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Apple is reportedly working on an AirTag-sized AI wearable

Apple is working on an AI-powered wearable pin with cameras and microphones designed to pick up a user's surroundings, according to a report from The Information. The rumored device is reportedly the size of an AirTag, with a "thin, flat, circular" housing made from aluminum and glass. The Information reports that Apple's rumored AI pin […]

Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle (Daniel Kuhn/The Block)

Daniel Kuhn / The Block:
Neynar, a startup focused on decentralized social media infrastructure, is acquiring Ethereum-based social media project Farcaster from R&D firm Merkle  —  - Decentralized social media infrastructure firm Neynar is acquiring Farcaster, the Ethereum-based protocol that was last valued at $1 billion.

Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is seeking to raise $300M to $500M after talks to sell the company to Intel for about $1.6B, including debt, stalled (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is seeking to raise $300M to $500M after talks to sell the company to Intel for about $1.6B, including debt, stalled  —  Artificial intelligence startup SambaNova Systems Inc. is considering raising up to $500 million after talks to sell to Intel Corp. stalled …

Judge Orders New Psych Eval in Subway Cleaner Assault Case

Alexander Wright, charged in a 2022 attack on a subway cleaner, appeared Wednesday in Bronx Supreme Court

Veteran transit worker Anthony Nelson took a beating on the job close to four years ago. And it’s taken nearly that long to see his alleged attacker inch toward a possible trial. The station cleaner visited a Bronx courtroom again on Wednesday to see the man prosecutors say pummeled him. He expressed frustration with the […]

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Anthropic’s new Claude ‘constitution’: be helpful and honest, and don’t destroy humanity

Anthropic is overhauling Claude's so-called "soul doc." The new missive is a 57-page document titled "Claude's Constitution," which details "Anthropic's intentions for the model's values and behavior," aimed not at outside readers but the model itself. The document is designed to spell out Claude's "ethical character" and "core identity," including how it should balance conflicting […]