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Dec 9, 2024 · Weekly Issues Adam Engst 20 January 2025 #1739: Deep dive into backup strategies, data analysis with ChatGPT During a week of recuperating from COVID, Adam Engst channeled his energy into a pair of articles. In the first piece, he delves into the findings of our Do You Use It? poll about backup strategies, illustrating how… Adam Engst 13 January 2025 #1738: The utility of summaries, Waymo ...

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2 days ago · Apple has released updates to all its operating systems, but only macOS 15.3 Sequoia, iOS 18.3, and iPadOS 18.3 see notable changes, nearly all related to Apple Intelligence—we run down the details. Apple’s AI-driven features are also now enabled by default, a move that sparked widespread reactions. Adam …

16 December 2024 Show full articles #1736: More Apple Intelligence in December OS updates, ChatGPT integration in Siri, TidBITS membership drive, bootable backups broken

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Adam Engst 20 December 2024 8 comments The Trials and Tribulations of Keeping Up with Apple’s Security Lockdowns Rogue Amoeba has finished moving its entire fleet of audio apps to its next-generation audio capture technology, a process that took three years after being forced by Apple security changes. Here’s the story. Adam Engst 17 December 2024 No comments Sequoia Fixes App Store Update ...

5 days ago · Paul Kafasis relates the hilariously incorrect results of asking Siri to identify Super Bowl winners, which leads John Gruber to compare Siri with other answer engines, a comparison in which Siri comes out smelling like old socks.

Sep 30, 2024 · In a talk at King's College London, Stephen Fry explores the promise and threat of artificial intelligence, concluding that the core danger is greed and suggesting that our best hope may lie in regulating and controlling AI like money.