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Cohere plans to buy cybersecurity startup Aisle

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The Canadian AI company has signed a letter of intent to buy Aisle, which uses AI to find and help fix security flaws in software. Cohere did not disclose the value of the deal.

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CNN, Axios and other publishers join Google's AI news program

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The program began as a pilot last year and now includes more than 400 publications around the world, Google said on Thursday.

Hackers exploit new flaws in Cisco and Palo Alto security devices

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Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in Cisco's Secure Email Gateway: an email with a crafted attachment can let a sender with no login run commands as root.

YouTube Music starts labelling AI-generated songs

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An AI label now appears under the song title on the Now Playing screen when a track was made mainly with generative AI, such as a composition and vocals from an AI model. Tapping it explains how the track was made.

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Amazon launches two Bee devices that listen through the day

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The Bee Frontier, worn on the wrist or clipped to clothes, costs US$75, and the Eclipse, a card-sized device that attaches to the back of a smartphone, costs US$100.

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A 75,000-year-old spear wound suggests Neanderthals fought to kill

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Archaeologists found a 15 mm hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal who died about 75,000 years ago in Shanidar Cave, in Iraqi Kurdistan.

China plans to curb exports of 40 technologies, including AI

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China's commerce and science ministries published a draft list on Friday of 40 technologies whose export would be banned or restricted. The commerce ministry cites national security as the technology race with the U.S. intensifies.

Meta's new business terms may let it train AI on news sites for free

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The terms, which take effect on Oct 30, let Meta crawl websites associated with business accounts and use their content to train its AI products. They apply to businesses that promote content on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger.