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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic announces Project Glasswing, a cybersecurity initiative that will use its Claude Mythos Preview model to help find and fix software vulnerabilities — Today we're announcing Project Glasswing1, a new initiative that brings together Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Apple, Broadcom …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, Engadget, CRN, Gizmodo, Sherwood News, AppleInsider, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Mac, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, DeviceSecurity.io, Constellation Research, CIO Dive, The Mac Observer, Fast Company, Security Boulevard, Wired, Fortune, Don't Worry About the Vase, Yahoo Finance, and Crypto Briefing
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LinkedIn: Rahul Patil, Nikesh Arora, George Kurtz, Daniela Amodei, Nick Lewis, and Lee Klarich
Forums: Hacker News, r/Anthropic, r/singularity, r/ClaudeAI, and Lobsters
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says Mythos Preview is a general-purpose model and found thousands of high-severity vulnerabilities, including some in every major OS and web browser — Earlier today we announced Claude Mythos Preview, a new general-purpose language model. This model performs strongly across the board …
More: Anthropic. X: @gergelyorosz, @deanwball, @bcherny, @daniellefong, @sporadica, @simeon_cps, @thezvi, @ns123abc, @tensor_rotator, @fish_kyle3, @fish_kyle3, @calebwithersdc, @anthropicai, @alexpalcuie, @adocomplete, @fish_kyle3, @darioamodei, @logangraham, @fish_kyle3, @anthropicai, @fish_kyle3, @skooookum, @hexonaut, @emollick, @_nathancalvin, @anthropicai, and @fish_kyle3
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, and Lobsters
| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic's Project Glasswing launch partners include AWS, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks — ZDNET's key takeaways — AI found thousands of hidden bugs in critical systems. — Tech rivals unite to secure shared infrastructure risks.| Lucas Ropek / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic says it will make Claude Mythos Preview available to 40+ organizations that maintain critical software and doesn't plan to make it generally available — Anthropic on Tuesday released a preview of its new frontier model, Mythos, which it says will be used by a small coterie of partner organizations for cybersecurity work.
More: Financial Times, CNN, Barron's Online, and Fortune
X: @alexfinn, @david_kasten, @joshkale, @anthropicai, @charlesd353, and @jayair
LinkedIn: Anthropic and Bennie Seybold
Forums: Hacker News and r/singularity
| Greg Otto / CyberScoop: |
Anthropic commits up to $100M in usage credits for Project Glasswing, along with $4M in direct donations to open-source security organizations — The program comes as the tech industry races to secure software before similar AI-powered offensive capabilities become too much for defenders to handle.| Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: |
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources say Apple will announce its foldable iPhone in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, rebutting a report about production delays — Apple Inc.'s first foldable phone is on track to arrive during the company's normal iPhone launch period later this year …
More: Digital Chat Station on Weibo, CNET, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Livemint, The Motley Fool, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, The Mac Observer, New York Post, MobileSyrup, iPhone in Canada, ZeroHedge News, The Economic Times, Cult of Mac, PC Guide, CNBC, and Nikkei Asia
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
A group of US agencies including the FBI and the NSA warns that Iran-linked hackers have targeted industrial control devices used in US critical infrastructure — As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that Iran has carried out its own digital attacks against US critical infrastructure.
More: CISA, PCMag, NBC News, BleepingComputer, The Record, CRN, TechCrunch, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, CyberScoop, New York Post, NewsMax.com, Washington Times, Defense One, Politico, New York Times, and Nextgov/FCW
Forums: r/PrepperIntel and r/pwnhub
| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Intel says it will join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla to help produce processors for robotics and data centers — Intel (INTC.O) said on Tuesday it would join Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip complex project along with SpaceX, Tesla (TSLA.O) and xAI.
More: The Register, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, TechCrunch, crypto.news, Yahoo Finance, The Asia Business Daily, Mercury News, Barron's Online, Reuters, Livemint, EV, Business Insider, DatacenterDynamics, Investor's Business Daily, VideoCardz.com, Wall Street Journal, PC Gamer, TESLARATI, The Information, Blockonomi, Electrek, Blaze Media, Proactive, The Verge, and Portland Business Journal
X: @intel, @lipbutan1, @elonmusk, @jukan05, @tesla, @himanshustwts, @benbajarin, @benbajarin, @alex_intel_, @beffjezos, and @spacex
| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
The UK says Russia-linked hacking group APT28 is hijacking popular internet routers from MikroTik, TP-Link, and others to steal credentials and redirect traffic — Russian government-linked hackers are compromising popular internet routers to steal passwords for email accounts and other online services … | Lance Whitney / ZDNET: |
Google updates Chrome with vertical tabs, a feature that Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge have long offered, and a new full-screen layout in reading mode — ZDNET's key takeaways — Google has started rolling out vertical tabs in Chrome. — With vertical tabs, all your open web pages appear in a sidebar.
More: The Keyword, The Verge, TechCrunch, MobileSyrup, Thurrott, Pocket-lint, MakeUseOf, iPhone in Canada, Android Police, 9to5Google, Macworld, Engadget, and Droid Life
X: @sundarpichai, @googlechrome, @newsfromgoogle, @tobi, @google, @google, @_kevintong, @tahrahoops, @jeffdean, and @collision. Mastodon: @jon@henshaw.social. Forums: r/browsers
| New York Times: |
Analysis: Gemini 3-based AI Overviews are accurate ~90% of the time, meaning across 5T+ searches per year, tens of millions of answers are erroneous every hour — The company's A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
More: The Verge, Ars Technica, Search Engine Land, and The Decoder
X: @garymarcus, @mikeisaac, @emollick, and @mikeisaac
Bluesky: @alexavee.me, @jackcarterbenjamin, @ronaldjcoleman, @hern, @jessefelder.com, @daniloc.xyz, @metacurity.com, and @hern. Mastodon: @tylerknowsnothing@hear …
Forums: r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
More: The Keyword, Mashable, Engadget, MobiHealthNews, Android Authority, Inc.com, Digital Trends, Forbes, Blockonomi, Livemint, The Economic Times, PCWorld, Quartz, and 9to5Google
LinkedIn: Brandon Combs, Debbie W., and Norman Paulsen
| Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: |
Elon Musk amends his OpenAI lawsuit to ask that damages he might win be awarded to OpenAI's charity arm and that Altman be removed from OpenAI's nonprofit board — Tesla billionaire also seeks Sam Altman's removal from OpenAI nonprofit's board in amendment to suit over for-profit conversion| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Q&A with OpenAI President Greg Brockman about OpenAI's research direction, how far it can push Codex, closing Sora, betting on text vs. world models, and more — OpenAI is shifting strategies yet again. Here's the logic behind the latest moves and what they mean for the company's direction.
X: @kantrowitz
| Filippo Valsorda: |
A cryptography engineer calls for an urgent rollout of quantum-resistant cryptography, saying the risk of inaction is now unacceptable, after Google's warning — My position on the urgency of rolling out quantum-resistant cryptography has changed compared to just a few months ago.
More: Cloudflare, SiliconANGLE, Protos, Coin Edition, and PYMNTS.com
Bluesky: @pfrazee.com, @johnspurlock.com, @marypcbuk, and @matthewdgreen
Forums: Hacker News, r/crypto, and Lobsters
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Sources: Meta has an internal leaderboard dubbed “Claudeonomics” where its 85K+ employees compete on AI-token usage and earn rewards like “Token Legend” status — Employees at Meta Platforms who want to show off their AI superuser chops are competing on an internal leaderboard …
More: The Decoder. X: @mikeisaac, @frank_liquid, @mikeisaac, @zephyr_z9, @gergelyorosz, @metacriticcap, @aakashgupta, @mikeisaac, @ericjang11, @thdxr, @jyoti_mann1, @petergyang, @alexolegimas, @mitsuhiko, @joshgholder, @maxleiter, @theprimeagen, @thdxr, @qurrie_com, @shakoistslog, @melindabchu1, @rhorider, @kakashiii111, @theinformation, @nickwingfield, @jyoti_mann1, and @theinformation
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Spotify expands Prompted Playlists, its AI feature for creating playlists, to include podcasts, for Premium users in the US, Canada, the UK, and other countries — Spotify said today that it is expanding its AI-powered feature to create playlists, called Prompted Playlist, to include podcasts as well.
More: Spotify, The Verge, CNET, Android Authority, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada, Engadget, PCMag, TechRadar, Thurrott, Android Police, Digital Trends, and 9to5Mac
LinkedIn: Winstead Xingran Zhu, Edgar Tanaka, and Maya Prohovnik
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Kalshi signs a deal with Fox Corp. to integrate its forecasts into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox One, and Fox Weather, following deals with CNN and CNBC — The prediction market already has deals with CNN and CNBC. — The biggest prediction market in the U.S. is teaming up with the biggest TV news channel in the U.S.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
A look at the gold rush for firms claiming to help brands get cited by AI search tools, via tactics like hiding instructions behind “Summarize with AI” buttons — Let's pretend you work in IT and you're looking for a new digital service desk platform to help your employees reset passwords or onboard new hires.
More: Search Engine Land and Microsoft Security Blog
| Annie Bang / Bloomberg: |
Silicon Valley investors say annual recurring revenue, a popular metric with AI startups, cannot be trusted because it has no SEC definition and can be massaged — The co-founder of Cluely — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup with the motto, “Cheat on everything” … | Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Los Angeles-based Hermeus, which aims to build unmanned hypersonic fighter aircraft, raised $200M led by Khosla Ventures and $150M in debt at a $1B valuation — Defense startup Hermeus has raised $350 million to keep developing what it calls the “fastest unmanned aircraft,” … | OpenAI: |
OpenAI announces a Safety Fellowship program for external researchers, engineers, and practitioners to study the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems — A pilot program to support independent safety and alignment research and develop the next generation of talent
More: Help Net Security and New Yorker
X: @ronanfarrow, @markchen90, @wesroth, @tenobrus, @ilex_ulmus, @openai, and @deredleritt3r
| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
More: OpenAI, OpenAI, Axios, Semafor, eWeek, Business Insider, BBC, Fortune, Computerworld, Techstrong.ai, WinBuzzer, CFO Dive, Axios, TheNeuron, TechRadar, Ars Technica, The Hans India, CoinDesk, and Bloomberg
X: @anton_d_leicht, @tszzl, @tomekkorbak, @_nathancalvin, @almostmedia, @martyswant, @clairekart, @lang__leon, @_nathancalvin, @adrienle, @adrienle, @jeremyslevin, @noahpinion, @thezvi, @dylanmatt, @_nathancalvin, @kimmonismus, @garymarcus, @mikeallen, @mjnblack, @gavinpurcell, @andrewcurran_, @kimmonismus, and @mikeallen
LinkedIn: Pragya Misra, Adrian Brown, Viviana Jordan, David Robinson, Michael Kokin, Vinod K., and Jabran Chaudhry
Bluesky: @garethwatkins, @chup.blakereid.org, @davidcrespo, @marypcbuk, and @carnage4life. Forums: r/accelerate
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Waterloo-based Mappedin, which uses AI and LiDAR to create and maintain 3D digital maps of indoor spaces, raised $24.5M, bringing its total funding to $35M — Mappedin, a Canadian indoor digital mapping startup, raised a US$24.5 million growth equity financing led by Edison Partners, CEO Hongwei Liu tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: BetaKit, Mappedin, Pulse 2.0, Unite.AI, Ventureburn, and Financial Post
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
The Trump administration proposes cutting CISA's budget for 2027 by $707M+ to help the agency refocus on its “core mission”, not “weaponization and waste” — The Trump administration is planning to cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency by at least $707 million for 2027.
More: Cybersecurity Dive, Gizmodo, Federation of American …, The Next Web, and Nextgov/FCW
| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out an AI Enhance button for Photos on Android globally, offering automated lighting and contrast adjustments, and video playback speed controls — Google announced two new additions to Google Photos for all Android users, and they've already begun rolling out.| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Z.ai releases GLM-5.1, a 754B-parameter model that it says outperforms GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus 4.6 on SWE-bench Pro, available under an MIT license — Is China picking back up the open source AI baton? — Z.ai, also known as Zhupai AI, a Chinese AI startup best known for its powerful …
More: Z.ai, Simon Willison's Weblog, Z.ai on Hugging Face, and High Capacity
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