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| SemiAnalysis: |
GPT-5's router directs queries based on complexity and intent, helping OpenAI allocate compute across low-value informational and high-value commercial requests — How ChatGPT will monetize free users, Router is the Release, AIs will serve Ads, Google's moat eroded?, The shift of purchasing intent queries
More: Blood in the Machine and WinBuzzer
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| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI adds GPT-5 Auto, Fast, and Thinking settings to ChatGPT's model picker; Auto seems to work like GPT-5's model router that OpenAI initially announced — When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI restores GPT-4o for paid ChatGPT users, vows “plenty of notice” if it deprecates 4o, and raises GPT-5 Thinking rate limits to 3,000 messages per week — OpenAI is once again making GPT-4o — the large language model (LLM) that powered ChatGPT before last week's launch of GPT-5 … | Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
OpenAI rolls out Connectors for Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts in ChatGPT for Pro subscribers, with Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu plans to follow — OpenAI wants ChatGPT to know more about you, including your emails, calendar events in Google Calendar, and even your Google contacts … | Reuters: |
Sources: the US secretly embedded location trackers in select AI chip shipments, such as in Dell and Super Micro servers, to detect illegal diversions to China — U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk …
More: Tom's Hardware, Daily Mail, israelhayom.com, Benzinga, and The American Bazaar
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| M.G. Siegler / Spyglass: |
Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a marketing stunt and maybe a signal to the judge in Google's antitrust case — Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome — With its unsolicited bid for Google's browser …
More: Open Web Advocacy, Bloomberg Law, Deutsche Welle, Silicon Republic, Digit, 80 Level, Dexerto, The Times, and The Information
| Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal: |
Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal — With its unsolicited bid for Google's browser, AI startup seeks to take advantage of uncertainty over pending antitrust ruling
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| John Sakellariadis / Politico: |
A senior US official says the recent hack of the US federal court filing system is a “continuation of the same rudimentary security issues” present since 2020 — The latest intrusion is a “continuation of the same rudimentary security issues” that have been present since 2020, said the law enforcement official.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US investigators found evidence that Russia is at least partly responsible for the US federal court's filing system being under attack since early July — Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.
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| Derek Thompson: |
Studies suggest AI chatbots' sycophantic design may increase narcissism among young and vulnerable users, potentially altering personality traits at scale — “I can imagine a future where a lot of people really trust ChatGPT's advice for their most important decisions,” Sam Altman said.
More: Financial Times, Hugging Face, Bloomberg, Tom's Guide, and Wall Street Journal
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Forums: r/ChatGPT and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Pony AI says it rolled out 200+ Gen-7 Robotaxis since mass production started two months ago, putting it on track for its 1,000-vehicle goal by the end of 2025 — Pony AI Inc. is confident it will meet its 2025 robotaxi vehicle output target and is actively exploring new markets in Europe …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI is preparing to back Neuralink rival Merge Labs, co-founded by Sam Altman, that aims to raise $250M at an $850M valuation, including from OpenAI — OpenAI in talks to invest in brain implant start-up that would compete with Musk's company — OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman …
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| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese open-source AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and others gaining global traction spurs US policymakers and companies to respond — Free-to-use models from DeepSeek, Alibaba and others gain users worldwide — China's ambition to turn its open-source artificial-intelligence models …
Bluesky: @martijnrasser
| Robert Burnson / Bloomberg: |
A US federal judge rules Elon Musk must face OpenAI's claims that his legal and media attacks are a “years-long harassment campaign” and sets a March 2026 trial — Elon Musk must face claims by OpenAI that his attacks on the startup in court and in the media amount to a …
More: Agence France-Presse, New York Times, and WinBuzzer
| Mark Gurman / @markgurman: |
In response to Elon Musk's claims that the App Store favors the ChatGPT app, Apple says the App Store “is designed to be fair and free of bias” — Apple on @elonmusk's claims: “The App Store is designed to be fair and free of bias. We feature thousands of apps through charts, algorithmic recommendations, and curated lists selected by experts using objective criteria.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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| Surbhi Misra / Reuters: |
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Forums: r/apple, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/Enough_Sanders_Spam, and Beehaw
| Fortune: |
Sources: Stripe appoints Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang to serve as CEO of its planned Layer-1 blockchain Tempo; a source says Huang will remain at Paradigm — Matt Huang (left) and Glara Ahn at a 2024 gala in Hollywood, Los Angeles. — As Stripe pushes further into crypto …
More: CoinDesk, The Block, Cryptonews, and The Crypto Times
| Joedy McCreary / MedPage Today: |
Study: endoscopists accustomed to using AI for colonoscopies detected fewer precancerous growths after the tools were removed, raising “deskilling” concerns — - The adenoma detection rate (ADR) in more than 1,400 non-AI assisted colonoscopies dropped 6 percentage points …
More: Bloomberg, Politico, The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Financial Times, Medical Xpress, Scimex, The Independent, STAT, and Time
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| Bloomberg: |
CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 207% YoY to $1.21B, vs. $1.08B est., adjusted net loss of $130.8M, vs. $96.3M est., up from $5M in Q2 2024; CRWV drops 10%+ — CoreWeave Inc.'s shares fell 10% after it delivered a disappointing earnings outlook, reflecting margin pressures from a rapid AI datacenter expansion.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: World Liberty Financial's partnership with Binance-run PancakeSwap is helping boost demand for USD1, generating profit for Trump, as CZ seeks a pardon — The under-the-radar trading platform is quietly administered by Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, whose founder is seeking a pardon from President Trump
X: @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, and @jchengwsj
| Globes: |
Appcharge, which runs a DTC platform for game publishers, raised a $58M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to $89M, and powers stores for 100+ games — The Israeli company has developed a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform for mobile game publishers to maximize profits through owning player relationships.
More: CTech, IVP Perspectives, Tech Funding News, and PocketGamer.biz
| Volodymyr Verbianyi / Bloomberg: |
Ukrainians are adapting critical yet fragile SpaceX equipment to withstand Russia's assault, spawning a cottage industry of backstreet workshops and technicians — Ukrainians are adapting critical yet fragile SpaceX equipment to withstand Russia's assault — In most of the world …
More: Benzinga, Gizchina.com, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange Bullish raised $1.1B in its IPO, selling 30M shares at $37 per share, above its $32 to $33 marketed range, implying a $5.4B valuation — Bullish raised $1.1 billion in an initial public offering, pricing its shares above the marketed range.
More: The Block, CNBC, Fast Company, Cryptonews, Reuters, and Proactive
| Dylan Loh / Nikkei Asia: |
Singapore's three neobanks, GXS Bank, MariBank, and Trust Bank, together posted $278.1M in losses in 2024 as legacy rivals digitalized, intensifying competition — SINGAPORE — Eugina Sim will continue saving with a traditional lender, even though digital banks owned by technology players including Grab … | Reuters: |
Advent International agrees to acquire and take private Nasdaq-listed Sapiens International, an Israel-based insurance software company, for $2.5B in cash — Israeli software provider Sapiens International (SPNS.O) said on Wednesday that it will be acquired by Advent International for $2.5 billion in cash …
More: Globes, Benzinga, Proactive, and Sapiens International …
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Fractal Analytics, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, files for an IPO in Mumbai, aiming to raise ~$560M and valuing the company at $3.5B+ — Fractal Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence and analytics services, filed for an initial public offering in Mumbai …
More: DigiTimes, The Economic Times, Moneycontrol, Hindustan Times, and Fortune India. X: @saritharai
| Reuters: |
Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$25.7B, vs. ~$24.8B est., gaming revenue up 17% YoY to ~$5.6B, global revenue up 35% YoY to ~$2.6B, a $7.7B net profit — Tencent (0700.HK) reported second-quarter revenue growth of 15% on Wednesday, driven by robust gaming performance and AI-powered business expansion.Sponsor Posts
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