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Financial Times:
Sources: Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of revenues from H20 and MI308 chip sales in China to obtain export licenses granted last week  —  Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration  —  Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give …
Bloomberg:
Trade experts: Nvidia and AMD's deal to export AI chips to China and pay the US 15% of revenue is “unprecedented” and a sign of “a new and dangerous world”  —  Even in an administration that has repeatedly pushed the legal limits of using economic statecraft to reshape …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Sources: Chinese officials have urged the Trump administration to relax HBM chip export controls during trade talks, after the Biden administration ban in 2024
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet Trump on Monday to propose ways the US and Intel could work together, show his commitment to the US, and more  —  Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan's removal  —  Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to visit …
Luc Olinga / Gizmodo:
Sam Altman says OpenAI is restoring GPT-4o to ChatGPT and raising reasoning model limits for free and Plus users, as usage of reasoning models increases  —  The move is a stunning reversal, proving that even the most powerful AI company can't ignore a mutiny from its loyal user base.
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
GPT-5's release was underwhelming, offering incremental improvements and failing to meet expectations, showing that pure scaling simply isn't the path to AGI  —  A new release botched ... and new research paper that spells trouble  —  GenerativeAI had a truly bad week.
David Sacks / @davidsacks:
Doomer predictions of a rapid, monopolistic AGI were wrong, as recent AI model releases resemble a Goldilocks scenario with competitive, specialized models
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing upgraded App Intents with Uber, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and other apps to transform Siri into a true voice-first interface  —  Apple's upcoming voice-control feature for the new Siri could be an under-the-radar hit — if it works.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
UK researchers: 80 game cheat-selling websites generate $12.8M to $73.2M annually, with 30,000 to 174,000 monthly buyers across North America and Europe alone  —  Gaming cheats are the bane of the video game industry—and a hot commodity.  A recent study found that cheat creators are making …
Stevie Bonifield / PC Gamer:
AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet service on September 30, after launching it in 1991; the service reportedly had “low thousands” subscribers in 2021  —  Dial-up's days are numbered, after 34 years of service.  —  On September 30, AOL's dial-up hold-outs will need to finally move on to another internet service.
Bloomberg:
Sea's Shopee is nearing a $100B market cap after its stock surged 300%+ since early 2024, driven by its in-house, community-based logistics network SPX Express  —  Shopee now dominates the Southeast Asian e-commerce market thanks to a cavalry of retirees, homemakers and students delivering parcels
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Malaysian startup Zetrix unveils NurAI, a chatbot for Muslims built using similar techniques to DeepSeek's V3, and plans AI avatars of Islamic scholars  —  A Malaysian company has designed an AI large language model for Muslims based on open-source AI knowhow from China's DeepSeek …

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