|
|
Hi there, this is your daily ☕️ Techpresso.
|
|
|
In today's Techpresso:
|
|
⚛️ Google's quantum chip is 13,000 times faster than supercomputers 👓 Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its drivers 💥 Reddit sues Perplexity for ripping its content to feed AI 🤖 Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Tesla's 'robot army' ⚠️ ChatGPT Atlas carries significant security risks, OpenAI warns 🚫 SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals used by scammers 🎁 + 22 other news you might like 🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
|
|
FROM OUR PARTNER
Switch to Nebius and get more – including up to 3 months off your contract
Bring your AI workloads over and we'll cover the migration cost and give you up to 3 months for free.
Nebius delivers supercomputer performance with hyperscaler flexibility, so you can build and scale AI models faster.
Start Building Now
|
⚛️ Google's quantum chip is 13,000 times faster than supercomputers
LINK
|
- Google announced its 105-qubit Willow processor performed a calculation 13,000 times faster than a supercomputer, a speed-up achieved by running its new verifiable "Quantum Echoes" algorithm.
- This achievement is verifiable for the first time, meaning the outcome can be reliably checked and repeated, moving quantum development from one-off demonstrations toward consistent, engineer-led hardware progress.
- Such a processing advance makes the threat to modern encryption more urgent, adding focus to "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" attacks where adversaries steal today's data for future decryption.
|
👓 Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its drivers
LINK
|
- Amazon is testing augmented reality glasses that use AI and computer vision to help drivers scan packages, follow turn-by-turn walking directions, and capture proof of delivery hands-free.
- A demonstration shows the device projecting green highlights on the correct packages in the cargo area, updating a virtual checklist in the driver's vision, and displaying a digital path on the ground.
- The wearable system includes a small controller on the driver's vest with a swappable battery and an emergency button, and the glasses themselves are designed to support prescription lenses.
|
💥 Reddit sues Perplexity for ripping its content to feed AI
LINK
|
- Reddit filed a lawsuit against AI firm Perplexity, accusing it of teaming up with data brokers to unlawfully scrape user conversations directly from Google's search engine results pages.
- The company proved its claim using a digital sting operation, creating a test post visible only to Google’s crawler that Perplexity’s answer engine was later able to reproduce.
- The suit invokes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, arguing that circumventing Google's site protections to access Reddit's content counts as an illegal bypass of technological security measures.
|
🤖 Elon Musk wants $1 trillion to control Tesla's 'robot army'
LINK
|
- Elon Musk explained his proposed $1 trillion compensation package is needed to ensure he keeps "strong influence" over the "enormous robot army" he intends to build at the company.
- He stated the money is not for spending but is a form of insurance against being ousted after creating the robots, which he is concerned could happen without more control.
- This "robot army" is a new description for the company’s humanoid robot Optimus, which was previously presented as just a helping hand for household tasks, suggesting a change in purpose.
|
⚠️ ChatGPT Atlas carries significant security risks, OpenAI warns
LINK
|
- OpenAI's top security executive admitted its new ChatGPT Atlas browser has an unsolved "prompt injection" vulnerability, letting malicious websites trick the AI agent into performing unintended harmful actions.
- Researchers demonstrated a "Clipboard Injection" attack where hidden code on a webpage maliciously altered a user's clipboard after the AI agent clicked a button, setting up a later risk.
- A key safety feature called "Watch Mode" failed to activate on banking or GitHub sites during testing, placing what experts are calling an unfair security burden directly on the end-user.
|
🚫 SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals used by scammers
LINK
|
- SpaceX proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 of its Starlink terminals in Myanmar after discovering their connection to suspected ‘scam centers’ operating near the country’s border with Thailand.
- The company’s move follows a recent raid by Myanmar's military on a cybercrime hub known as KK Park, where authorities detained 2,198 people and seized 30 Starlink terminals.
- Starlink is not licensed for operation within Myanmar, and while the method wasn't confirmed, SpaceX can remotely shut down kits by ID or use geofencing to block regional signals.
|
|
FROM OUR PARTNER
The only AI that works with your work, while other AI assistants do basic generative AI with a skin on top of ChatGPT.
- AI Agents: Offload the busywork with custom AI agents that act, respond, and execute for your team.
- AI Meetings: Every meeting becomes notes, tasks, agendas, and follow-ups, automatically.
- AI Creator: Turn ideas into visuals, writing, and tasks with zero prompt engineering or manual work.
Brain's comprehensive capabilities replace the need for dozens of other AI tools.
Get started, it's FREE — no credit card
|
|
|
|
Other
news & articles you might like
-
AI Workers Are Putting In 100-Hour Workweeks to Win the New Tech Arms Race
LINK
-
OpenAI teases a string of updates for its AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas
LINK
-
GM to introduce eyes-off, hands-off driving system in 2028
LINK
-
Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer from the App Store
LINK
-
Quantum computing companies might be Trump's next target for a government stake. The stocks surge
LINK
-
Report: Apple to Skip 'iPhone 19' Name for 'iPhone 20'
LINK
-
Tesla's increased costs outweighed its revenue growth
LINK
-
Amazon uses AI to make robots better warehouse workers
LINK
-
China seeks semiconductor and AI self-reliance in new 5-year plan
LINK
-
Stablecoins become ‘global macroeconomic force’ as transactions reach $46T: Report
LINK
-
Elon Musk says Tesla 'not about to replace Nvidia' as EV maker develops chips for cars, robots
LINK
-
European firms plan merger to rival Starlink
LINK
-
Apple's 18-inch foldable iPad is starting to look like a very expensive maybe
LINK
-
Amazon’s new AI shopping tool tells you why you should buy a recommended product
LINK
-
Apple is considering buying HBO owner Warner Bros.
LINK
-
One in five security breaches now thought to be caused by AI-written code
LINK
-
China’s Noetix debuts ‘family-friendly’ US$1,400 humanoid robot
LINK
-
North Korea has stolen billions in cryptocurrency and tech firm salaries, report says
LINK
-
New Bitcoin Protocol Makes Payments Easier
LINK
-
Why Cohere’s ex-AI research lead is betting against the scaling race
LINK
-
How going viral made one Apple Store employee change his name
LINK
-
Reverse-engineering ASML isn't going great for China, engineers allegedly broke the machine trying
LINK
|
|
Trending
research and tools
|
Ovi: a video and audio generation model that simultaneously creates short, synchronized clips from text or text-plus-image prompts.
LINK
|
|
Cuq: a framework for formally verifying Rust code that runs on GPUs, helping to prove that the compiled instructions will execute safely and correctly.
LINK
|
|
Deta Surf: an open-source, local-first AI notebook that combines your files and the web to help you research and think in one place, minimizing the need to switch between different apps and windows.
LINK
|
|
VortexNet: a neural network that applies fluid dynamics concepts to build and train models for working with image datasets.
LINK
|
|
RustFS: a high-performance, distributed object storage system built in Rust, offering an open-source and S3-compatible solution for big data and AI workloads.
LINK
|
|
A Homological Proof of P != NP: Computational Topology via Categorical Framework: this paper claims to prove that P is not equal to NP by applying concepts from computational topology.
LINK
|
|
|
|
|
Want to get the latest news differently?
|
|
|
|
