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OpenAI makes Realtime API generally available with new features, including MCP support, and launches gpt-realtime, its most advanced speech-to-speech model — Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. — ZDNET's key takeaways — OpenAI's Realtime API is now optimized and generally available.
More: OpenAI, Inc, The Decoder, and WinBuzzer
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Microsoft unveils MAI-Voice-1, a speech model that can generate a full minute of audio in under a second on a single GPU, and a text model called MAI-1-preview — On Thursday, Microsoft announced two powerful AI models it built that it says perform at the level of the world's top offerings … | Bloomberg: |
The US starts publishing GDP data on nine public blockchains including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, with the help of Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini — The US government on Thursday began distributing gross domestic product data on public blockchains, marking the latest Trump administration endorsement of the crypto industry.
More: Chainlink Blog, Pyth Network, U.S. Department of Commerce, Capital Brief, Blockworks, Decrypt, Blockchain News, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, The Block, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, and CoinGape
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ethtrader, and r/CryptoMarkets
| Financial Times: |
Intel CFO says the US deal aims to deter Intel from selling its foundry; it lets the US buy 5% more at $20/share if Intel's stake in the unit falls below 51% — US chipmaker has faced pressure to sell lossmaking foundry business struggling to compete with TSMC| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Intel CFO David Zinser says the company received $5.7B from the US government on Wednesday evening; the White House says the deal is still “being ironed out” — Intel CFO David Zinser said that the semiconductor giant received $5.7 billion from the U.S. government on Wednesday evening.| Chris Vallance / BBC: |
Apple says the UK CMA's proposed “EU-style” regulation is “bad for users and bad for developers”, “undermines” privacy and security, and “hampers” innovation — Apple has warned that “EU-style rules” proposed by the UK competition watchdog “are bad for users and bad for developers”.| Everything Typepad: |
Typepad is shutting down on September 30 and users' “account and all related services will be permanently deactivated”; users can export content before then — We have made the difficult decision to discontinue Typepad, effective September 30, 2025. What Does This Mean for You?
| Emily Brooks / The Hill: |
Two House Republicans open a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias into Wikipedia, citing an ADL report about anti-Israel bias on the site — Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee opened a probe into alleged organized efforts to inject bias …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is expanding Xbox Cloud Gaming to Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers, dropping the Game Pass Ultimate requirement, and tests more PC game access — Xbox Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers are also getting access to some PC games.| Anthropic: |
Anthropic requires users to accept new terms by September 28, including choosing whether new chats and coding sessions can be used to train AI models — Today, we're rolling out updates to our Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy that will help us deliver even more capable, useful AI models.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Trump's threat of “substantial” tariffs on countries imposing digital taxes came after Zuckerberg raised concerns about the taxes in a private meeting — President Donald Trump threatened to inflict “substantial” tariffs on countries that impose digital taxes just days … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Samsung rolls out Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant in its 2025 lineup of TVs and monitors, letting users ask for movie suggestions, plot recaps, and more — An animated version of the AI assistant can provide movie recommendations or summarize the latest episode of your favorite show.
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia CFO Colette Kress says the US hasn't outlined its plan for a 15% China commission, Nvidia won't pay until it has it, and it can sell AI chips without it — An unconventional plan by the Trump administration to charge a 15% commission on Nvidia Corp. AI chip sales to China … | Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Will Sattelberg / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Pixel Care+, replacing Preferred Care and Fi Device Protection in the US, with upgrades but slightly higher pricing than the previous offering — Google's post-purchase support for Pixel has never been fantastic — a quick glance at r/GooglePixel will make that abundantly clear … | Anna Heim / TechCrunch: |
Maisa AI, which offers an enterprise agentic automation service that uses a proprietary system to limit hallucinations, raised a $25M seed led by Creandum — A staggering 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing, according to a recent report published by MIT's NANDA initiative.
More: SiliconANGLE, The American Bazaar, EU-Startups, Pulse 2.0, Unite.AI, Maisa AI, and Tech in Asia. Forums: r/technology
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
InstaLILY, whose industry-specific AI agents called InstaWorkers integrate with legacy systems, raised $25M from Insight Partners — InstaLILY Inc. said today it has raised $25 million exclusively from Insight Partners to fuel the growth of industry vertical-specific “AI Teammates” …
More: Pulse 2.0
| Yueqi Yang / The Information: |
Rain, a stablecoin-backed Visa card issuer, raised a $58M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, after raising a $24.5M Series A led by Norwest in March — Rain, a stablecoin-backed card issuer that works with Visa, said it raised $58 million in Series B round led by Sapphire Ventures …
More: Rain, Decrypt, PYMNTS.com, Venture Capital Journal, The Block, The Defiant, and VC News Daily
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
xAI launches Grok Code Fast 1, a “speedy and economical” agentic coding model, available for free for a limited time on GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, more — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, on Thursday released a new “speedy and economical” agentic coding model … | Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
A review of the Honor Magic V5, the world's thinnest foldable phone at 8.8mm when folded, as it launches in Europe for €1,999, following a July launch in China — Honor's Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn't tell.
More: Forbes, The Guardian, 9to5Google, Tech Advisor, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, and Android Authority
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Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @heinekensdaily
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
M0, which develops stablecoin infrastructure to boost interoperability and liquidity, raised a $40M Series B led by Polychain and Ribbit Capital — M0 cofounders Gregory Di Prisco (left) and Luca Prosperi. — COURTESY OF MO — Another stablecoin startup has raised serious cash.
More: SiliconANGLE, Decrypt, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, and NFTgators
| 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: Anthropic, BBC, NBC News, Anthropic, BleepingComputer, Moneycontrol, Wired, NDTV Profit, Help Net Security, Daily Sabah, GreenBot, Digital Trends, Cyber Security News, Tom's Guide, Digit, The Overspill, Analytics India Magazine, Reuters, Implicator.ai, Cointelegraph, BGR, ZeroHedge News, The Register, Tech.co, Yahoo Finance, Decrypt, Reuters, Help Net Security, and Business Insider
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Forums: r/artificial, r/technews, r/technology, r/OpenAI, r/cybersecurity, and r/Anthropic
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: Anthropic, OpenAI, PCMag, Engadget, The Decoder, The New Stack, AIN, WinBuzzer, Tech Times, PYMNTS.com, and Bloomberg
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