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Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon publicly resigned over concerns AI 'could kill us all by the end of the decade,' generating 110M+ views on X; his former colleague Evan Hubinger agreed, stating he personally estimates >10% chance of AI killing all humans within a decade and that Anthropic lacks a plan to solve superintelligence alignment. The Register's Thomas Claburn argues the real problem is irresponsible AI companies, not the models themselves, and dismisses existential risk framing by comparing it to climate change's 96,636 attributable heatwave deaths in 2023.

Apple announced the iPhone Duo, a foldable iPhone with a 5.4" folded 'passport-sized' screen and 7.6" unfolded screen, priced around $2,000, under new CEO John Ternus. Folding phones represented only 1.6% of total smartphone sales last year per Counterpoint Research, and Apple offered no specifics on screen hardness despite durability being the category's historical weakness.

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At Apple's 'Surprise and Shine' event, the company introduced Apple Watch features including 'Audio Intelligence,' 'Live Rewind,' and 'Siri Recap' that process live audio and transcribe speech on-device, even without the paired iPhone. The article frames this as Apple normalizing always-listening technology, partly motivated by fear of competitive AI devices from companies like OpenAI, and notes startups like Friend and Amazon's Bee are already exploring passive AI companions.

OpenAI announced it will design next-generation AI accelerators with Samsung Electronics as a foundry and memory partner, announced by OpenAI Korea GM Harrison Kim. OpenAI's first-gen 'Jalapeño' inference accelerators reportedly beat Nvidia Blackwell GPUs on inference workloads, and the Samsung tie-up addresses the bottleneck of TSMC-dominated leading-edge fab capacity and HBM supply limited to SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung.

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max launch in Malaysia starting at RM5,499 for 256GB, with pre-orders from 12 September and availability on 18 September. The A20 Pro chip is built on a 2nm process with a dual 16-core Neural Engine (32 cores total), 50% more memory bandwidth, and up to 40% faster GPU versus the A19 Pro. Higher storage tiers now cost significantly more: 1TB is RM1,000 more and the new 2TB option (now available on the smaller Pro) is RM2,000 more than last year.

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Apple unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, at its fall event under new CEO John Ternus. The Duo features a 7.6-inch inner display, 5.4-inch outer display, under-display camera, and starts at $1,999 for 256GB, with pre-orders opening October 16. Apple also announced the iPhone 18 Pro lineup with a 48MP variable-aperture camera system, plus new AirPods and an always-listening Apple Watch.

Apple raised prices on existing iPhone models by $100 alongside the launch of the iPhone 18 and foldable iPhone Duo, breaking its tradition of discounting older models. Prices surged even more internationally—around 20.5% in India—driven by a global shortage of memory and storage chips as AI companies and cloud providers consume massive quantities for data centers. Apple also discontinued the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max.

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Apple announced its first foldable phone, the Duo, with a hinge manufactured using AI algorithms that match each hinge to its best-fit housing for alignment, combined with confocal laser scanning and 3D printing of up to 25 micro-layers of custom photopolymer to eliminate surface waviness. Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer, described the process at the company's Surprise and Shine event, alongside a nano-texture finish and multi-layer lamination for durability.

Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 12 (from RM1,799) with a new S11 chip and more frequent pulse recording, and AirPods 5 (from RM599, premium RM699) with improved sound and noise cancellation. Both launch September 18 alongside the new iPhones.

Apple announced the iPhone Duo, its first foldable iPhone, with a 5.4-inch outer display and 7.6-inch inner folding display, both using the same aspect ratio for proportional content scaling. Malaysia is in the first wave of 70+ countries, with pre-orders opening 16 October at 8pm and availability on 23 October, priced from RM9,499 (256GB) up to RM15,499 (2TB). Notably, Apple dropped Face ID for side-button Touch ID, added an under-display FaceTime camera, and will support USB-C Apple Pencil on both displays later this year.

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Apple launched Siri Recap for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, an always-on ambient listening feature that generates conversation titles, summaries, and key points reviewable in the Siri app. Apple says raw audio is never stored, speakers aren't identified, and Live Rewind recaps are end-to-end encrypted, but the feature will likely face privacy scrutiny since summaries may still capture sensitive information. It competes with existing notetakers like Granola and Circleback, which already have Apple Watch apps.

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Apple announced the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and iPhone Duo for Malaysia with prices starting at RM5,499, featuring the A20 Pro chip with an improved Neural Engine for on-device AI, faster charging (50% in 15 minutes), and expanded Siri capabilities including camera integration and Expressive Voices.

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Legal AI startup Harvey raised $550M at a $15.5B valuation, up from $11B in March and $8B in December, bringing total funding to $1.55B. The company recently released Harvey Tenet, its first in-house model built from open-weight Kimi K3 and post-trained with legal data via Fireworks, and is pushing customers to adopt and post-train their own open-weight models rather than depend on proprietary frontier labs.

The U.S. DoJ seized Telegram channels and froze $52.8 million in USDT tied to Xinbi Guarantee, a Telegram-based illicit marketplace that has processed ~$30 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second-largest such marketplace. The action also deployed a Scam Center Strike Force to Madagascar to disrupt 13 scam compounds run by Chinese organized crime syndicates, bringing total restrained funds to ~$938 million.

Apple announced a redesigned Health app leveraging Apple Intelligence to compute a 'Health Age' and readiness score from metrics like VO2 max, sleep, and blood biomarkers. A partnership with Quest offers a 50-biomarker lab panel for $119, and new tabs for Insights and longevity provide personalized guidance, assessments, and movement coaching. The app rolls out later this year in U.S. English.

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