Apple Launches New Mac Mini and Mac Studio Models with Enhanced AI Capabilities
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With more consumers turning to Apple's computers for creating and running AI agents, the company is rolling out new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with updated chips and other upgrades for artificial intelligence applications.
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New York Post BusinessApple also refreshed its Mac Studio desktop lineup, introducing versions powered by its M5 Max and new M5 Ultra chips.
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The Mac Mini can now be configured with two new chips, the M6 and M5 Pro. It's the first Apple computer with an M6-generation chip, which is manufactured on a 2-nanometer process from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
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New York Post BusinessOne variant of the new mini is powered by Apple’s 2-nanometer M6 chip, which the company said delivers up to four times faster AI performance and double the graphics and storage speeds compared with the previous M4-powered model.
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Mac Studio computers with an M5 Max chip start at $2,499 — the same as before — and a Mac Studio with the M5 Ultra starts at $5,499. Apple previously charged at least $5,299 for a Mac Studio with an Ultra chip, and the past model was equipped with an M3 Ultra chip, a generation behind. The new computers go on presale on Tuesday and will ship on Sept. 22.
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New York Post BusinessThe new mini, unveiled alongside a beefed-up Mac Studio, starts at $899 and comes with either Apple’s new M6 chip or the M5 Pro. It is $100 more expensive than its predecessor.
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01 CNBC You've probably spruced up your resume for a job search before, maybe even added a few skills you didn't really have to seem like a stronger fit.
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02 Fortune Years after the “dead internet theory” became popular to describe the apparent takeover of online spaces by AI, LinkedIn is taking steps to avoid an early grave by slopification.
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03 New York Post Business “Whether it’s being used as a home computer, powering a professional studio, or as an always-on agentic device, it’s the little Mac that can do it all,” the company’s hardware boss Johny Srouji said.
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04 RealClearMarkets A recent report from Stanford reviewed the latest employment data and found that, so far, AI has not resulted in large scale job destruction. Meanwhile, new hiring data from the Economic Times reveals that AI is actively fueling unprecedented job creation, with AI skills now powering nearly two-thirds of new Global Capability Center hiring. Together, these recent dispatches from the front lines of the labor market point to a calming reality: the much-dreaded AI job apocalypse hasn’t materialized as a sudden extinction event. Read Full Article »
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05 Washington Times Business HONG KONG — Computer programmer Fei Zhaojun’s boss asked him if artificial intelligence could soon replace humans in coding jobs. Two weeks later, he was laid off from his job in Beijing, together with about 160 of his colleagues.
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