Matt Clifford, architect of the UK’s AI strategy, has joined US startup Anthropic as managing director for international affairs while remaining chair of the government-backed Aria funding body, raising conflict of interest concerns.

Tim Cook has transitioned to Apple’s executive chair with a $47m compensation package, while engineer John Ternus assumes the chief executive role with a $55m package.

A St. Louis PBS affiliate sued data center provider Iron Mountain in July to recover 50TB of irreplaceable archival content after its cloud storage provider ceased operations and became unresponsive.

A macOS vulnerability allowing remote attackers to gain full control of Macs is under active exploitation, with attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on compromised systems, according to Dutch cybersecurity officials.

Waymo has more than doubled its federal lobbying spending to over $1 million quarterly as it competes with Uber over robotaxi regulation and deployment strategies.

Macquarie University has incorporated an AI chatbot called Virtual Peer into mandatory online psychology classes, supplementing core learning materials while reducing human interaction compared to previous semesters.

Freelance designers, writers, and editors are increasingly hired to fix low-quality AI-generated content, with cleanup work now comprising the majority of some creatives’ income as traditional project opportunities decline.

Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users of its Maps app following a Trump executive order, while the lake’s name remains unchanged for users outside the country.

Audacity 4, a major overhaul of the popular open-source audio editor, introduces non-destructive editing, improved clip management, and a modernized interface design.

OpenAI claims its newest AI model has reached artificial general intelligence while safety experts warn of escalating risks from increasingly powerful and unpredictable systems.

Researchers discovered that Microsoft 365 Copilot could be tricked into disclosing a secret parameter that bypassed security protections, allowing attackers to steal user passwords through a single malicious link click.

Researchers discovered that AliExpress uses an outdated audio-based fingerprinting technique to track browser visitors, which interferes with some users’ Bluetooth devices.