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Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores (Apple)

Apple:
Apple debuts its M5 chip, with a 10-core GPU, a Neural Accelerator in each core, offering 4x+ the performance of M4, and a 10-core CPU with six efficiency cores  —  M5 delivers over 4x the peak GPU compute performance for AI compared to M4, featuring a next-generation GPU with a Neural Accelerator …

Apple says it will sell Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 from November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen from October 22 (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple says it will sell Vision Pro-compatible PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers for $250 from November 11 and the $130 Logitech Muse digital pen from October 22  —  Apple Vision Pro is officially being upgraded from the M2 to the new M5, but existing customers don't need an all-new Vision Pro to enhance the experience.

Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime

Japan’s government is dialing up the heat on OpenAI, formally asking it to stop ripping off Japanese artwork, according to ITMedia and reported by IGN. The company has been in copyright hell after the launch of its social video app Sora, which users swiftly filled with questionable AI-generated material. Minoru Kiuchi, whose many Japanese ministerial […]

CoreWeave and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre, natural gas-powered data center on a Texas ranch; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation (Bradley Olson/Wall Street Journal)

Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal:
CoreWeave and AI coding startup Poolside plan a 500-acre, natural gas-powered data center on a Texas ranch; sources: Poolside is raising $2B at a $14B valuation  —  CoreWeave and Poolside announce partnership for a data center built on a sprawling ranch in West Texas

Netflix's My Hero Academia movie is taking inspiration from an unlikely show

Jason Fuchs, co-creator of Welcome to Derry and screenwriter of My Hero Academia, sees clear overlap between the two projects