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Sources: Meta considers downsizing its AI division, with some executives expected to leave, and is exploring using third-party models for its AI products — Meta is expected to announce a new restructuring of its artificial intelligence division amid internal tensions over the technology, people with knowledge of the plans said.
More: Fortune. Bluesky: @miggiesmalls and @edzitron.com. Threads: @technologizer
X: @mattrosoff and @mikeisaac
Forums: r/singularity and r/BetterOffline
| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Meta restructures Superintelligence Labs; Alexandr Wang heads TBD Lab, Robert Fergus heads FAIR, Nat Friedman heads products, Aparna Ramani heads Infra — Meta Platforms Inc. is splitting its newly formed artificial intelligence group into four distinct teams and reassigning …
Bluesky: @drgonzo123, @mgsiegler.com, @edzitron.com, and @kurtwagner
| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says the UK has dropped its mandate requiring Apple to provide a backdoor for accessing users' encrypted data — Britain has dropped its demand for the iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) to provide a “backdoor” that would have enabled access …
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Sources: Nvidia is developing a new Blackwell-based AI chip for China, tentatively known as the B30A, that will be more powerful than its H20 model for China — Nvidia (NVDA.O) is developing a new AI chip for China based on its latest Blackwell architecture that will be more powerful … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is making all four iPhone 17 models in India ahead of debut, a first, as it expands to five factories to cut reliance on China for US-bound units — Apple Inc. is expanding iPhone production in India at five factories, including a pair of recently opened plants … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
SoftBank agrees to invest $2B in Intel, buying ~2% of Intel's outstanding shares for $23 per share, becoming Intel's fifth-biggest shareholder; INTC jumps 5%+ — Intel and SoftBank announced on Monday that the Japanese conglomerate will make a $2 billion investment in the embattled chipmaker.
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Forums: r/Economics, r/business, r/technology, r/hardware, r/intel, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, r/wallstreetbets, r/intelstock, and Slashdot
| Sheryl Estrada / Fortune: |
An MIT report finds that 95% of GenAI pilots at companies have little to no financial impact, due to the “learning gap” for both the tools and the companies — Good morning. Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line.
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| Prakhar Srivastava / Reuters: |
Tether hires Bo Hines, who stepped down as White House Crypto Council Executive Director earlier in August, as an adviser to help it expand in the US — Cryptocurrency firm Tether has appointed former White House crypto policy executive Bo Hines as a strategic adviser to help steer its expansion …
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| Kashish Tandon / Reuters: |
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go, a new India-only plan priced at Rs. 399, or ~$4.57, per month, its most affordable yet, to grow users in its second-largest market — ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday launched ChatGPT Go, a new India-only subscription plan priced at 399 rupees ($4.57) per month …
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X: @nickaturley and @gdb
| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek releases V3.1, adding a longer context window, with few other details; Chinese media blames CEO Liang Wenfeng's perfectionism and bugs for R2's delay — DeepSeek announced what appeared to be an update to its older V3 artificial intelligence model on Tuesday, declaring an enhanced version ready for testing.
More: Hugging Face, PYMNTS.com, Analytics India Magazine, Financial Express, and Moneycontrol
X: @clementdelangue, @cedric_chee, @zephyr_z9, and @ns123abc
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Robinhood, in partnership with Kalshi, launches a sports prediction market on Robinhood Derivatives, letting users trade on pro and college football games — Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card — Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto trading app, is launching a pro …
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| Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal: |
Databricks is finalizing a Series K at a $100B valuation, up 61% from its December 2024 round; sources say it is co-led by Thrive and a16z plans to participate — The data analytics company, fueled by the AI boom, was valued at $62 billion less than a year ago| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US federal appeals court rejects T-Mobile's bid to overturn a $92M fine for illegally selling customer location data without consent, after a 2024 FCC ruling — A federal appeals court rejected T-Mobile's attempt to overturn $92 million in fines for selling customer location information to third-party firms.
More: PCMag, Android Authority, Total Telecom, Android Headlines, Fierce Network, and PhoneArena
Bluesky: @karlbode.com. Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technews, r/technology, r/tmobile, and Ars OpenForum
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Google will pay $30M to settle a class action lawsuit alleging it violated kids' privacy on YouTube by collecting data without parental consent for targeted ads — Google (GOOGL.O) will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting … | Kate Park / TechCrunch: |
NYC-based Eight Sleep, which makes the AI-powered Pod smart mattress cover for measuring sleep, raised $100M from HSG and others, after an $86M Series C in 2021 — Roughly one in three adults in the U.S. regularly gets insufficient sleep, driving demand for tools that can monitor, analyze, and enhance rest.| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Nvidia plans to roll out RTX 5080-class performance to GeForce Now in September, letting users of its $20-per-month Ultimate tier stream in up to 5K at 120fps — It'll support up to 5K at 120fps and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. — NVIDIA's GeForce NOW game streaming service is leveling …
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X: @lessin, @comcast, @maxwinebach, @nvidiagfn, and @tomwarren
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
More: NVIDIA AI For Good, Digital Trends, Dataconomy, Windows Report, VideoCardz.com, and The Verge
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