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Microsoft brings OpenAI's smallest open model to Windows users

Microsoft brings OpenAI's smallest open model to Windows users: Microsoft will bring OpenAI's new free and open GPT model, gpt-oss-20b, to Windows 11 users via Windows AI Foundry, its platform that lets users tap AI features, APIs, and popular open-source models on their computers. Read More

Google says hackers stole its customers' data by breaching its Salesforce database: Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases. Read More

Two arrested for smuggling AI chips to China; Nvidia says no to kill switches: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegally shipping "tens of millions of dollars" worth of high-performance AI chips to China. Read More

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Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure

Cohere’s new AI agent platform, North, promises to keep enterprise data secure: Canadian AI firm Cohere is taking aim at alleviating data privacy concerns with its new AI agent platform, North, which can be deployed privately so that enterprises and governments can keep their, and customers', data safe behind their own firewalls.  Read More

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