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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 …
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  —  Experts warn dropping restrictions would give Beijing a competitive advantage in artificial intelligence
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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  —  A BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR AI? The Doomer narratives were wrong. Predicated on a “rapid take-off” to AGI, they predicted that the leading AI model would use its intelligence to self-improve, leaving others in the dust, and quickly achieving a godlike superintelligence. Instead, we
Stevie Bonifield / PC Gamer:
AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet service on September 30; it was launched in 1991 and reportedly had subscribers “in the low thousands” 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.
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
CS grads struggle to land jobs as tech companies lay off workers and embrace AI; CS majors face a 6.1% unemployment rate in the US among grads aged 22 to 27  —  Growing up near Silicon Valley, Manasi Mishra remembers seeing tech executives on social media urging students to study computer programming.
Bloomberg:
Investors are increasingly divesting from companies they fear are at risk of AI disruption, like Wix and Shutterstock, which are down at least 30% in 2025  —  Artificial intelligence's imprint on US financial markets is unmistakable.  Nvidia Corp. is the most valuable company in the world at nearly $4.5 trillion.
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Bo Hines, the head of the White House Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, says he is stepping down and returning to the private sector  —  Bo Hines, the head of the White House Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, said he was stepping down and returning to the private sector.

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