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US Spy Chief Says UK Has Dropped Its Apple Backdoor Demand

The UK has dropped its demand for a special access to Apple’s cloud systems, or a “backdoor,” following negotiations with the Trump administration, according to U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, TechCrunch reported. “A a result, the U.K. has agreed to drop its mandate for Apple to provide a ‘back door’ that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted

Trump Administration Might Convert Intel’s Subsidies Into Ownership State

Reports that the Trump administration was contemplating buying a stake in Intel to help ease its financial woes and boost its manufacturing business sent Intel’s shares up more than 7% late last week, Oregonlive reported. But a Bloomberg report Monday suggests the Trump administration is now considering something far less appealing, at least from Intel's perspective. Instead of inviting in

Anthropic Enables Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 To End Conversations In “Cases Of Persistently Harmful Or Abusive Interactions”

We recently gave Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 the ability to end conversations in our consumer chat interfaces. This ability is intended for use in rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive interactions. This feature was developed primarily as part of our exploratory work on potential AI welfare, though it has broader relevance to model alignment and safeguards. Anthropic

Just How Much Has DOGE Exaggerated Its Numbers?

The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new Politico analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.9 billion by canceling contracts, but the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings the POLITICO could verify, DOGE’s

OpenAI Adds GPT-5 Auto, Fast, And Thinking Settings To ChatGPT’s Model Picker

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4o has returned to ChatGPT following intense user backlash over its removal during last week’s GPT5 launch. The AI model now appears in the model picker for all paid ChatGPT users by default (including ChatGPT Plus accounts), marking a swift reversal after thousands of users complained about losing access to their preferred models, ArsTechnica reported.