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Google will switch off Search in schools that turn off its AI

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  Google will switch off Search in schools that turn off its AI

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  Search and AI are deeply integrated

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  Schools that refuse Google's AI tools will lose Google Search too, while Anthropic's new filing shows compute now takes 58% of its revenue.

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  Google will turn its AI tools off for K-12 students unless schools opt in, and schools that refuse AI lose Google Search too.

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  Siri AI can now act inside third-party apps in a developer preview, as Apple hints that third-party AI could bring in new revenue.

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  Anthropic's quarterly revenue hit $17 billion, but compute took 58% of it, up from 48%, as it paid more for short-term capacity.

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  Google announced on Tuesday that it plans to disable AI tools for K-12 students next year unless school administrators explicitly turn them on.

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  The change covers Gemini, NotebookLM, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search.

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  Schools that restrict AI altogether will lose access to Google Search as well, because AI features are now part of the search engine.

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  Administrators will not get an option to switch off the Gemini-powered features while keeping Search.

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  Chris Phillips, Google's vice president for education, told The New York Times that Search and AI are deeply integrated.

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  Students in schools that block AI will see a message from their school saying Search is not available.

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  Google says it will share more specifics with schools in the coming months, before the changes roll out.

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  Teachers may not want students to use AI Overviews for research or assignments, but they likely still want them to reach the search engine for sources.

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  TechCrunch says the decision shows Google's influence over schools, given how common its apps and Chromebooks are in classrooms..

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  Google will switch off Search in schools that turn off its AI

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  Google says schools that switch off its AI will lose Google Search too.

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  Google plans to turn AI tools off for K-12 students unless administrators turn them on.

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  There is no option to switch off the Gemini features but keep Search.

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  Students in schools that block AI will see a notice that Search is not available.

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  Schools that rely on Google will have to accept its AI features to keep Search.

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  Should schools be able to keep Search without AI?

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  Apple will let Siri AI perform actions across third-party apps.

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  As part of the iOS 27.3 update rolling out on Tuesday, developers can now build Siri AI's new features into all apps.

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  The update is rolling out as part of a Developer Preview.

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  The day before, on Apple's earnings call, its finance chief pointed to third-party apps as a possible source of AI revenue.

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  Siri AI can draw on a user's personal context, understand natural language requests and use on-screen awareness to complete tasks.

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  A new app skills feature lets developers combine several tasks into a single action..

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  Chief financial officer Kevan Parekh said there are opportunities across third-party apps and partnerships, but did not say what they are.

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  Apple's App Store has faced regulatory pressure and a slump in mobile gaming, which have hurt services growth.

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  Third-party estimates in August suggested an 18% drop in Apple's U.S. commission revenue..

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  Apple expects services growth of 8 to 9% in the December quarter.

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  Apple opens Siri AI to third-party apps as it hunts for new revenue

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  Apple is letting Siri AI carry out tasks inside third-party apps.

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  Developers can build Siri AI's new features into all apps with iOS 27.3.

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  A new app skills feature combines several tasks into a single action.

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  Apple's finance chief says there are opportunities across third-party apps and partnerships.

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  Expect your apps to start offering Siri AI actions, starting with a developer preview.

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  Would you let Siri act inside your apps?

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  Anthropic released new financial data in a filing on Monday, an update to the S-1 it filed last week..

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  Revenue reached $17 billion in the quarter, up from $11.5 billion in the quarter before.

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  Its operating loss also grew, largely because of rising compute costs.

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  Compute took up 58% of Anthropic's revenue in the new quarter, up from 48% the quarter before.

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  Revenue for every dollar spent on compute fell to 1.72x, after peaking at just over 2x.

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  The compute bill reached $10 billion for the quarter.

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  That included $5.0 billion of compute under short-term commitments, which the filing says costs significantly more than compute bought under multi-year deals.

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  TechCrunch says demand grew so fast that Anthropic had to scramble for compute, which meant paying higher rates.

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  It has been paying SpaceX $1.25 billion a month for compute, alongside multibillion-dollar deals with Nscale, Akamai and Volta..

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  The filing says it expects compute and infrastructure costs to keep increasing in absolute dollars.

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  Anthropic's revenue jumps, but compute now eats 58% of it

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  Anthropic now spends 58% of its revenue on compute, up from 48%.

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  Quarterly revenue reached $17 billion, up from $11.5 billion.

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  Its compute bill hit $10 billion, with $5.0 billion on pricier short-term deals.

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  It has been paying SpaceX $1.25 billion a month for compute.

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  As Anthropic heads for an IPO, its margins are getting worse, not better.

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  Is the AI boom worth what it costs?

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  Anthropic is working on an open source system to verify which AI model produced a given output, according to a blog post published Tuesday.

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  The system is called FlashProve.

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  It is built to provide a cryptographic proof that a given output came from a specific model.

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  The aim is to let users confirm that an answer really came from the model they think they are using.

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  The system requires AI labs to publish a fingerprint of each model they release, which can later be matched to specific outputs.

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  The fingerprints don't reveal a model's weights, the internal numbers that define how it behaves.

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  That means closed-model makers could publish them without giving up their most valuable asset.

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  The system is designed to be lightweight, so checks could run on a local device.

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  The researchers say it could stop an AI company from secretly swapping in a cheaper model to cut costs...

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  Research is ongoing, and there are no plans to deploy it at Anthropic or any other lab.

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  Anthropic is working on a way to prove which model wrote an answer

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  Anthropic is researching a way to prove which AI model wrote an answer.

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  The system, FlashProve, would give a cryptographic proof that an output came from a specific model.

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  Labs would publish a fingerprint of each model, without revealing its weights.

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  Research is ongoing, with no plans yet to deploy it at any lab.

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  It could one day stop companies secretly swapping in a cheaper model.

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  Do you trust your AI app uses the model it claims?

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  A user opened a GitHub issue saying the Postman desktop app automatically installed plugins into their coding agents, Codex and Claude Code.

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  The user, indicava, says the changes followed opening Postman on a Mac.

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  They describe it as a severe consent and trust problem..

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  The user says they found a user-wide Postman plugin, a startup instruction hook, a remote MCP connection, a Claude Code plugin and a separately installed Postman CLI.

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  They quote Postman's own log, which records claude-code and codex as installed by a script..

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  It also says the installer tried to mark its own startup hook as trusted in the Codex settings file.

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  According to the report, the hook tells the agent to route API engineering tasks through Postman.

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  The user argues that an API client should not make itself the default workflow in other tools simply because it was opened..

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  A Postman user says it installed plugins into their coding agents

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  A user says Postman installed plugins into their AI coding agents without asking.

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  The user reports plugins for Codex and Claude Code after opening Postman on a Mac.

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  Postman's own log records claude-code and codex as installed by a script, the user says.

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  The installer also tried to mark its own startup hook as trusted, according to the report.

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  If you use Postman with coding agents, check their plugin and hook settings.

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  Should apps ever change your AI tools without asking?

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  Google is tying Search to its AI features for K-12 student accounts, so schools cannot keep one without the other.

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  TechCrunch says that shows how much influence Google has over classrooms, given how common its apps and Chromebooks are.

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  Anthropic's revenue grew to $17 billion in a quarter, but compute took 58% of it, up from 48%.

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  If those costs keep rising, AI companies may find it harder to keep prices low for the tools people use at work.

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  Previous quarter: 48

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  Quarter to Sept 30: 58

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  Lab publishes model fingerprint → Model produces an output → Output matched to fingerprint → Proof checked on a device

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  Anthropic is researching FlashProve, a system that would let anyone check which AI model produced an answer; it is not deployed yet.

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  A user reports that Postman's desktop app installed plugins into Codex and Claude Code without asking, and tried to trust its own startup hook.