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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 …
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| 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.
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Hike, which was valued at $1.4B in 2016 and has since pivoted from a messaging app to a real-money gaming app, shuts down following India's ban on such apps — Hike, once one of India's most valuable startups with unicorn status, has become the latest casualty of New Delhi's recent real-money gaming ban …
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| Tyler Katzenberger / Politico: |
California Assembly passes a bill that requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google and Meta support the bill, while the MPA opposes it — “This is a critical piece of infrastructure for how to create more thoughtful safeguards for kids online,” Wicks told POLITICO.| 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.
More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, dailyjournal.com, San Francisco Chronicle, and Vox
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| Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal: |
Penske Media sues Google, says ~20% of Google search results linking to its sites now include AI Overviews, and affiliate link revenue fell 33%+ since late 2024 — Penske Media alleges artificial-intelligence-generated answers steal its content and have reduced traffic and revenue for its sites| 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
| The Information: |
OpenAI projects that it will reduce the revenue share it pays to Microsoft from 20% this year to ~8% by 2030, potentially retaining over $50B more in revenue — As OpenAI irons out new terms of a partnership with Microsoft, it has told some shareholders that the percentage of revenue …
More: Reuters
| 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 …
More: Bloomberg Law
| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
On Techmeme's 20th birthday, its founder explains what's behind the site's consistency, debunks some supposed media trends, and outlines future directions — Please clap for Techmeme — Techmeme turns 20 freaking years old today. This is our self-congratulatory post marking the occasion.
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| 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
More: Motley Fool and Globe and Mail
LinkedIn: Kennie M. and Garrick Keatts
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| Brian Kahn / Bloomberg: |
Lila Sciences, which uses AI to develop novel drugs and materials, raised $235M at a ~$1.23B valuation, after coming out of stealth in March with a $200M seed — Lila Sciences, which uses AI to develop novel drugs and materials, has received fresh funding led by Collective Global and Braidwell.| Ryan Woo / Reuters: |
China launches probes into alleged US discrimination against Chinese chip companies and suspected dumping of US analog chips used in devices like Wi-Fi routers — - China announces U.S. discrimination probe after U.S. added Chinese firms to chip curb list — China, U.S. due for new rounds of trade, economic talks on September 14Sponsor Posts
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