Latest / Newslit Daily / Grok Build open source, EU opens Android, 1Password x Claude
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- 0:02SPEAKER_00: Good morning.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: It's Thursday,
- 0:04SPEAKER_00: July 16th,
- 0:05SPEAKER_00: and you are listening to Newslit Daily,
- 0:08SPEAKER_00: expertly curated news bits on what is happening around us
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: to supercharge your mornings.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: In today's edition,
- 0:16SPEAKER_00: SpaceX open sourced GrokBuild,
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: its AI coding tool,
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: just days after researchers caught it uploading users' entire code bases to
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: the cloud without clear consent,
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: In one case, sending out 26,000 times more data than a task actually needed.
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: Elon Musk apologized.
- 0:34SPEAKER_00: The company turned off default data retention,
- 0:37SPEAKER_00: and it's now deleting everything the tool had stored.
- 0:41SPEAKER_00: European regulators ordered Google to open up Android's AI features
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: to rival assistants like ChatGPT and Claude,
- 0:48SPEAKER_00: and to start sharing anonymized search data with competitors.
- 0:52SPEAKER_00: Google has until January 2027 to begin sharing that data,
- 0:56SPEAKER_00: With the Android changes expected to reach users by the following summer.
- 1:02SPEAKER_00: 1Password launched a new integration that lets Claude log into websites
- 1:07SPEAKER_00: and handle tasks like booking travel without ever seeing your password
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: or two-factor code.
- 1:13SPEAKER_00: Access is limited to the specific task at hand and approved with a biometric prompt
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: and it's available now for Mac users.
- 1:21SPEAKER_00: Apple published the rulebook for its upcoming Maps advertising business,
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: and it looks very different from Google's.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: Plumbers,
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: electricians,
- 1:29SPEAKER_00: locksmiths,
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: and other home services businesses are banned from advertising,
- 1:33SPEAKER_00: and Apple says it will only show a single ad per search.
- 1:39SPEAKER_00: Apple is nearing its biggest iPad mini redesign in years,
- 1:43SPEAKER_00: with an OLED screen and a more water-resistant body expected soon.
- 1:47SPEAKER_00: The iPad Air will get its own OLED upgrade in early 2027,
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: Though the base iPad isn't getting the same treatment anytime soon.
- 1:57SPEAKER_00: That's it for today.
- 1:59SPEAKER_00: See you tomorrow.