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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic debuts Claude Sonnet 4.5, saying it is the world's best coding model, the strongest for building complex agents, and its “most aligned” frontier model — Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. It's the strongest model for building complex agents.
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X: @claudeai, @zoink, @emollick, @deanwball, @enoreyes, @benbajarin, @danshipper, @scaling01, @alexalbert__, @smokeawayyy, @koltregaskes, @natolambert, @scaling01, @_catwu, @andyschumeister, @avgrocketman, @logangraham, @tomwarren, @chasebrowe32432, @dmwlff, @katelyn_lesse, @amasad, @danshipper, @bishplsok, @simonw, @maxime_robeyns, @intuitmachine, @iannuttall, @windsurf, @himanshustwts, @russelljkaplan, @scaling01, @scottnover, @adarmouni, @haydenfield, @_sholtodouglas, @kevinroose, @petergostev, @minimaxir, @ericsimons, @aidan_mclau, @peterwildeford, @zephyr_z9, @nrehiew_, @github, @logangraham, @vasumanmoza, @chu_onthis, @alvinsng, @venturetwins, @deanwball, @steipete, @deredleritt3r, @thdxr, @yuchenj_uw, @petergyang, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @scaling01, @yuchenj_uw, @scaling01, @altryne, @bindureddy, @augmentcode, @trq212, @alexalbert__, @sammcallister, @claudeai, @mikeyk, @claudeai, and @claudeai
Bluesky: @cameron.pfiffer.org and @viticci.macstories.net
Threads: @notionhq, @boris_cherny, and @vishvanands
Forums: Hacker News, r/artificial, r/OpenAI, r/programare, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ClaudeAI, r/Anthropic, r/singularity, r/accelerate, and Lobsters
| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
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X: @zephyr_z9. Bluesky: @essaywells, @marcelorinesi, @bwnash, @aswineofculture, @cinematological.com, @jerbivore, @dlmanning, @jaql.net, @hwbrgdtse, and @edzitron.com. Threads: @vishvanands. Forums: Slashdot
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI rolls out Instant Checkout to let users make single-item purchases directly in ChatGPT, starting with US Etsy sellers, and plans to add Shopify merchants — Arrows pointing outwards — OpenAI on Monday announced Instant Checkout, a new feature that allows users to buy products through …
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X: @openai, @fidjissimo, @tobi, @patrickc, @eric_seufert, @nickaturley, @ccatalini, @linusekenstam, @lexnfx, @shopify, @collision, @antoniogm, @0xdesigner, @gdb, @lennysan, @jeff_weinstein, @altcap, @yacinemtb, @semianalysis_, @openai, and @pitdesi
LinkedIn: Lily Ray, Jason Goldberg, and Ashley Capoot
Bluesky: @cactrot, @mmatute, @redteamwrangler, @lorenzofb, and @michae.lv. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNET: |
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X: @openaidevs, @sarthakgh, @patrickc, @sarthakgh, @dwr, @jeff_weinstein, and @jeff_weinstein
| Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: YouTube will pay $24.5M to settle a 2021 Trump lawsuit over suspending his account after January 6, the last Big Tech company to settle his lawsuits — Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms
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Forums: r/law and r/politics
| Chase DiFeliciantonio / Politico: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs SB 53 into law; the first-in-the-nation AI safety law requires AI companies to disclose their safety testing regimes — “California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive.
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X: @collin_mccune, @cagovernor, @thomas_woodside, @thewendylee, @jackclarksf, @miles_brundage, @alexbores, @govpressoffice, @shiringhaffary, @jackclarksf, @govpressoffice, @sen_gounardes, @scott_wiener, @zachreports, @scott_r_singer, @tituswu100, @thomas_woodside, @ctatech, and @scott_wiener. Bluesky: @attorneynora. Forums: Slashdot
| Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI plans a stand-alone social app powered by Sora 2, featuring a TikTok-like vertical feed with entirely AI-generated videos — The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model. — OpenAI is preparing to launch …
More: Silicon Republic, Engadget, The Hans India, Gulf Times, WinBuzzer, Digit, TipRanks Financial, Gizmodo, and Techstrong.ai
X: @benjamindekr, @theahmadosman, @jakehandy, @ns123abc, and @bdsams
Bluesky: @seosavvyagent.com, @sarronco, @markriedl, @brbarrett, @davelee.me, and @zoeschiffer. Threads: @chris. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/accelerate, r/artificial, r/technology, and r/technews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI told studios that it plans to release a new version of Sora that creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out — Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week — OpenAI is planning to release a new version …
More: Reuters, TVNewsCheck, and Times Now
X: @rahll, @ednewtonrex, @andrewcurran_, and @benfritz
Bluesky: @jeffhorwitz, @carnage4life, @wxandpi, @bwnash, @prietschka, @gordonmoat, @lauridonahue, @mcoley, and @chancethelawyer. Forums: r/singularity
| Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: |
Open-source Android app store F-Droid says Google's new requirement for all Android developers to verify their identity threatens to kill alternative app stores — Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks …
More: F-Droid, Android Authority, The Register, HotHardware, heise online News, Android Police, Notebookcheck, Phandroid, and Ghacks
Mastodon: @flowinho@chaos.social. Forums: Hacker News, r/BuyFromEU, r/GrapheneOS, r/Android, r/Android, r/fossdroid, r/degoogle, r/androiddev, Lobsters, and Ars OpenForum
| Financial Times: |
How Jared Kushner and Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban brokered the EA takeover using Kushner's deep Saudi Arabia ties; sources: Kushner's firm will own ~5% of EA — Trump's son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout — Antoine Gara, James Fontanella-Khan … | Bloomberg: |
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| Anbarasan Ethirajan / BBC: |
NetBlocks: Afghanistan is experiencing a “total internet blackout” as the Taliban imposes a telecom shutdown; an official says it will last until further notice — Anbarasan Ethirajan, Global Affairs Reporter and — The Taliban government in Afghanistan has imposed …
More: The National, CBS News, Associated Press, The Indian Express, and Reuters
| CNBC: |
A US judge sentences Frank founder Charlie Javice to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase by overstating how many customers the fintech company had — Charlie Javice, founder of a startup acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021 for $175 million, was sentenced to just more than seven years …
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Forums: r/law and r/business
| Financial Times: |
Jaguar Land Rover secures £2B from banks as “a liquidity backstop”, on top of a £1.5B UK government loan, and aims to resume manufacturing after its huge hack — UK carmaker plans to resume manufacturing this week following month-long shutdown
More: Times Now, BBC, and The Guardian
| Ana Ionova / New York Times: |
How Brazil's Pix digital payment system, adopted by 80%+ of citizens, became a target of the Trump administration, which says it unfairly undercuts US companies — Brazil's fast and free homegrown digital payment system, PIX, has become wildly popular. The Trump administration says it unfairly undercuts U.S. companies.
More: Business Today and The Week
| The Information: |
OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors suggest it generated ~$4.3B in H1 2025 revenue, 16% more than all of 2024, and burned $2.5B, largely due to R&D — OpenAI generated around $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of 2025, about 16% more than it generated all of last year, according to financial disclosures to shareholders.| Bloomberg: |
Education software maker Anthology files for bankruptcy, listing $1B to $10B in both assets and liabilities after its Blackboard merger debt became unmanageable — Anthology Inc., the Veritas Capital-backed education-software provider, sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Microsoft is unifying its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization led by Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, reversing a 2018 split — The unified team is meant to support Microsoft's work on top priorities like AI. … Windows is coming back together.| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
Leaked document: a “widespread cybersecurity incident” at FEMA allowed hackers to steal employee data from both FEMA and US CBP through a Citrix vulnerability — A “widespread cybersecurity incident” at the Federal Emergency Management Agency allowed hackers to make off … | Andre Revilla / Engadget: |
Meta expands its facial recognition tools to combat Facebook accounts impersonating public figures in Europe and South Korea, and plans an Instagram expansion — The technology is being used in part to identify scammers posing as public figures. — Meta is expanding its use of facial recognition …
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