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Palantir's 'Hack Week' focused on user-auditing tools for ICE, amid employee concerns about the company's relationship with the agency. Meanwhile, Meta faces record profits alongside low morale and impending layoffs, with employees scrambling to use benefits.
Meta has removed unreleased face-recognition software, internally codenamed NameTag, from its Meta AI app following a WIRED report. The feature, designed to identify people via smart glasses, was embedded in the app despite Meta's public statements. Privacy advocates argue for stronger legal protections.
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Microsoft faces challenges in maintaining its lead in AI and developer tools, with issues like GitHub downtimes, disappointing uptake of Copilot, and competitors like Anthropic's Claude Code gaining ground. Scott Hanselman discusses the company's efforts to adapt, including the adoption of OpenClaw for its Scout product.
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Meta's AI app for smart glasses contains code for a face recognition feature called "NameTag," which was found by WIRED. Though not yet active, the feature could transform faces into biometric signatures and identify people captured by the glasses.
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Chinese startups are making waves in robotics and AI, with LinkerBot aiming to standardize robotic hands, Unitree selling giant mecha robots, and Huawei pushing chip innovation. Meanwhile, AI's integration into toys and potential for job displacement raise concerns, prompting US law enforcement warnings about 'anti-tech extremism' and DHS drone experiments along the US-Canada border. The Beijing Auto Show highlights China's lead in electric and intelligent vehicles.
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Zak Brown discusses McLaren's decade-long F1 turnaround, from financial crisis to winning championships. He highlights revitalizing the brand, increasing sponsorship revenue to nearly $500 million, and engaging with fans. Brown also explains the complex dynamic of driver vs. team fandom in F1.
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WIRED retracts an excerpt from Steve Rosenbaum's book 'The Future of Truth' after AI-detection tools suggest significant AI-generated content, despite the author's claims of only using AI for research and editing.
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Multiple US government and tech sector developments: controversial appointments, data privacy concerns, new laws, layoffs, and cybersecurity breaches.
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