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Apple has filed new evidence in its lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a former employee stole trade secrets and used them to benefit OpenAI. The evidence includes a confidential Apple circuit schematic and a tool with a similar name to an internal Apple engineering application.

The Pentagon has launched custom versions of ChatGPT and Grok, giving 3 million personnel access to generative AI tools. These tools, part of the GenAI.mil portal, aim to accelerate work and provide an edge without sacrificing security.

Nvidia is investing $3.5 billion in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek to help it design custom AI chips for hyperscalers and AI companies, allowing them to plug directly into Nvidia-based data centers. This partnership will give MediaTek access to Nvidia's NVLink Fusion ecosystem, enabling fast communication between chips. The deal is part of Nvidia's strategy to maintain its lead in the data center market while allowing custom silicon development.

The Bank of England governor warns that AI's potentially catastrophic economic impact can spread across borders, citing concerns over cyber risk, overstretched valuations, and the potential for a disorderly correction in the market. The governor calls for global cooperation to address these risks and fortify response and recovery capabilities.

The FTC and 22 states have sued Amazon, alleging that the company secretly inflated ad prices for 1.2 million advertisers, resulting in over $20 billion in improper charges. Amazon denies the allegations, claiming its system helps businesses save billions of dollars.

Google's Jack Buser is promoting AI tools to game developers, citing benefits such as reduced development time and cost, and enhanced player experience. However, the gaming industry is skeptical due to concerns over job losses and the potential for AI-generated content to be seen as less creative or authentic.

Debian's new AI policy permits the use of generative AI tools in its Linux distribution's development, maintenance, and documentation. The policy neither endorses nor prohibits AI use, emphasizing responsible usage and adherence to existing standards. Contributors are expected to review and test AI-assisted output before submission.

DoorDash's Flux platform automates 130,000 engineering tasks monthly, using cloud-based agents and supporting 25,000 automated code reviews weekly. Flux is built around four primitives: cloud sandboxes, an MCP gateway, reusable playbooks, and invocation surfaces.

Workload Identity Federation (WIF) eliminates long-lived credentials in GCP by replacing service account keys with trust relationships. It allows external workloads to authenticate to GCP without long-lived service account keys, reducing credential exposure and operational overhead. WIF follows a three-part model: a pool, a provider/connector, and a service account binding. Attribute conditions are critical for security, and mandating WIF at project creation can scale cleanly.

The author took 15 hours of Anthropic certification training and gained new insights into the state of AI development and industry standards. The training provided foundational concepts and an opportunity for the industry to align around terms and definitions.

Instagram announced a new policy to label AI-generated profiles, renaming its 'AI creator' label to 'AI-generated profile'. The platform will limit the reach of accounts that feature AI-generated people without proper disclosure, while creators who use the label won't be penalized.

A hacking group called ShinyHunters has taken credit for a cyberattack against McKesson, a US pharmaceutical distribution giant, stealing millions of patient records including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. The hackers used phishing and social engineering tricks to gain access to McKesson's cloud environment.

Clipto, a startup that uses AI to search terabytes of video and other media files, has reached a $250M valuation after raising $15M in funding. The company's product allows users to search for specific content within their files using natural language descriptions or AI tools like ChatGPT.

Instagram will reduce the reach of AI-generated influencer accounts that don't clearly label themselves as such, using a new 'AI-generated profile' label. This move aims to address the rise of fake AI influencers and reduce the spread of misinformation on the platform.

An American AI startup, Together AI, has partnered with Saudi Arabian AI company Humain to access 250 megawatts of electricity from data centers in Saudi Arabia, amidst growing opposition to data centers in the US. This move is part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to become a hub for the AI industry and expand its investments beyond oil.

Alteon, an Indian startup, has raised $2.5 million to develop autonomous aircraft that can extract energy from wind shear above the ocean, potentially staying aloft for over a year. The startup, founded by 20-year-old Samay Sanghvi, aims to use dynamic soaring, a technique inspired by albatrosses, to break the limitation of conventional aircraft needing to carry fuel or battery power. Alteon plans to initially use the aircraft for maritime surveillance.

Circleback, a meeting note-taker, introduces a free subscription tier with unlimited meeting transcriptions, but limited to 30-day history. The move aims to attract more customers amidst intensifying competition in the meeting note-taker market.

The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon for allegedly using a secret ad surcharge, manipulating ad auctions to drive up prices. Amazon responded saying the FTC's claim 'fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers behave.'

Graphic designers are trying to fix people's terrible AI flyers by showcasing their own redesigned versions on social media, highlighting the importance of unique and eye-catching visuals in branding and the limitations of AI-generated designs.

Microsoft is investigating a widespread service issue causing authentication issues, connection problems, email delays, and failures for Microsoft 365 customers. The outage affects multiple services including Exchange Online, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Defender XDR.