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🚨 The headlines you might have missed this week. Microsoft is pushing Windows into an AI-first future with multimodal interactions and Copilot+ PCs. Anthropic is prioritizing reliability in Claude over flashy features. The UK faced backlash for suggesting deleting emails to save water, sparking debate on real sustainability. And AI data centers’ soaring energy use is driving up bills — but who will pay the price? 👉 Which of these stories do you think will have the biggest impact on the way we work? #AI #FutureOfWork #TechTrends #Cloud #Sustainability

OpenAI is “open” again. This week, the company unveiled GPT-OSS, its first open-weight models since GPT-2 in 2019: 🤖 gpt-oss-20b — 21B parameters, lightweight enough for a laptop or phone 🤖 gpt-oss-120b — 117B parameters, competitive with o4-mini, runs on a single NVIDIA GPU Both are released under the Apache 2.0 license, giving developers, researchers, and startups freedom to build, test, and innovate at scale. Sam Altman says: “We believe far more good than bad will come from it.” 👉 Do you see open-weight AI models driving faster enterprise adoption or more grassroots innovation? #AI #OpenAI #GPTOSS #TechInnovation #FutureOfWork

Apple’s next leap in AI could be a Pixar-style robot for your home. According to Bloomberg, Apple is developing a 7-inch tabletop robot (code-named J595) that swivels, makes eye contact during FaceTime, and responds with a more conversational Siri—potentially arriving in 2027. The move could redefine the smart home experience, deepen ecosystem integration, and position Apple as a leader in consumer AI. 📩 Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for exclusive insights on the technologies shaping tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/gzEmv_-4 #Apple #AI #SmartHome #Robotics #TechNews #Innovation #Siri #FutureTech #Gadgets

💬 What’s the #1 thing you use ChatGPT for right now? ChatGPT is on track to hit 700 million weekly active users and it’s becoming critical infrastructure for how we get things done. #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #TechRepublic #Productivity #Innovation

GPT-5 pauses as OpenAI restores the original ChatGPT 🔄 Why it matters: Sudden personality shifts in AI can disrupt workflows, erode trust, and change how we interact with the tools we rely on daily. Future updates may bring opt-outs—and perhaps even a dial for empathy. 💬 Your turn: How do you prefer your AI—straight to the point, conversational, or somewhere in between? Share your perspective below. Read more in our latest edition! #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GPT5 #AInews #TechTrends #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ProductUpdate #TechNews #UX

AI is reshaping the cyber threat landscape, faster than defenses can adapt. 🤖 At Black Hat 25, cybersecurity leaders shared their biggest concern: AI is compressing the timeline for both attacks and responses. 🎣 Phishing and social engineering are more convincing. ⚠️ Exploits are being weaponized at unprecedented speed. ⏩ Infrastructure is expanding faster than teams can secure it. Read more insights here: https://lnkd.in/gJ5fFbDJ #Cybersecurity #BlackHat2025 #AI #GenerativeAI #InfoSec #ThreatIntelligence #CyberThreats #SecurityLeadership #CISO #TechTrends

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Apple’s building a chatbot and it might just reshape search as we know it. 🔍🍏 After years of hesitation, Apple’s new AI division is finally taking on Google in the one arena it’s long avoided: web search. Inside the AKI team’s push to create a ChatGPT-like “answer engine,” and why it’s a bigger deal than it seems. 📖 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/g7BJCP5F #AI #Apple #Chatbots #SearchWars #GoogleVsApple #Siri #TechNews #GenerativeAI #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #TechRepublic

🧠💥 Can generative AI be tricked into spilling its secrets? At Black Hat on Aug 6, Cisco Talos researcher Amy Chang will unveil decomposition — a method that breaks LLM guardrails and coaxes them into repeating human-written training data verbatim. This could change how we think about AI privacy, model safety, and data security. 🔎 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ggzzVzGC #AIsecurity #BlackHat2025 #GenAI #Cybersecurity #LLM #CiscoTalos

Elon’s brain chip just got UK approval. Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface startup, just got the go-ahead to begin human trials in the UK. This marks a major milestone not just for the company, but for the future of how we interact with machines. If it works, it could restore mobility for those with neurological disorders… and maybe one day, upgrade your brain like a phone. So here’s the big question: Would you ever get a brain chip… if it worked? 🔔 Want more future-shaping tech stories like this? Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider: https://lnkd.in/gzEmv_-4 #Neuralink #ElonMusk #TechInnovation #FutureOfTech #HumanAugmentation #EmergingTech #TechNews #DailyTechInsider