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Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro gets an M5 chip bump and faster storage: New Mac, new M chip. https://www.theverge.com/news/797850/apple-macbook-pro-m5-announcement-price-specs
Apple’s 14-inch MacBook Pro gets an M5 chip bump and faster storage

Apple is announcing a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with its new M5 processor.

The Verge
2 new articles for #ai: When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face: An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services. https://www.wired.com/story/when-face-recognition-doesnt-know-your-face-is-a-face
When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face

An estimated 100 million people live with facial differences. As face recognition tech becomes widespread, some say they’re getting blocked from accessing essential systems and services.

WIRED
DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver: It will put you in the AI screensavers, too. https://www.theverge.com/news/798174/directv-glance-ai-shoppable-screensavers
DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver

DirecTV is launching a new feature that puts you inside AI-generated ads on your screensaver. The feature, powered by Glance, is coming to DirecTV Gemini devices next year.

The Verge
Apple teases M5 MacBook: “Something powerful is coming.” https://www.theverge.com/news/799408/apple-m5-macbook-launch-teaser
Apple teases M5 MacBook

Apple is getting ready to take the wraps off its M5 MacBook, with worldwide marketing SVP Greg Joswiak posting a short video with the caption: “Something powerful is coming.”

The Verge
3 new articles for #ai: DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026: Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/directv-screensavers-will-show-ai-generated-ads-with-your-face-in-2026
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.

Ars Technica
New article for #ai: From ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45583180
Why your boss isn't worried about AI – "can't you just turn it off?" | Hacker News

Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop: The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/nvidia-sells-tiny-new-computer-that-puts-big-ai-on-your-desktop
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop

The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.

Ars Technica
2 new articles for #ai: Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults: ChatGPT is about to get flirty. https://www.theverge.com/news/799312/openai-chatgpt-erotica-sam-altman-verified-adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

OpenAI is planning to bring “erotica” to ChatGPT for “verified” adult users, according to CEO Sam Altman.

The Verge
New article for #ai: Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI: The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion for sanctions. https://www.404media.co/lawyer-using-ai-fake-citations
Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion for sanctions.

404 Media