Thomas Claburn

2 weeks ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Monday opened the company's annual developer conference by talking up a forthcoming racing film called “F1”. If it seems odd for a company famous for hardware to open a major event with a chat about a movie, SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi stepped onto the stage and tied it to Apple’s core products by referring to his nickname - "Hair Force One" - in a racing-themed sketch during which he removed his racing helmet to reveal an exaggerated mane of silver hair.

2 weeks ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

If you are betting on AGI – artificial general intelligence, the point at which AI models rival human cognition – showing up next year, you may want to adjust your timeline. Apple AI researchers have found that the "thinking" ability of so-called "large reasoning models" collapses when things get complicated.

2 weeks ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Interview Before AI becomes commonplace in enterprises, corporate leaders have to commit to an ongoing security testing regime tuned to the nuances of AI models. That's the view of Chatterbox Labs CEO Danny Coleman and CTO Stuart Battersby, who spoke to The Register at length about why companies have been slow to move from AI pilot tests to production deployment. "Enterprise adoption is only like 10 percent today," said Coleman. "McKinsey is saying it's a four trillion dollar market.

3 weeks ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

Security guru Bruce Schneier played the skunk at the garden party in a Thursday federal hearing on AI's use in the government, focusing on the risks many are ignoring. "The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was – and sometimes about how cool their own company was – but I was asked by the Democrats to specifically talk about DOGE and the risks of exfiltrating our data from government agencies and feeding it into AIs," Schneier explained in a blog post.

3 weeks ago | theregister.com | Thomas Claburn

The Linux Foundation on Friday introduced a new method to distribute WordPress updates and plugins that's not controlled by any one party, in a bid to "stabilize the WordPress ecosystem" after months of infighting. The FAIR Package Manager project is a response to the legal brawl that erupted last year, pitting WordPress co-creator Matthew Mullenweg, his for-profit hosting firm Automattic, and the WordPress Foundation that he controls, against WP Engine, a rival commercial WordPress hosting firm.