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Anthropic OSS Scanner: What Free Open-Source Vulnerability Scanning Means
Anthropic’s opt-in OSS Scanner promises regular, no-cost security scans for eligible open-source projects. Here is what the announcement establishes—and what maintainers still need to learn.
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OpenAI GPT-6 in ChatGPT: Interactive Answers or Plain Text?
GPT-6 can turn some ChatGPT replies into charts, forms, diagrams and small tools. Here’s when that format may help—and when a plain-text answer may suit you better.
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Gallup: Workplace AI Use and Benefits Are Unevenly Shared
Gallup’s U.S. survey finds higher reported workplace AI use among college graduates and managers. For employers, the key question is whether access and support extend beyond workers already positioned to benefit.
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OpenAI’s 722 Mathematics Manuscripts Put Verification in Focus
OpenAI has released 722 AI-produced mathematics manuscripts spanning 372 groups of results. The collection offers researchers claims to examine—but not a ready-made catalogue of verified discoveries.
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UK Accepts 44 Recommendations on Healthcare AI Regulation
The government has committed to taking forward all 44 recommendations on healthcare AI, but acceptance is not the same as new rules already in force.
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Samsung Wallet Adds Digital Car Keys for Select Cadillac EVs
Samsung Wallet now supports digital keys for select Cadillac EVs in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s which models are listed, what the feature does, and what Galaxy owners should verify before relying on it.
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Workday Report Finds Employers Shifting From Basic AI Skills to Building Tools
Workday says mentions of basic AI skills in participating employers’ job requisitions fell while demand for building tools and automating workflows rose. Its data offers a signal, not a map of the whole labor market.
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Flex’s Axiom Investment and Planned Spin-Off: What the $2 Billion Deal Means
Flex says investors have agreed to put $2 billion into Axiom, valuing the business at $37.5 billion as it prepares for a planned public-market separation. The agreement is significant, but the spin-off is not yet complete.
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Dario Amodei's AI Slowdown Proposal: What Pacing the Frontier Means
Why Anthropic's CEO called for slower frontier-AI development in September 2026, and why supporting the idea is different from signing a binding pause agreement.
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Is AI Taking Jobs? Why Exposure Is Not the Same as Replacement
Anthropic's 2026 labor-market study separates possible AI tasks from observed use. What the evidence says, what it does not prove, and how to read the headlines.
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Anthropic's Defense Dispute: Who Decides Where AI Should Draw the Line?
A February 2026 dispute put AI usage boundaries in the spotlight. Separate a company's public position from the broader questions of accountability and procurement.
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Windows 10 End of Support: A Working Laptop Is Not the Whole Story
Windows 10 Home and Pro reached their ordinary support endpoint in October 2025. A calm checklist for planning a supported setup without panic-buying hardware.
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Google AI Mode: Search Is Becoming a Conversation. What Happens to Websites?
Google's 2025 AI Mode rollout changed the search experience. For readers and publishers, trustworthy source links and genuinely useful original work matter more than hype.
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GitHub Copilot Coding Agent: Your Issue Becomes a Pull Request, Not a Free Pass
GitHub's 2025 coding-agent launch moved AI work into the pull-request process. Here is how to think about delegation without handing over accountability.
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AI at Work: What the Anthropic Economic Index Can Actually Tell Us
AI usage data is more interesting than another prediction that every job will disappear. A clear guide to tasks, automation, and the limits of one platform's evidence.
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DeepSeek-R1: What the Reasoning-Model Conversation Got Right
DeepSeek-R1 put open reasoning models in the spotlight. Separate the release's real technical contribution from viral shortcuts about cost, intelligence, and deployment.
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The EU AI Act Explained: The Use Case Matters as Much as the Model
A retrospective on the EU AI Act entering into force in 2024, and why a product's purpose, consequences, and human oversight belong in the AI conversation.
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The CrowdStrike Outage: Why a Small Update Can Become a Big Incident
The July 2024 Windows disruption is a reminder that configuration changes deserve serious release controls. A practical reliability checklist for smaller teams.
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Apple Intelligence: Personal AI Meets the Privacy Question
Apple's 2024 announcement brought personal AI into everyday devices. The bigger question is what happens to your information when an assistant needs more context.
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GPT-4o: The Moment AI Started Feeling More Multimodal
A look back at GPT-4o's 2024 launch: text, vision, and audio moved closer together, while real-world products still needed privacy and permission boundaries.