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Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
How OpenAI scrambled for compute as Stargate stalled amid SoftBank disagreements; sources say OpenAI building its own data centers is not its near-term priority  —  When President Donald Trump announced the $500 billion Stargate AI data center project in January 2025, the three companies charged …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning  —  Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Sam Altman says discussions about AI's energy usage are “unfair”, as it takes “20 years of life and all of the food you eat during that time” to train a human  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI's environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express.
Bijin Jose / The Indian Express:
Sam Altman says currently “the idea of putting data centers in space is ridiculous” and that it is “not something that's going to matter at scale this decade”
Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai:
Google Antigravity users say their paid Google AI accounts were banned after linking Gemini models via OpenClaw; Peter Steinberger says he may “remove support”  —  Google has restricted accounts of AI Ultra subscribers who accessed Gemini models through OpenClaw, a third-party OAuth client …
Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget:
Samsung plans to add Perplexity to Galaxy AI on the upcoming S26 series; users can launch the Perplexity agent by saying “Hey Plex” or with a physical button  —  The wakeup phrase will be, ‘Hey Plex.’  —  Samsung's next flagship devices will offer Perplexity as part of an expansion …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Tim Cook's increased mentions of Visual Intelligence hint it will be a major part of Apple's new wearables; sources say Apple considers a deep red iPhone 18 Pro  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook is signaling that Visual Intelligence will be the defining feature of the company's push into wearable AI devices.
Niamh Rowe / The Guardian:
US farmers are increasingly rejecting multimillion-dollar offers from data center developers; some estimate ~40K acres are needed globally for new AI projects  —  Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
How Buddy Rizer, an official in Virginia's Loudoun County, helped build the world's largest data center market, with ~200 buildings spanning ~49M square feet  —  Virginia's Loudoun County is a giant data-center market thanks in part to a radio DJ-turned county executive director for economic development
New York Times:
A look at Japan's Team Mirai, a party founded by software engineers that won 11 of 465 parliament seats by promising self-driving buses and high-tech jobs  —  With a ponytail, an indigo suit and a black T-shirt covered in lines of computer code, Takahiro Anno stands out in the button-down halls of Japan's government.
Aarian Marshall / Wired:
Documents submitted by Waymo and Tesla to the US government reveal new info about the remote assistance programs for their robotaxis, staffed by human operators  —  Self-driving vehicle companies are revealing new details about their safety-critical “remote assistance” programs—but questions remain.

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The firings of three Stars and Stripes journalists are on hold until September 4, when a judge set an injunction hearing to pause the firings during litigation

Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at Tom Rosenstiel's idea that journalists should “run toward” AI to improve journalism, using it to collect and analyze data, find false claims, and more

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
California lawmakers unveil a bill that changes state film and TV production tax credits to soften the impact of a new tax credit cap set on corporations

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Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios

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Garry Tan / Garry's List:
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