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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, and WinBuzzer
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| 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, The Block, Bitcoin Insider, crypto.news, CoinJournal, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Bitcoin Magazine, Crypto Briefing, CryptoSlate, and CoinGape
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Forums: Hacker News and r/ethtrader
| 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 …
More: The Information, Microsoft AI, CNBC, and Analytics India Magazine
| 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”.| 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| 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.
Source: The Verge. More: MacRumors, Thurrott, Implicator.ai, and WinBuzzer
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Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| 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.| 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 … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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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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| 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: The American Bazaar, Unite.AI, Pulse 2.0, EU-Startups, 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
| 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
| 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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| Danny Park / The Block: |
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and plans to reveal more details at a later date — Start trading crypto Get a crypto rewards card 1inch: Swap Sol ↔ EVM — Google Cloud is developing its own blockchain … | Will Wade / Bloomberg: |
Commonwealth, which wants to build a fusion power plant, raised $863M from Nvidia's NVentures, Khosla Ventures, and Google, bringing its total raised to ~$3B — Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $863 million from investors including AI giant Nvidia Corp. to help complete a demonstration system … | 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.”
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X: @anthropicai, @perrymetzger, @ericgeller, @anthropicai, and @anthropicai
LinkedIn: Chris H., Al Pascual, Ang Sebastian, Greg Martin, and Will Urbanski
Bluesky: @kevincollier, @mtsw, @alexvont, @laplanck, @hern, @mattburgess1, @charlyjsp, @timmarchman, and @couts
Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange and @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
Forums: r/artificial, r/technews, r/technology, r/OpenAI, r/cybersecurity, and r/Anthropic
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI, Anthropic, The New Stack, Engadget, The Decoder, AIN, WinBuzzer, Tech Times, PYMNTS.com, and Bloomberg
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Forums: r/artificial and r/singularity
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