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Sam Altman says OpenAI “totally screwed up some things” on the GPT-5 rollout and confirms plans to fund a brain-computer interface startup to rival Neuralink — Over dinner, OpenAI CEO's addressed criticism of GPT-5's rollout, the AI bubble, brain-computer interfaces, buying Google Chrome, and more.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
An interview with Sam Altman on spending billions on AI infrastructure, wanting Chrome if it's really for sale, AI models saturating the chat use case, and more — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is still talking like the future belongs to him, a week after the rollout of the company's latest model raised …
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| Anne Trafton / MIT News: |
Researchers say they used generative AI algorithms to design novel antibiotics targeting drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and MRSA — The team used two different AI approaches to design novel antibiotics, including one that showed promise against MRSA. — PRESS INQUIRIES
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Appfigures: ChatGPT's app for iOS and Android hit $2B in global consumer spending, including $1.35B so far in 2025, up 673% YoY; Grok made ~$25.6M this year — ChatGPT's mobile app is raking in the revenue. — Since launching in May 2023, ChatGPT's app for iOS and Android devices … | Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: |
The Federal Reserve continues its relaxation of crypto oversight by ending a program created in 2023 to scrutinize fintech and crypto activities by banks — The Federal Reserve has shuttered the Novel Activities Supervision Program it built in 2023 that was — in part — meant to focus on banks' crypto activity.| Bloomberg: |
Meta's standalone Meta AI app, launched in April 2025, offers an uneven experience, hallucinating and not personalizing replies despite access to Meta accounts — The Meta AI app offers an uneven experience, posing a sharp contrast to Mark Zuckerberg's lofty artificial intelligence ambitions.
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Anthropic updates Claude usage policy, adding stricter cybersecurity rules and explicitly banning the development of WMDs, and loosens political content rules — The AI startup's new policy now specifically bans using Claude to help develop biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons.| Norah Mulinda / Bloomberg: |
Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler steps down, with Shrisha Radhakrishna named president and interim CEO; OPEN jumps 8%+ — Opendoor Technologies Inc., a real estate company that became a meme stock in recent months, said Chief Executive Officer Carrie Wheeler is stepping down immediately as the board searches for a replacement.| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Sen. Josh Hawley launches a probe of Meta following a report on its AI policy allowing sensual chats with kids, tells Zuckerberg to produce docs by September 19 — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Friday that he will investigate Meta following a report that the company approved rules allowing …
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Sources: some investors seek to replace N26's co-CEOs after German financial regulator Bafin identified new deficiencies in the digital bank's internal controls — Some investors in N26 are urging the German digital bank's two chief executive officers to step down, following fresh criticism …
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| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
CoreWeave's IPO lockup expires, letting holders of 80%+ of its Class A shares sell; its stock fell 33% in the two days after its Q2 earnings amid selloff fears — CoreWeave Inc.'s March initial public offering has been a roaring success for anyone lucky enough to get in at the start.
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| Richard Nieva / Forbes: |
How Google's Jigsaw and pollster Scott Rasmussen plan to use AI to survey Americans on political views to find common ground ahead of the US' 250th anniversary — A collaboration between the tech giant and a polling nonprofit will gather five to 10 people each from every congressional district … | CoinDesk: |
Mike Novogratz's Galaxy says it has secured $1.4B in debt financing to expand its Helios data center in West Texas, aiming to boost AI and HPC capabilities — The firm, led by Mike Novogratz, projected its deal with AI cloud firm CoreWeave could generate $1 billion in annual revenue over 15 years.
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| Akila Quinio / Financial Times: |
Klarna reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $823M and net loss up 194% YoY to $53M, as it prepares for a second attempt at a US IPO, after pausing plans in April — Revenues jump a fifth to $823mn as Swedish buy now, pay later group continues US expansion and neobank drive
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