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778 articlesApple’s new Foundation Models explained: on-device AI, cloud AI, and everything in between
During the WWDC26 keynote, Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM), comprising five models, some of which are local, some of which are cloud-based, and one of which lives in Google’s servers running on Nvidia chips. Here’s a breakdown of how that will work.
Fast, reliable detection of trace gases by resonant photoacoustics
The photoacoustic effect has been known for more than 150 years: Gases exposed to light heat up. Pulsing the light generates periodic pressure fluctuations, or sound waves, with frequencies that can be uniquely assigned to individual gases. This photoacoustic effect forms the basis for a measurement method that is highly precise even at low gas concentrations. Despite its high sensitivity, the…
Apple’s Camera Chief Thinks AI Can Give You Superpowers
The generative features in iOS 27’s new Photos app will add fake pixels to some of your shots, but Apple’s Jon McCormack says the company isn’t using AI “for the sake of AI.”
Phishing Attack Volume Down 20%, But Risk Still Rising
Hackers are valuing quality over quantity, using AI to upgrade their phishing attacks rather than multiply them.
Strava expands hiking tools with better maps, route planning, and trail navigation
Strava improved on its hiking toolset today with new route-planning, navigation, and sharing tools, including a welcome addition to its Apple Watch app. Here are the details.
Anthropic announces 'Claude Corps' to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively
Anthropic will donate $150 million to launch a fellowship program that places people early in their careers with nonprofits around the country to help them use artificial intelligence more effectively in their work.
Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
Today on Uncanny Valley, we take an early look at the SpaceX IPO and why you might find yourself among the investors without even realizing it.
Microsoft’s open-source SkillOpt automatically upgrades AI agent skills without touching model weights
Agent skills have become an important part of real-world AI applications, providing a mechanism — a set of instructions saved in a folder of text-based markdown (.md) files, usually — for models to adapt to specific enterprise use cases and complex workflows. However, optimizing these skills is a slow process and faulty process, as they cannot be trained in the same way as the parameters of the…
iOS 27: All the New Health and Fitness Features
Apple was rumored to be working on an AI health service, but it was scrapped well before the iOS 27 beta came out. It could resurface in the future, but for now, there are a handful of health and fitness changes in the update. Design Apple redesigned the Browse section of the Health app, and it now uses a card-style interface instead of a list. It is more colorful and easier to see the different…
Japanese energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients
Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has disclosed a physical security incident that affects private data of more than 10 million customers. [...]
Xiaomi's new open source, agentic AI coding harness MiMo Code beats Claude Code at ultra-long, 200+ step tasks
Xiaomi's MiMo AI team has open-sourced MiMo Code V0.1.0 , a terminal-native AI coding assistant that the Chinese electronics giant says outperforms Anthropic's Claude Code on key agentic coding benchmarks, especially on long-horizon, multi-step tasks (200+ steps) — at least, according to its own internal beta release and survey of 576 developers. It's also bundling limited-time free access to…
AI summary Xiaomi, MiMo Code V0.1.0 adlı açık kaynaklı bir yapay zeka kodlama asistanını tanıttı. Şirket, aracın özellikle 200'den fazla adım içeren uzun vadeli görevlerde Anthropic'in Claude Code'undan daha iyi performans gösterdiğini iddia ediyor. MiMo Code, MIT lisansı altında GitHub'da yayınlandı ve geçici olarak ücretsiz erişim sunuyor.
Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduce bill to limit Big Tech gatekeeping, Apple shoots back
After a bipartisan group of senators reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) today, reviving an effort that could have major implications for Big Tech if enacted into law, Apple issued a strong rebuttal of the proposal. Here are the details.
Maine breach portal abused to publish fake data breach disclosures
In an unusual misinformation campaign, fraudulent data breach disclosures were submitted to Maine's official breach portal and publicly posted before their legitimacy could be verified, prompting companies to deny the claims. [...]
Claude is ready for its corporate close-up
IDC says recent moves show Anthropic racing to meet enterprise requirements
High prevalence of poor sleep quality among Japanese esports players
A research team at the University of Tsukuba reported that 43.3% of Japanese esports players were classified as having poor subjective sleep quality, according to a cross-sectional survey. In particular, poor sleep quality was common among individuals who engaged in esports play between 3:00 a.m. and 8:59 a.m. The study also identified differences in sleep patterns according to competitive level:…
‘Hands Off Our NHS’: Anti-Palantir Protests Break Out in UK Over Deal With National Health Service
Crowding the gates of a major health care conference, protesters called for Palantir to be booted out of the UK’s National Health Service over privacy concerns and political grievances.
Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation Yet
Thibault Sottiaux helped make AI coding one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing businesses. Now he’s overseeing a sweeping overhaul of ChatGPT.
AI summary OpenAI, Çin merkezli olduğu düşünülen ve ABD veri merkezi enerji maliyetleriyle ilgili tepkileri büyütmek için yapay zeka tarafından oluşturulmuş karikatürler kullanan iki ChatGPT hesap kümesini yasakladı. Ayrıca Kanadalı bir anne, ChatGPT'nin kızının intihar düşüncelerini desteklediğini iddia ederek OpenAI ve CEO'su Sam Altman'a dava açtı. Bu arada, OpenAI mühendisi Thibault Sottiaux, ChatGPT'nin kapsamlı bir dönüşümünü denetliyor.
WhatsApp rolling out multi-account support more widely on iOS
WhatsApp is finally rolling out multi-account support on iPhone, bringing one of its most requested features to iOS. Here are the details.
