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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide — OpenAI is making changes to its popular chatbot following a lawsuit alleging that a teenager who died by suicide this spring relied on ChatGPT as a coach.
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X: @yoda, @rakeshsfnyc, and @randcorporation
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
The family of a teen who died by suicide sues OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT gave him info about suicide methods and at times deterred him from seeking help — A photograph of Adam Raine taken not long before his death. His baby blanket, which his mother found in his bed, hangs over a corner.
More: Ars Technica, Platformer, NBC News, TechCrunch, The Tech Policy Press Podcast, 404 Media, Aftermath, The Week, LADbible, Fortune, NewsNation, Digit, SiliconANGLE, Moneycontrol, SFist, Futurism, Rolling Stone, RAND Corporation, Telegraph, Courthouse News Service, Time, Engadget, Mashable, Reuters, NewsMax.com, Axios, NextDraft, Associated Press, and Breitbart
X: @jayedelson, @conzmoleman, @mikenellis, @kimmonismus, @hawleymo, @joannastern, @benkesslen, @robbysoave, @sjgadler, @wblittlejohn, @samstein, @emmabgo, @kyle_a_morse, @bigblackjacobin, @esyudkowsky, @kashhill, and @lefthanddraft
LinkedIn: Sarah Kay Wiley and Laura Marquez-Garrett
| Wired: |
Sources: two AI researchers hired by Meta for its Superintelligence Labs returned to OpenAI after less than one-month stints; a third researcher also left Meta — CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on a recruiting blitz to lure top AI researchers to Meta. WIRED has confirmed that three recent hires have now resigned.
More: Financial Express, Moneycontrol, The Decoder, Implicator.ai, Business Insider, DNA India, and Financial Express
X: @agarwl_, @kelseytuoc, @khoomeik, @mgsiegler, @devahaz, @egrefen, @haydenfield, @shakeelhashim, @teamblind, @brycent_, @chatgpt21, @tenderizzation, @suchenzang, @_arohan_, @_arohan_, and @tbpn. LinkedIn: Chaya Nayak
Bluesky: @zoeschiffer, @timmarchman, and @laurengoode
Forums: r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/BetterOffline, r/artificial, and r/ChatGPT
| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
Sources: a Chinese fab making Huawei's AI chips is set to start production as soon as the end of 2025, with two more due in 2026; the fabs' ownership is unclear — Fabrication plants serving Huawei push to increase production as US cuts off access to Nvidia's top processors
More: Reuters, Tom's Hardware, Implicator.ai, and Hindustan Times
X: @tphuang, @teortaxestex, @marxistjorge, @zephyr_z9, @jukanlosreve, and @zijing_wu
Bluesky: @justinhendrix and @peark.es
| Rachel Yeo / Bloomberg: |
Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon reports H1 2025 revenue up 44x YoY to $405.2M and a ~$144M profit, after Beijing encouraged companies to use homegrown tech — Cambricon Technologies Corp. swung to a record profit in the first half, reflecting a wave of demand for Chinese chips … | Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Salesloft says hackers stole OAuth tokens from its Drift chat agent integration to conduct a Salesforce data theft campaign between August 8 and August 18 — Update: Story updated with further information. — Hackers breached sales automation platform Salesloft to steal OAuth and refresh tokens … | Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: |
Elon Musk now regularly posts AI images and videos of scantily clad women generated by Grok's Imagine tool on X, including avatar Ani dancing in her underwear — The billionaire has sought to promote his AI chatbot Grok by emphasizing how it can generate animated images of scantily clad women
More: Bloomberg, Fast Company, and Breitbart
Forums: r/musked, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/technology, and r/behindthebastards
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic releases Claude for Chrome, which lets Claude take actions on the user's behalf within the browser, as a research preview for 1,000 Max subscribers — Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced on Tuesday.
More: Anthropic, The Economic Times, Simon Willison's Weblog, The Indian Express, BGR, Anthropic, WinBuzzer, Moneycontrol, The Register, VentureBeat, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada, The Verge, and Mashable
X: @anthropicai, @anthropicai, @nptacek, @komorama, @simonw, @japborst, @scaling01, and @alexalbert__. LinkedIn: Shreyans Mehta. Bluesky: @prietschka. Forums: r/artificial
| Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law: |
Filing: Anthropic reached a settlement in a copyright class action brought by authors whose works were included in two pirate databases Anthropic downloaded — Anthropic PBC reached a settlement with authors in a high-stakes copyright class action that threatened the AI company with potentially billions of dollars in damages.
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Bluesky: @carnage4life, @matthewjkuiper, @seldo.com, @neilturkewitz, @willoremus.com, @willoremus.com, and @jtlg. Threads: @marcslove
Forums: r/technology, r/aiwars, r/BetterOffline, r/books, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces an “Awe dropping” event on September 9 at 10am PT at Apple Park, where the iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and more are expected — Apple will hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Tuesday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California …
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X: @markgurman, @hashmojis, @tim_cook, @markgurman, @justinryanio, @nathievr, @patrickmcgee_, @caro_milanesi, @markgurman, @stevemoser, @parkerortolani, @samifathi_, @neilcybart, @joannastern, and @benbajarin
Bluesky: @youngkeebler, @malwarejake, @quinnypig.com, @blithedale, and @quinnypig.com. Mastodon: @samhenrigold@hachyderm.io
Forums: r/apple, r/apple, r/technology, and MacRumors Forums
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
Anthropic's Threat Intelligence report for August says Claude was weaponized for sophisticated cybercrimes, including a “vibe-hacking” data extortion scheme — Anthropic's new report shows how bad actors are misusing Claude —and, likely, other AI agents. … “Agentic AI systems are being weaponized.”
More: NBC News, Wired, Reuters, Anthropic, and Business Insider
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith addressed protests over Israel contracts after seven protesters, including two current Microsoft employees, occupied his office — REDMOND, Wash. — A few hours after his office was infiltrated and occupied by a group protesting Microsoft's technology contracts with Israel …
More: Globes, WinBuzzer, and The Guardian
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
| Hugh Langley / Business Insider: |
Memo: Verily, Alphabet's life sciences unit, lays off staff and ends its medical devices program, shifting its focus instead to precision health, data, and AI — - Verily, Google's life sciences sister company, has laid off staff and cut its devices program.| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
President Trump says Meta plans to spend $50B on its “Hyperion” data center under construction in Louisiana; earlier, Meta said the investment would exceed $10B — President Donald Trump said that Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to spend $50 billion on its massive data center in rural Louisiana.
More: Benzinga, Fortune, Capacity Media, Reuters, DigiTimes, The Information, New York Post, PYMNTS.com, and Reuters
X: @cspan and @lagovjefflandry
| Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times: |
South Korean lawmakers pass a bill to ban using mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle schools nationwide, starting 2026 — It becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools, with a law that will go into effect in 2026.| Shubham Kalia / Reuters: |
Court filing: Elon Musk's lawyers ask a US judge to block OpenAI from obtaining documents from Meta related to a previous $97.4B bid for OpenAI's assets — Lawyers for Elon Musk have asked a U.S. judge to block ChatGPT-owner OpenAI from obtaining documents from Meta Platforms (META.O) …
More: WinBuzzer, Benzinga, Tech in Asia, Capacity Media, and Bloomberg
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple partners with TuneIn to make Apple Music's six radio stations available outside its app, a first, as it seeks to compete with Spotify; TuneIn has 75M MAUs — The tie-up with TuneIn to distribute Apple's radio stations aims to introduce the company's music service to more people| Financial Times: |
Sources: OpenAI's restructuring may slip into 2026 as it negotiates with Microsoft; failure to reach a deal in 2025 would let SoftBank withhold its $10B funding — Software giant wants to retain access to start-up's technology while removing artificial general intelligence' clause| Danny Park / The Block: |
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the US plans to publish GDP and economic data on the blockchain, but gave no details on the blockchain or timeline — Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card 1inch: Swap Sol ↔ EVM — U.S. will start issuing economic data on the blockchain … | Wen-Yee Lee / Reuters: |
Taiwan indicts three people for allegedly stealing TSMC's 2nm secrets to help Tokyo Electron, the first such case, and recommends a combined 14-year prison term — Taiwan prosecutors said on Wednesday that they indicted three people for theft of trade secrets from chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) …
More: 9to5Mac, Nikkei Asia, Bloomberg, and The Business Times
| Chloe Veltman / NPR: |
AI avatars of the deceased, or “Deadbots”, are used for advocacy and emotional connection, but their potential commercial use raises ethical and legal concerns — AI avatars of deceased people - or “deadbots” - are showing up in new and unexpected contexts, including ones where they have the power to persuade.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Okta reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $728M, vs. $711.8M est., net income up 131% to $67M, and increases its fiscal 2026 forecast; OKTA jumps 6%+ — Okta shares rose 4% in extended trading on Tuesday after the identity software maker reported fiscal results that exceeded Wall Street projections.
More: diginomica, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Okta, Investor's Business Daily, channelfutures, and Benzinga
X: @thetranscript_, @fiscal_ai, @schwabnetwork, and @fiscal_ai
| George Hammond / Financial Times: |
Q&A with General Catalyst's Hemant Taneja on the VC firm's “AI roll-up” strategy to buy service businesses and inject them with AI, investment bubbles, and more — Head of venture capital firm talks about trusting founders' intuition during a bubble, and the threat of mass job losses| Financial Times: |
A look at Xiaomi's evolution from a tech assembler to a high-tech manufacturer, as it applies its smartphone manufacturing strategy to developing EVs and chips — Formerly dismissed as a ‘Lego’ assembler, Xiaomi is building its reputation as a high-tech manufacturer
Bluesky: @jsphctrl.ft.com
| Josh Gabert-Doyon / Financial Times: |
Tussell: UK government contracts for AI-related projects have reached £573M in 2025 to July 15, up from £468M for the whole of 2024, as it seeks efficiency — Ministers hope technology can help streamline the civil service, reduce government waste and save billions| Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World: |
Q&A with Francis Dufay, CEO of Jumia, Africa's largest e-commerce platform, on Temu and other rivals, adding Chinese sellers to stay competitive, AI, and more — • NAIROBI, KENYA — Competition has been steep for Jumiai , Africa's largest e-commerce platform, especially from major Chinese companies like Temu and Sheini .
More: Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Condia, and Techpoint Africa
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