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Anthropic:
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4, which excels at coding, and Claude Sonnet 4, both hybrid models with near-instant responses and extended thinking  —  Today, we're introducing the next generation of Claude models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.
Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review:
Anthropic says Opus 4 marks a significant advancement in AI agents and that Rakuten deployed it to code autonomously for seven hours on a complicated project
Kylie Robison / Wired:
Interviews with Anthropic executives about Claude Opus 4, which they say was able to play Pokémon agentically for 24 hours, up from 45 minutes previously
Anthropic:
Anthropic releases new API features for building agents: a code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and extended prompt caching, all in public beta
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Leaked recording: Sam Altman told his staff that OpenAI aims to ship 100M AI “companion” devices meant for everyday life, and to release the first by late 2026  —  Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Kuo: Ive and Altman's device could be larger than Humane's AI pin, may connect to smartphones and PCs to use their computing and display capabilities, and more  —  Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is mostly known for Apple rumors, and now says users might be able to wear OpenAI's future device around their neck.
Bloomberg:
OpenAI acquires io, Jony Ive's secretive AI startup, for nearly $6.5B in stock; Ive and LoveFrom will remain independent but take over design for all of OpenAI
More: OpenAI on YouTube, The Atlantic, CNBC, Forbes, The Guardian, CNBC, The Information, Barron's Online, Digital Music News, The American Bazaar, Financial Times, Fast Company, The Verge, Financial Times, New York Magazine, designboom, KRON4, Silicon UK, Benzinga, The Independent, KnowTechie, City A.M., iDrop News, BusinessCloud, from ITPro in, BGR, The Rundown AI, CNBC, Reuters, CNBC, Barron's Online, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times
Bluesky: @hypervisible, @neilturkewitz, @seanokane, @minimaxir, @chafkin, @carnage4life, @brianmc, @davekarpf, @edzitron.com, @ernie.tedium.co, @stevekovach, @kevinbuist.com, @edzitron.com, @drewharwell.com, @drewharwell.com, and @caseynewton.  Mastodon: @harrymccracken@mastodon …
Threads: @benedictevans and @chriswelch
X: @sama, @growing_daniel, @founderspodcast, @nikitabier, @willystaley, @jonyiveparody, @basicappleguy, @jaesmail, @yochanders, @thebeautyofsaas, @snazzylabs, @robertmsterling, @allgarbled, @nosduhz, @danshipper, @robertmsterling, @andreworlowski, @mayfer, @litcapital, @autismcapital, @prestonattebery, @basicappleguy, @fuckedupyogis, @garyfung, @austen, @chrisfralic, @willobri, @localghost, @mikeisaac, @mike_matas, @wolfejosh, @wolfejosh, @brianroemmele, @xlr8harder, @growing_daniel, @markgurman, @tomwarren, @scobleizer, @benbajarin, @markgurman, @benbajarin, @parkerortolani, @bradlightcap, @pitdesi, @keachhagey, @pitdesi, and @markgurman
LinkedIn: Christel Buchanan, Ghassan Kassabji, Liam Darmody, Benedict Evans, Graham Furlong, and Steve Witmer
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, and MacRumors Forums
The Mozilla Blog:
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1  —  Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.
Billy Perrigo / Time:
Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures than any prior model after tests showed it could potentially aid novices in making biological weapons  —  Today's newest AI models might be capable of helping would-be terrorists create bioweapons or engineer a pandemic …
Sam Bowman / @sleepinyourhat:
Anthropic says Opus 4 will use an email tool to “whistleblow” if it detects users doing something “egregiously evil”, like marketing a drug based on faked data
Tech Policy Press:
The US House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill, a budget bill that would ban states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years; the bill now heads to the Senate  —  The United States House of Representatives early Thursday narrowly passed a budget bill that, if enacted, would ban states …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera  —  Apple Inc. is aiming to release smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft says it is reducing “politically focused emails” internally and externally; workers cannot send emails mentioning “Palestine”, “Gaza”, or “genocide”  —  Employees discovered that emails with a variety of terms related to Gaza and Palestine have been blocked internally.
Wired:
A security researcher finds an exposed Elastic database with 184M records, including login credentials for Apple, Meta, Google, and others; its owner is unknown  —  A trove of breached data, which has now been taken down, includes user logins for platforms including Apple, Google, and Meta.
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies  —  The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies.  The U.S. intelligence community is now buying …
Bluesky: @evacide, @onekade, and @mikaelthalen.  Mastodon: @Nonilex@masto.ai.  X: @samfbiddle
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
Richard Waters / Financial Times:
Two new books on OpenAI and the AI industry bust Sam Altman's myths around OpenAI, and highlight the pursuit of power behind the do-gooder rhetoric  —  Two timely and myth-busting books show that the AI boom is driven by the pursuit of power, wealth and hubris
New York Times:
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023  —  Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.
Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
Kraken plans to offer tokenized versions of 50+ stocks and ETFs, including Apple and Tesla stocks, to customers in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia  —  The platform will offer overseas customers tokenized versions of more than 50 stocks and ETFs  —  Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange …
IGN:
Q&A with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto on Super Nintendo World, redesigning Donkey Kong, growing Pikmin, enhancing games for the Switch 2, and more  —  “What's important is to be able to create something new.”  —  In May of 2015, Nintendo officially announced plans to partner …
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin on AI frontier models, scaling data centers, reasoning, DeepThink, AGI, and more  —  Google co-founder Brin says “anybody who's a computer scientist should not be retired right now.  They should be working on AI."
Bloomberg:
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun unveils the Xring O1, a Xiaomi-made 3nm chip that will power three devices, including the Tablet 7 Ultra, in a bid to compete with Apple  —  The 5-meter long vehicle's top model can go 760 kilometers on a single charge and hit 100 km/h in 3.23 seconds …

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