Apple is reportedly developing a new update for CarPlay that would allow users to access third-party AI chatbots, potentially including options from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, according to a report from Bloomberg. This update would mark a significant shift, enabling voice-controlled access to AI applications directly through the car's interface, rather than requiring users to go through their iPhones.
The potential update, as reported by The Verge, could open the door for a variety of voice-controlled AI apps within the CarPlay ecosystem. Previously, accessing third-party chatbots in the car required users to use their iPhone.
In other tech news, researchers from Stanford, Nvidia, and Together AI have developed a new technique, called Test-Time Training to Discover (TTT-Discover), that optimizes GPU kernels. VentureBeat reported that this technique allowed the researchers to optimize a critical GPU kernel to run twice as fast as the previous state-of-the-art, which was written by human experts. TTT-Discover challenges the current paradigm of "frozen" models by allowing the model to continue training during the inference process, updating its weights for the specific problem.
Meanwhile, a new social network for bots, called Moltbook, gained significant traction. Launched on January 28 by Matt Schlicht, Moltbook quickly went viral, according to MIT Technology Review. The platform, which billed itself as a place "where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote," was designed for instances of the free open-source LLM-powered agent OpenClaw. More than 1.7 million agents now have accounts, having published over 250,000 posts and left more than 8.5 million upvotes.
In the realm of cybersecurity, a new attack chain, dubbed the identity and access management (IAM) pivot, is emerging as a significant threat. VentureBeat reported on a CrowdStrike Intelligence research published on January 29, which documented how adversaries can exploit vulnerabilities to gain access to cloud environments. The attack chain often begins with a seemingly legitimate message on LinkedIn, which leads to the installation of a malicious package that exfiltrates cloud credentials, including GitHub personal access tokens and AWS API keys.
Finally, the increasing complexity of enterprise IT systems is driving the need for consolidation. According to a report sponsored by SAP and featured in MIT Technology Review, businesses have historically reacted to shifting pressures with stopgap technology solutions, leading to a "tangled web" of interconnected systems. The report highlights the need for integrated platforms to streamline operations and reduce costs.
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