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OpenAI's Altman visits Samsung amid debate over cloud versus local AI computing
Sam Altman met with roughly 50 Samsung executives in South Korea just days after arguing that personal computers waste the world's scarce memory chips. The meeting underscores deepening ties between OpenAI and Samsung on AI infrastructure.

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Malicious Claude Code Extension Compromised 5,000 Cursor Users Before Removal
A weaponized version of Anthropic's Claude Code extension distributed through Cursor's marketplace for 11 hours planted SSH backdoors on developer machines. Anthropic denies any breach of its own infrastructure.

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Apple's Ternus: AI Must Serve the Product, Not the Hype
In his first major interview as CEO, John Ternus tells WIRED that Apple will not deploy artificial intelligence merely for its own sake, and that the company's focus remains on building products people genuinely love.

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Trump orders investigation into robot imports as national security concern
The US administration has launched trade negotiations on foreign-made robots and industrial machinery, with potential tariffs and quotas to follow within six months if talks stall.

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Apple brings Intelligence to China in December, powered by Alibaba's Qwen
Chinese iPhone owners will gain access to Writing Tools, Live Translation and Alibaba's chatbot integration starting in December, though the redesigned Siri AI remains unavailable on the mainland.

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Databricks and SAP deepen AI partnership with four new tools for enterprise data
The two companies are expanding their collaboration at SAP TechEd in Berlin, bringing Databricks' AI capabilities directly into SAP's cloud platform to help enterprises tap their business data for artificial intelligence without custom engineering.

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S&P signals concern over Meta's AI spending trajectory and monetization path
The ratings agency has shifted its outlook on Meta's credit rating to negative, questioning whether the company's massive artificial intelligence investments will generate sufficient returns compared to its cloud-enabled competitors.

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Amazon Secures $80B Financing Line Backed by AI Hardware Purchases
The e-commerce giant has arranged a supplier financing facility to fund its massive data centre expansion, drawing on equipment purchases as collateral through 2028.