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• Google launches a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, keeping external evaluations in a cryptographic "box" to stop benchmark contamination and protect IP (Google DeepMind)
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• Google announces new performance thresholds for Android apps, including memory-use limits, citing "significant hardware supply constraints" due to the AI boom (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
• Cybersecurity stocks surge, with Okta up 20%+ and CrowdStrike up 15%+, after earnings showed that AI adoption is driving attacks and spending on security tools (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
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