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Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it | The Verge

LLMs and the Lessons We Still Haven't Learned

https://www.jampa.dev/p/llms-and-the-lessons-we-still-havent

Beyond the AI Hype: Guido van Rossum on Python’s Philosophy, Simplicity, and the Future of Programming.

https://www.odbms.org/blog/2025/10/beyond-the-ai-hype-guido-van-rossum-on-pythons-philosophy-simplicity-and-the-future-of-programming

Microsoft's Copilot on Windows has been updated, enabling it to create Office documents and connect to Gmail. OpenAI is reportedly working to reduce political bias in ChatGPT while also facing allegations of sending police to the home of an AI regulation advocate. In other news, Hollywood is struggling to determine its strategy for AI, and a researcher who previously declined a $1.5 billion offer from Mark Zuckerberg now has regrets.

• https://www.theverge.com/news/798098/microsoft-copilot-windows-create-documents-outlook-gmail-connection
• https://www.theverge.com/news/798388/openai-chatgpt-political-bias-eval
• https://www.theverge.com/news/798523/openai-ai-regulation-advocates-subpoenas-police
• https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/798496/hollywood-openai-training-netflix-paramount-warner
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hyzquautgx
• https://www.theverge.com/news/798098/microsoft-copilot-windows-create-documents-outlook-gmail-connection

How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer

https://www.seangoedecke.com/how-to-influence-politics/?utm_source=hackernewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=working

Unpacking the Announcements from OpenAI's DevDay

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/2quydlx20ei26p11bqq5g/content_to_share-8.txt?rlkey=q2kjv6ctuegvoe87gp3op6llz&dl=1

Google's ad-tech practices are reportedly harming independent websites, while Sony is teasing new GPU technology for its next PlayStation and Apple is launching the first live, immersive sports experience for the Vision Pro. In business news, NeuroBlade's development team is set to join Amazon Annapurna, and control of NSO Group is expected to transfer to producer Robert Simonds. A comment from Sam Altman caused a 7.4% jump in Figma's stock. In acquisitions and funding, Panthera has acquired DevOcean for automated cyber risk removal, and the elderly care startup Sensi.AI has raised $45 million. On the security front, a new report finds that AI models can acquire backdoors from a very small number of malicious documents.

• https://www.theverge.com/tech/790711/google-doj-ad-tech-remedies-wikihow-open-web
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hjjtcqzagx
• https://www.theverge.com/news/797640/sony-ps6-handheld-gpu-ray-path-tracing-amd-radiance-cores
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skqytwbaex
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/skmwotr6eg
• https://www.theverge.com/news/797970/apple-vision-pro-immersive-nba-lakers-games
• https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/ai-models-can-acquire-backdoors-from-surprisingly-few-malicious-documents
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hkvnjwhpxe
• https://www.calcalist.co.il/calcalistech/article/hk00w1mbagl

Meta wants its metaverse everywhere | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/column/797624/meta-metaverse-horizon-worlds-mobile-vr-social

Microsoft is moving GitHub over to Azure servers | The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/tech/796119/microsoft-github-azure-migration-move-notepad

The Rise of the Nonsense Job

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/scl/fi/9xsu9lf1osus7uhft9lmv/content_to_share-7.txt?rlkey=divtyym9xlzj8xkrb0u7c3tpg&dl=1