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In today's Techpresso:

💻 Google launches Gemini CLI: a free, open source coding agent

👉 OpenAI goes after Docs and Word

🏎️ Apple faces backlash for promoting F1 movie via Wallet app notification

🦟 China reveals tiny mosquito-sized spy drones

⚖️ Judge rules Anthropic AI book training is fair use

🧬 Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work

🎁 + 10 other news you might like

🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools

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💻 Google launches Gemini CLI: a free, open source coding agent LINK
  • Google launched Gemini-CLI, an open-source coding agent bringing natural language command execution to developer terminals using the Gemini Pro 2.5 model.
  • Unlike paid alternatives, Google's Gemini-CLI provides a generous free tier for individual developers, offering 1,000 daily requests without charge.
  • Gemini-CLI also features an extensibility architecture using the Model Context Protocol, allowing developers to connect external services and add new capabilities.
👉 OpenAI goes after Docs and Word LINK
  • OpenAI is developing collaborative document editing and integrated chat functions for ChatGPT, directly positioning it against Google Workspace and Microsoft Office suites.
  • These new tools will resemble functions in Office 365 and Google's Workspace, potentially making businesses reconsider their current software subscriptions from major providers.
  • This expansion aims to transform ChatGPT from a standalone chatbot into an integrated work platform, which could alter how companies use everyday office applications.
🏎️ Apple faces backlash for promoting F1 movie via Wallet app notification LINK
  • iPhone owners are complaining on social media after the Apple Wallet app sent a push notification advertising the "F1 the Movie" with a Fandango discount.
  • Users expressed that built-in utilities like their digital wallet should not send advertisements, with some feeling they paid too much for an iPhone to receive marketing.
  • A new iOS 26 beta option to disable "Offers & Promotions" from Apple Wallet suggests more marketing messages might come, unlike the current release lacking this control.
🦟 China reveals tiny mosquito-sized spy drones LINK
  • A team from China's National Defense University of Science and Technology developed a tiny drone, mosquito-sized and explicitly designed for spy tasks.
  • One version has four wings and is controllable using mobile devices like a smartphone, primarily for collecting information reconnaissance data.
  • This mosquito-sized spy drone is currently a research project from the Hunan Province team, with no confirmation of active use by Chinese military.
⚖️ Judge rules Anthropic AI book training is fair use LINK
  • A US District Judge ruled Anthropic's training of its large language models on legally acquired books is fair use, not requiring authors' prior permission.
  • The judge found Anthropic's use of copyrighted works for training large language models transformative and necessary, as Claude did not reproduce original texts or harm authors' markets.
  • Judge Alsup clarified copyright protects original authorship, not authors from competition, viewing Anthropic's AI training as creating new works, not supplanting existing ones.
🧬 Google’s new AI will help researchers understand how our genes work LINK
  • Google's AlphaGenome AI predicts how single variants in human DNA sequences impact many biological processes regulating genes, analyzing long DNA inputs for high-resolution predictions.
  • The AI model analyzes DNA sequences up to one million letters long, predicting where genes start and end, how RNA gets spliced, and RNA production amounts.
  • AlphaGenome efficiently scores genetic variant impacts on many molecular properties and, for the first time, models RNA splicing junction locations and expression levels from sequence.

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Other news & articles you might like

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  • Audi, Mercedes, and other car–makers reject CarPlay Ultra despite Apple claims LINK
  • Scale AI used public Google Docs for confidential work with Meta, xAI in stunning revelation after $14B investment: report LINK
  • Facebook Group admins complain of mass bans; Meta says it’s fixing the problem LINK
  • Second study finds Uber used opaque algorithm to dramatically boost profits LINK
  • Andy Konwinski, co-founder of Databricks and Perplexity AI, launches new research institute focused on beneficial AI LINK
  • The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun LINK
  • Bumble to lay off 30% of its workforce LINK
  • HPE puts all its chips in the agentic AI pot LINK
  • Google donates the Agent2Agent Protocol to the Linux Foundation LINK

Trending research and tools

Microsoft Edit: a modern text editor inspired by the classic MS-DOS Editor, designed for ease of use, even for those unfamiliar with terminals, featuring a contemporary interface and VS Code-like input controls. LINK
PicoEMP: a low-cost electromagnetic fault injection tool designed for self-study and hobbyist research, allowing users to inject faults into electronic devices. LINK
ReBarUEFI: a driver that enables Resizable BAR on computer systems lacking official support, potentially improving performance and ensuring certain graphics cards work best. LINK
Bridging Cinematic Principles and Generative AI for Automated Film Generation: this paper discusses combining filmmaking rules with artificial intelligence to automatically create films. LINK
Omega: Can LLMs Reason Outside the Box in Math?: this paper explores if large language models can solve math problems requiring non-standard, creative approaches. LINK

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