Musk's involvement after SpaceX acquired Cursor. The partnership was estimated to generate over $1 billion in annual revenue for OpenAI.

OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, a next-generation AI model that can navigate computers and web browsers better than humans. The model excels at writing software, solving math problems, and can even book appointments or search for jobs. OpenAI plans to make GPT-6 Astra available to paid customers, starting with a limited set of organizations. The company's leaders believe this model may mark the beginning of the artificial general intelligence (AGI) era.

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, a company that makes online developer tools and maintains a massive library of open-source data sets, for nearly $13 billion. The deal signals Nvidia's seriousness about being steeped in the software side of generative AI development and infrastructure. Nvidia committed to maintaining Hugging Face's current open standards, positioning itself as a resource for developers looking to access cutting-edge, nonproprietary tools.

Zhou Yu discusses AI agent testing and evaluation, highlighting the challenges of deploying AI agents in production environments. She introduces simulation-driven testing as a solution, using synthetic user personas and automated CI/CD pipelines to evaluate multi-turn agents and catch edge cases before deployment.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is testing a 'Writing Style' feature that connects to personal apps like Slack, Google Drive, and Gmail to learn and mimic a user's writing style, potentially improving content generation.

NVIDIA's RTX Spark introduces local AI agents in Photoshop, allowing for practical and efficient collaboration between humans and AI. This feature respects the artist's process, runs locally on an RTX workstation, and enables rapid iteration and experimentation.

Meta is ending its tokenmaxxing incentive program, which graded employees on their AI usage. The company is introducing a new AI tool called Hatch, which can autonomously carry out actions on a computer. Employees are encouraged to test Hatch, but its usage is not mandatory for performance evaluations.

Grok Build is a terminal-based coding agent that uses AI to interact with files and development tools. It can install necessary tools, fix bugs, and add new features to a codebase. Installation is done via PowerShell or Terminal, and usage is limited by the Grok plan, with paid plans offering higher token limits.

Netflix is moving towards the open-source Apache Flink Autoscaler for over 30,000 streaming jobs, replacing its cluster-level approach. The new autoscaler uses metrics to estimate each operator's processing rate and calculates required parallelism for individual vertices, resulting in a 58% reduction in annualized Flink compute expenditure for one team.

A new study published in Nature Biotechnology found that an AI-generated drug, rentosertib, reduced biological markers of age in a small set of patients. The drug was created by Insilico Medicine, an AI drug discovery and development company, with the aim of treating chronic lung disease and extending lifespan.

Apple's newly appointed CEO John Ternus is expected to announce the first foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pros, new Apple Watches, and new AirPods at the company's 'Surprise and Shine' event.

The Huawei Mate XT2 features a new hinge mechanism, 6.5-inch display when folded, and 10.2-inch 3K resolution display when open. It has a Kirin 9050 Pro chip, four cameras, and starts at 19,999 yuan ($2,980). The phone will go on sale starting September 12.

Microsoft has introduced zone redundancy to the Standard v2 tier of Azure API Management, allowing for distribution of service capacity across multiple availability zones. This feature was previously only available in the Premium tier. Zone redundancy provides protection against datacenter-level failures without requiring an enterprise tier. However, it does not guarantee capacity and may result in some data loss. The Standard v2 tier starts at $700 per month, significantly lower than the Premium tier.

CERN is transitioning its accelerator-control fleet from Red Hat-derived distributions to Debian due to Red Hat's tightening of compiler microarchitecture baselines, which would have obsoleted thousands of functional control nodes. Debian was chosen for its baseline architecture support, extensive package repository, and alignment with industrial hardware tooling.

The G7 is urging nations to accelerate the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) transition to mitigate the threat posed by quantum computing. The French National Cybersecurity Agency (ANSSI) has published a call to action, signed by all G7 member-states, to begin transitioning to quantum-safe encryption ahead of the threat. The document recommends a phased and risk-based strategy, inventorying cryptographic assets, and developing a transition plan.

ConnectWise has identified a new security flaw in ScreenConnect Remote Access, affecting both cloud and on-premises deployments. The company has provided temporary mitigation measures, as a permanent fix is still in development. The vulnerability affects file transfer behavior and can be exploited by attackers. Nearly 6,000 ScreenConnect instances are exposed online, according to Shadowserver.

The Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain, was drained of $320 million after hackers exploited a bug in the network's node software. The attackers, claiming to be 'white hat' hackers, returned $273 million but kept $47 million for themselves. The incident has raised concerns about the security of the Liquid Network and the potential for similar exploits in the future.

General Motors is phasing out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from its vehicles, except for the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq. The company is upgrading its in-house infotainment system with Google's AI assistant, Gemini, to provide a more seamless experience. However, the decision to preserve the Lyriq's access to phone mirroring systems is puzzling, given GM's recent transition toward native applications.

Apple is expected to release its first foldable iPhone, along with new AirPods and HomePods. The foldable iPhone, potentially called the 'iPhone Ultra', may feature a 5.5' cover display, a 7.8' unfolded screen, and a dual-lens rear camera system. It may also include MagSafe and a Touch ID fingerprint button, but skip the telephoto camera and Face ID.