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OpenAI teases Dots for Europe, but its Berlin DevDay was really about building a platform

At DevDay Exchange in Berlin, OpenAI mostly repeated what it had already announced, but it did share a few new details. The AI assistant Dots should roll out more widely in Europe "in a few weeks," and weekly Codex users in Germany have grown twentyfold since January. A clear subtext ran through the sessions and the repeated nods to ChatGPT's 1.2 billion weekly users: OpenAI wants developers to build their…

Claude for Legal now verifies sources automatically, then hands the file to a lawyer

Anthropic is adding pre-built templates to Claude for Legal. These interactive overviews and tables simplify setup for legal teams and speed up routine work like contract reviews, while more than 60 integrations let firms connect their own databases directly. The article Claude for Legal now verifies sources automatically, then hands the file to a lawyer appeared first on The Decoder .

Meta says it’ll probably delay its controversial new business terms again

Meta says it may push the implementation of its new business terms past November 20th as it faces backlash from publishers over concerns about AI training. In a post on X, Meta communications head Andy Stone said the company does "not plan to make policy changes without a full consultation with industry groups and leaders."

Opera will run AI locally in your browser now – why that’s a gamechanger and how to try it

Thanks to the newly proposed WebAI web standard, the company will start shipping local AI models with its flagship browser.

Reddit is the latest platform to embrace the ‘For You’ feed

The For You feed combines posts from communities users have joined with recommendations tailored to their interests.

3 Questions: Why infrastructure is entering a defining era

Professor Ali Jadbabaie describes how AI, digital transformation, climate change, and complex geopolitics are forcing engineers and policymakers to rethink how infrastructure is designed, built, and managed.

Reddit is adding a 'for you' feed for recommendations

The app will have a "following" tab to surface content from subreddits you've joined.

AI execs may be too out of touch to build for the general public

Tech leaders are flaunting how out of touch they are when they brag about using AI to connect with their families.

Trump DOE loans $5B to nuclear plants that will power data centers

Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta.

Nvidia's open Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe combines transcription, translation, and speaker recognition

Nvidia has released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open speech recognition model that handles transcription, speaker recognition, and translation and takes its instructions as text prompts. It leads several benchmarks and uses only a sixth of the active parameters of its strongest open rival. Nvidia is also shipping a dataset with more than 800,000 hours of speech, along with tools for fine-tuning. The article Nvidia's…

Buckle up for more body-swapping hijinks in Jumanji: Open World trailer

"We have to be ready for whatever's coming next. If we lose in here, there won't be a home to go back to."

South Korea’s financial industry hit by fresh wave of cyberattacks

South Korea’s financial institutions have been hit by another wave of cyberattacks, highlighting the growing risk of AI-driven hacking in Asia.

Deals: AirPods Pro 3, Apple’s iPhone Duo charger, MacBook Air $200 off, Beats 360 first discount, more

Amazon deal pricing on AirPods Pro 3 has now dropped a touch lower at a solid $50 off and it is still offering the pre-order discount on the new Apple TV 4K, however we are also tracking some deals on Apple’s iPhone duo-ready accessories like the 40W Dynamic Power Adapter with 60W Max and Apple Pencil USB-C . Those offers join 24GB M5 MacBook Air returning to its best price in months at $200 off , the lowest price…

Audio Technica just released its first set of wireless StreamSet headphones

This expands the lineup beyond XLR and USB-connected models.

Amazon’s new Echo Studio gives Alexa+ an AI camera to see inside your home

The Echo Studio with Home Camera essentially equips Alexa+ with eyes to enable ‘visual intelligence’ features – but there’s a kill switch.

AI component hikes force the world's largest PC makers to return manufacturing capacity to China

PC manufacturing in China tends to be cheaper because of an established supply chain and workforce. Smaller Chinese suppliers are also winning orders by offering easier access to domestic chip manufacturers like CXMT.

Amazon tells engineers to stop ‘tokenmaxxing’ to look productive

Amazon has published new engineering guidelines warning developers and managers against ‘tokenmaxxing,’ arguing that AI usage metrics are ‘deeply flawed’ unless tied to long-term outcomes. The move follows similar spending concerns at Uber and Accenture.

Samsung’s new clip-style Galaxy Buds On have a major advantage over Sony and Bose

Advanced audio features are great, but ecosystem integration is better. Here’s how Samsung’s newest clip-on Buds compare to its rivals.

FCC rebuffs TP-Link again as it attempts to sell Wi-Fi 8 gear in the US

TP-Link just can’t seem to catch a break with the FCC, as it’s not under fire for exceeding power limits on its routers

New Artificial Analysis index widens the gap between open and closed models

Artificial Analysis overhauled its Intelligence Index, causing Kimi K3.1 Pro to drop five spots in the rankings. The article New Artificial Analysis index widens the gap between open and closed models appeared first on The Decoder .

Thin, Light and Built for Everything: NVIDIA RTX Spark Windows Laptops Gain New Models, Agent Tools and Games

NVIDIA RTX Spark powers thin and light laptops built for everything that developers, creators and gamers do. RTX Spark laptops are now available from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI. These powerful systems combine an NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU and an NVIDIA Grace CPU in a single superchip with up to 128GB of unified memory and up to 1 petaflop of FP4 AI performance. That puts the NVIDIA CUDA platform, RTX…

Voice AI in vogue: Nvidia releases new open transcription model

Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs.

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe and Granary v2: Intelligent Multilingual Transcription You Can Prompt and Adapt

xAI is buying out homeowners who promise not to sue over data center noise

A subsidiary of Elon Musk's xAI is offering to buy up homes in a Mississippi neighborhood, as long as residents don't join a lawsuit targeting the company's nearby data center and power plant, according to a report from The Guardian. A realtor going door-to-door in the Southaven neighborhood reportedly told one resident that xAI plans