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Every June, Apple unveils its latest iPhone software features at its futuristic Silicon Valley campus. But during its annual developer conference on Monday, the company will shine a spotlight on a feature that's not new: Siri, its talking assistant, which has been around for more than a decade.What will be different this time is the technology that powers Siri: generative artificial intelligence.In recent months, Adrian Perica, Apple's vice president of business development, has helped lead an effort to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, said two people familiar with the work, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the effort.Perica and his colleagues have been talking to leading AI companies, including Google and OpenAI, looking for a partner t...

Israeli soldiers and special operations police rescued four hostages from Gaza on Saturday during a heavy air and ground attack and flew them back to Israel by helicopter to be reunited with their families. The news was greeted with jubilation in Israel, where anxieties over the fate of around 120 remaining prisoners have grown after eight months of war.Residents in the town of Nuseirat, where the hostages were held, reported intense shelling during the rescue operation. Khalil al-Daqran, an official at a hospital in the city, told reporters that dozens of Palestinians had been killed and that the hospital's wards and corridors were full of wounded.Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an Israeli military spokesman, told reporters that the rescue mission occurred around 11 a.m. Saturday, when ...

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Listen and follow 'Hard Fork'Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YoutubeWarning: This episode contains strong language.This week we host a cultural exchange. Kevin and Casey show off their Canadian weaponry to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and he shows what he's doing to position Canada as a leader in artificial intelligence. Then, OpenAI whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo talks in one of his first public interviews about why he risked nearly $2 million in capital to warn about what he calls the reckless culture within that company.Guests:Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime MinisterDaniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher in OpenAI's governance divisionAdditional reading:Credits“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose AND Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones AND Rachel Cohn. The show i...

Israeli troops have overrun much of Gaza since their ground invasion began in late October. But they managed to save only seven living hostages in three separate military operations, with around 120 prisoners remaining in Gaza. Several proposed rescue missions did not go forward for fear that hostages or law enforcement would die in the process, according to two Israeli defense officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive operation.In December, Israeli special forces attempted to rescue a hostage from Hamas captivity, according to the two defense officials. Sahar Baruch, an Israeli hostage, was killed during the firefight and two Israeli officers were seriously injured.According to one of the defense officials, Israeli intelligence first learned that Ms. Argam...

President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron stressed Saturday how much they agree with each other on world affairs, including the war in Ukraine, even as their countries expressed sharply different views on the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.Appearing briefly together before reporters after two days of D-Day reminiscences and hours before a lavish state dinner at the Elysée Palace in Paris, the two presidents refused to answer any questions and hid their sharp differences on the Middle East. Instead, both affirmed the enduring strength of the Franco-American partnership on climate, the economy, European security and cultural ties.“Today I proudly stand with France to support freedom and democracy around the world,” Biden said, as the two men emerged from a closed-door ...

Days before gadget reviewers opined on the Humane Ai Pin, a futuristic wearable powered by artificial intelligence, the company's founders gathered their employees and encouraged them to prepare. Reviews could be disappointing, they warned.Humane founders Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri were right. In April, reviewers brutally panned the new $699 product, which Humane had marketed for a year with ads and at glitzy events like Paris Fashion Week. The Ai Pin was "totally broken" and had "glaring flaws," some reviewers said. One declared it “the worst product I have ever reviewed”.About a week after the reviews were published, Humane began talking to HP, the computer and printer company, about selling itself for more than $1 billion, three people familiar with the conversations s...

Four hostages kidnapped from the Nova music festival and held by militants in Gaza over the past eight months were rescued by Israeli forces on Saturday.Since the Hamas-led terrorist attack on October 7, Israel has freed only a small number of hostages through military force. Saturday's rescue efforts occurred in Nuseirat in central Gaza, where health officials said dozens of Palestinians had been killed.Here's what we know about the four hostages brought back to Israel.Noah ArgamaniNoa Argamani, 26, was taken hostage in the October 7 attack along with her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. Viral footage showed Ms Argamani being driven into Gaza on the back of a motorbike as she screamed in despair.Ms Argamani and her boyfriend were kidnapped during the Nova music festival in southern Israe...

Surgeons removed a genetically engineered pig's kidney from a critically ill patient last week after the organ was damaged by inadequate blood flow related to a heart pump, according to officials at New York University's Langone Transplant Institute. which the woman had also received.The patient, Lisa Pisano, 54, still hospitalized, has returned to renal dialysis after the removal of the pig's organ. She lived with the transplanted organ for 47 days, said Dr. Robert Montgomery, director of the institute. The kidney showed no signs of organ rejection.“Lisa is in stable condition and her left ventricular assist device is still functioning,” Dr. Montgomery said, referring to the heart pump. “We hope to bring Lisa home to her family soon.”“Lisa is a pioneer and a hero in the eff...

In 2011, Rupert Murdoch's media empire, News Corporation, faced a major threat in Britain. Journalists at one of its tabloids were reported for hacking into the phones of celebrities, private citizens and, in one case, a murdered child to obtain information.More misdeeds soon emerged, including the revelation that tabloid journalists had paid for information from police officers and government officials for years.Desperate to stop the scandal and appease prosecutors in Britain and abroad, News Corp asked Will Lewis, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, to clean up the mess.He did just that. In his telling, he cooperated with authorities, revealed wrongdoing and helped set the operation on a new course. Some former colleagues and hacking victims, however, have long believed he helpe...