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OpenAI details its plan to add guardrails for teens and people in emotional distress in the next 120 days, including routing 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.
More: OpenAI, CNN, BleepingComputer, and JONATHAN TURLEY
| 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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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 aligning with Elon Musk's views — Mr. Musk said he wanted xAI's chatbot to be “politically neutral.” His actions say otherwise.
More: Implicator.ai, The Decoder, WinBuzzer, The American Bazaar, and Business Today
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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 … | Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Dolby launches Dolby Vision 2, adding AI-powered Content Intelligence and Authentic Motion, first on Hisense TVs, over 10 years after launching Dolby Vision — 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.
More: PCWorld, Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET, TV Tech, Forbes, Dolby Laboratories, Inc., TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Trusted Reviews, and Digital Trends
| Kate Clark / Bloomberg: |
A look at a16z's Speedrun, a YC-like accelerator targeting a more creative demographic; a16z invested $180M into 150 Speedrun companies over the last 18 months — Big VC funds are moving further upstream, placing bets on the youngest companies. — A few weeks ago, about 150 people gathered … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it agreed to give the US GSA $6B+ in potential savings on Office, Azure, 365, and other tools 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 … | Financial Times: |
UK fintechs, including Revolut and Starling, step up plans to buy US banks to get US licenses and lend across all 50 states as Trump admin eases merger rules — Revolut and Starling among start-ups weighing acquisition of nationally chartered banks — British fintechs are stepping up plans … | Emily Forgash / Bloomberg: |
Varonis Systems agrees to acquire email security company SlashNext for up to $150M, including retention awards, after buying database company Cyral for ~$25M — Data security company Varonis Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire SlashNext, an AI-based email security provider …
More: Yahoo Finance
| Financial Times: |
IFR: Chinese factories install ~280K industrial robots every year, or 50% of the global total, helping China boost its global exports; ~50% are locally made — Economists say cheaper automation could explain why country maintains low-end manufacturing even as wages rise
More: Bloomberg
| Vauhini Vara / Bloomberg: |
A look at AI adoption across US schools and colleges, as tech companies invest in AI education initiatives, including partnerships with major teachers' unions — Educators across the country are bringing chatbots into their lesson plans. Will it help kids learn or is it just another doomed ed-tech fad?
More: Implicator.ai, New York Times, Maryland Matters, and NPR
| Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times: |
A profile of Jumia, hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, as CEO Francis Dufay tries to hit profitability by 2027 after scaling down its food delivery business — Six years after a high-profile listing, Jumia is still trying to prove that it can be a profitable business rather than a relic of the cheap money era| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Klarna and some shareholders are selling 34.3M shares for $35-$37 each in its IPO, aiming to raise up to $1.27B and giving it an up to ~$14B market cap — Klarna Group Plc and some of its shareholders are seeking to raise as much as $1.27 billion as the financial-technology company revives … | Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Marc Benioff says Salesforce has cut its support staff from 9,000 to ~5,000 in the past year after deploying AI agents to handle a growing share of its work — Salesforce has cut 4,000 customer support roles this year after deploying artificial intelligence agents to handle a growing share …
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