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Google rewrites privacy policy line about Gmail, Drive and Photos ads
On October 16, Google replaced its line saying ads would not be personalized from Drive, Gmail or Photos content. Ars Technica reads this as possibly opening ads to data shared via Personal Intelligence. Google says connecting apps is opt-in.
PHP2Shell bugs drew millions of attack attempts within hours
Newly public PHP flaws drew millions of exploitation attempts within hours, Cloudflare found. The PHP Foundation has seen no successful exploits so far. Web admins scrambled to patch, and Wired notes AI tools can speed up exploiting flaws.
Source: Wired (opens in a new tab)
AI agents you can text are taking on scheduling and email
A growing number of AI agents work over text messages, handling scheduling, reminders and email. Ask Proxy's business plan starts at $23 per employee monthly for teams under 49 people. Comma is free to start and open source.
Source: TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Kimi K3.1 Pro costs half as much as Claude Opus 5.5
Moonshot released Kimi K3.1 Pro on its API at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output, half the price of Opus 5.5. Artificial Analysis ranked it behind only Opus 5.5. Moonshot promises full weights by November 4.
Relay, OpenAI's Atlas and Sora among AI tools that shut down
Relay, an AI workflow tool built as a Zapier alternative, shut down in August after larger platforms built similar automation. OpenAI ended its Atlas browser and Sora. S&P Global says about 42% of corporate AI initiatives get abandoned.
Source: TechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
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