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October 5, 2025, 2:05 AM
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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
Huawei's Zurich Lab unveils SINQ, an open-source quantization method that it claims can reduce LLM memory use by 60-70% without significant quality loss  —  - Dual-Axis Scaling: Instead of using a single scale factor for quantizing a matrix, SINQ uses separate scaling vectors for rows and columns.
Financial Times:
A draft proposal outlines the European Commission's “Apply AI strategy”, which is set to be presented on October 7 and aims to “strengthen EU AI sovereignty”  —  Brussels to unveil plan targeting digital sovereignty as it warns technology can be ‘weaponised’ by geopolitical rivals
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive have yet to solve key technical and software issues that could delay the company's palm-sized device, slated for release in 2026  —  ChatGPT maker is working with former Apple design boss to launch a palm-sized personal assistant next year
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg:
PitchBook: VCs have invested $192.7B in AI startups so far this year, putting 2025 on track to be the first year when 50%+ of VC funding goes to the AI industry  —  Venture capitalists poured $192.7 billion into AI startups so far this year — setting new global records and putting 2025 …
@openai:
OpenAI updates GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in distress; ChatGPT will route such sensitive parts of conversations to the model  —  We're updating GPT-5 Instant to better recognize and support people in moments of distress. Sensitive parts of conversations will now route to GPT-5 Instant to quickly provide even more helpful responses. ChatGPT will continue to tell users what model is active when asked.
Nic Carter / Murmurations II:
A look at challenges facing Tether and Circle's stablecoin duopoly, such as intermediaries like exchanges and DeFi protocols exploring their own stablecoins  —  Circle equity is worth $30.5b.  Tether's topco is reportedly raising capital at $500b.  Together, the two stablecoins boast $245b in supply …
John Burn-Murdoch / Financial Times:
GWI: Time spent on social media globally peaked in 2022 and is steadily declining; North America is the exception, with usage up 15% in 2024 compared to Europe  —  As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away  —  In years to come, we may well look back on September 2025 …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
Since Dec. 2024, Anker has offered cash and other incentives to Eufy security camera users for donating footage, including of thefts, to train its AI systems  —  Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange for videos of package and car thefts.

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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at ABC News' 24-hour Fourth of July programming marathon for the US' 250th anniversary, which it calls “the longest commercial broadcast in history”

Peter Walker / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she and her department will stop using X because the site favors “abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”

Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing

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Apple's removal of ICEBlock raises questions about the limits of what the company will resist under the Trump administration's increasingly outrageous demands
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