Apple has updated its 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, promising faster graphics, better on-device AI performance, and up to 24 hours of battery life, the longest runtime the company has offered in a Mac. The new MacBook Pro was announced today al…
Apple’s latest iMac looks much like the previous one, but the company has packed a new M6 chip into its 24-inch all-in-one desktop, promising faster graphics, more processing power and a substantial boost in on-device AI performance. The new iMac is av…
OpenAI on Monday released GPT-6.1 Terra, a faster and cheaper AI model built for the routine computer work that fills most office days. It replaces GPT-5.6 Terra and sits in the middle of OpenAI’s range, below Sol and Astra but above Luna. The main cha…
Instagram has started testing a new format for long, horizontal videos called Features. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and product chief Tessa Lyons announced the test on Monday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) …
Apple unveiled the eighth-generation iPad mini on Monday, two days before its Pro and Tell event in Los Angeles. The tablet keeps the footprint of the 2024 model but stretches the screen to 8.5 inches, from 8.3, by cutting the bezels by 24%. It is 5.4m…
1Password has launched 1Password for Agents, a platform that lets personal AI agents sign in to accounts on a person’s behalf without ever seeing the password. Agents from Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceXSI are among the first to plug in, the Toronto…
Hugging Face has released Carbon-X, an open-source AI model that lets researchers ask questions about DNA in everyday language. Users paste in a genetic sequence, ask a question, and get an answer with an explanation. The model card shows its partners …
Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a new app that lets its AI assistant keep working in the background while users are away. The company announced the research preview on 21 October, adding to the growing competition to build AI agents th…
Amnon Shashua’s startup doubleAI has launched Maxwell, an AI model that works inside running software to make it use less computing power. Shashua co-founded the Tel Aviv company and is its chief executive. The company announced Maxwell on Monday and o…
Microsoft has announced new tools to control AI agents in Microsoft 365 E7 and its Project Perception platform. The tools limit what each agent can reach and tighten those limits when its risk increases. Hayete Gallot, executive vice president of Micro…