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September 13, 2025, 3:50 PM

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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Mira Murati's TML launches a research blog called Connectionism, and shares its work on resolving nondeterminism and achieving reproducible results from LLMs  —  There's been great interest in what Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is building with its $2 billion in seed funding …
Coco Feng / South China Morning Post:
JD.com: sales of the iPhone 17 series in the first minute after pre-orders opened in China surpassed the first-day pre-order volume of 2024's iPhone 16 series  —  Pre-order sales of Apple's new iPhone 17 series have got off to a robust start in China, shattering previous records despite delays in the shipment of the iPhone Air.
Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico:
California passes SB 53, which requires AI companies to disclose their safety testing regimes; Newsom vetoed a similar though more expansive measure last year  —  “We dominate this space, and I don't want to lose that competitiveness,” Newsom said last year.
Grace Kay / Business Insider:
Internal email: xAI lays off hundreds of data annotation team staffers, following a strategic shift to prioritize specialist AI tutors over generalist roles  —  - The layoffs follow a strategic shift to prioritize specialist AI tutors over generalist roles.
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
What to expect from the Meta Connect 2025 keynote on September 17 at 5pm PT: “Hypernova” smart glasses with a display, Meta AI and Llama updates, and more  —  Meta's smart glasses with a display are expected to go on sale later this year.  —  Meta Connect, the company's annual …
More: TechRadar
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information:
Sources: Anthropic scrapped plans to hire a Republican for its top policy role, instead choosing an Obama alumn as it adopts a cooler stance towards Trump  —  In June, the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic was finally getting close to hiring a candidate—a Republican …
More: Axios
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Filing: Samsung agreed to settle a patent lawsuit over wireless tech with Headwater Research following a $279M jury verdict against Samsung earlier in 2025  —  Samsung (005930.KS) has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit over wireless communications technology that led to a $279 million jury verdict …
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
IBM is holding its own in the quantum computing race against Google, Microsoft, and others, as they tackle enormous scientific and engineering challenges  —  IBM is racing Google, Microsoft and a handful of startups to build the world's first viable quantum computer
Lauren Goode / Wired:
Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence”  —  Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
Financial Times:
How Kalshi is shaking up US sports betting, as its board member and CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz takes a permissive stance on sports prediction markets  —  Kalshi is spearheading a legal battle to expand access to online betting, with support from some in Trump's circle

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