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Sony has announced a spatial audio microphone that plugs straight into a smartphone over USB C. The company calls it the first microphone for phones to carry Eclipsa Audio certification, a standard built on the IAMF specification. It reaches Singapore shops at a suggested retail price of SGD 249.

According to the South China Morning Post, Alibaba Group Holding chairman Joe Tsai stated that Europe's path to technological independence lies solely in adopting an open source approach. He referenced China's own open source initiatives as a model for innovation developed under restrictions.

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence organisation, has recently modified its online usage guidelines. The new rules prohibit sustained and unnecessary cruelty towards its AI models. Under this policy, models such as Claude will cease communication if a user consistently exhibits abusive behaviour, a measure the company attributes to its internal belief that AI may eventually achieve consciousness.