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An analysis of Grok's responses to 41 political questions in May and July shows it shifted to the right on 50%+ of them, often reflecting Elon Musk's priorities — Mr. Musk said he wanted xAI's chatbot to be “politically neutral.” His actions say otherwise.
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| Megan Morrone / Axios: |
OpenAI details its plan to add guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress by the end of 2025, including routing some conversations to GPT-5-thinking — ChatGPT guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress will roll out by the end of the year, OpenAI promised Tuesday.
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TSMC says the US revoked its authorization to ship gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base in Nanjing, after the US revoked Samsung's and SK Hynix's waivers — The US has revoked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s authorization to freely ship essential gear to its main Chinese chipmaking base … | Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: |
WLFI, run by the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, falls 25% to ~$0.21 on its first trading day, giving it a ~$6B market cap; Trump's WLFI is worth ~$3.6B — WLFI tokens in circulation have a total nominal value of $6.4bn — The crypto token of a project backed by US President Donald Trump fell …
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| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Internal data: Amazon registered 5.4M US Prime sign-ups over the 21-day run-up to its four-day Prime Day event, ~116K less than in 2024 and 106K below its goal — Amazon (AMZN.O) doubled its Prime Day discount sales to four days this year and touted blowout numbers days after the event.| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Amazon plans to end the ability for Prime members to share free shipping benefits with individuals outside their household, starting on October 1 — Starting October 1st, Prime members can no longer share free shipping with someone who doesn't live with them.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it is giving the US GSA $6B+ in potential savings on Office, Azure, Dynamics 365, and more over three years, including $3.1B in the first year — Microsoft has agreed to give the U.S. General Services Administration $3.1 billion in potential savings over the course of a year …
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Winklevoss twins' Gemini plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17 to $19 each in its US IPO, seeking to raise $317M, which would value the crypto exchange at $2.22B — The Winklevoss-led company plans to sell 16.67M shares at $17-$19 each, tapping a hot IPO market. — What to know:
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Dolby launches Dolby Vision 2, adding AI-powered Content Intelligence and Authentic Motion, first on Hisense TVs, after debuting HDR format Dolby Vision in 2014 — The updated format promises ‘authentically cinematic’ use of motion smoothing, and settings that automatically make content look the best depending on your TV and lighting.
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| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
US procurement records show the Trump administration jettisoned a Biden-era order and reactivated an ICE contract for Tel Aviv-based Paragon's spyware — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is on track to gain access to controversial spyware designed to hack phones and read private messages … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: the EU delayed a planned September 1 fine against Google over its ad tech practices due to fears it could provoke Trump to unravel EU-US trade progress — The European Union paused its immediate plans to punish Alphabet Inc.'s Google for abusing its dominance over advertising technology amid fears … | Alistair MacDonald / Wall Street Journal: |
How Ukraine has been using AI to allow groups of drones, known as swarms, to coordinate with each other to attack Russian positions for much of the past year — In a new frontier for warfare, Ukraine is using technology to allow groups of drones to communicate and make decisions independent of their operator| Emily Forgash / Bloomberg: |
Varonis Systems agrees to acquire email security company SlashNext for up to $150M, including retention awards, after acquiring database company Cyral for ~$25M — Data security company Varonis Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire SlashNext, an AI-based email security provider …
More: CyberScoop, Varonis, and Help Net Security
| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
A look at a16z's Speedrun, a YC-like accelerator targeting a more creative demographic and which has invested $180M into 150 companies over the past 18 months — Big VC funds are moving further upstream, placing bets on the youngest companies. — A few weeks ago, about 150 people gathered … Sponsor Posts
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