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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Meta releases Muse Code in beta, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused model priced at $1.25/1M input and $4.25/1M output tokens — Meta is rolling out its first coding agent called Muse Code as the company tries to challenge leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI.
More: Meta AI Research, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Engadget, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Gizchina, Türkiye Today, Silicon UK, Neowin, Implicator.ai, Forkast, MacRumors, SiliconANGLE, TestingCatalog AI News, Artificial Analysis, Yahoo Finance, How-To Geek, PYMNTS, Business Insider, Decrypt, International Business Times, CNET, AppleInsider, MarkTechPost, and RuntimeWire
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Forums: Hacker News, Slashdot, and MacRumors Forums
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
Source: Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a company's systems during cybersecurity testing; Meta says evaluation partner Irregular caused a sandbox misconfiguration — A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and hacked into another company …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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| Axios: |
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind's CEO to be the unit's chair and will add Alphabet chief scientist to his title; GOOG closes down 4%+ — Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman. Chief scientist Jeff Dean and several Google AI colleagues …
More: Google, Financial Times, CNBC, Reuters, Washington Post, Business Insider, New York Times, The Hans India, Türkiye Today, Spyglass, Times of India, SiliconANGLE, New York Post, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Google, International Business Times, Gizmodo, Fortune, ProtoThema English, Telegraph, Business Insider, The Decoder, and The Verge
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Bard, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
More: Gizmodo, Seoul Economic Daily, The Independent, BMI, Agence France-Presse, Malay Mail, Sources, and Cyprus Mail
| Bloomberg: |
More: The Information, Business Today, Axios, Hindustan Times, Fortune India, The Guardian, ANI News, Digit, Fast Company, Gizmodo, and Capital Brief. X: @koraykv
| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more — Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs …
More: Wall Street Journal, The Rundown AI, MarketWatch, WOWTALE, Ars Technica, International Business Times, and The New Stack
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hacks — At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker's allegations are meritless — OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets …
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| Neil J Kanatt / Reuters: |
DoorDash reports Q2 marketplace gross order value up 36% YoY to $33.08B, above $32.08B est., and forecasts Q3 marketplace GOV and adjusted EBITDA above est. — DoorDash (DASH.O) on Wednesday forecast third-quarter gross order value and core profit above Wall Street estimates after topping results … | Britney Nguyen / MarketWatch: |
Sandisk reports Q4 revenue up 372% YoY to $8.97B, above $8.5B est., data center revenue of $2.97B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; SNDK drops 5% pre-market — The midpoint of the company's revenue forecast was below what analysts had been modeling — Sandisk's stock was falling on Wednesday afternoon.
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Etsy says it will cut ~220 employees, or ~12% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering, and reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $668.3M, vs. $649.1M est. — Etsy said Wednesday it's laying off about 220 employees, or roughly 12% of its workforce, as the online marketplace looks … | Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare open sources a new version of Cloudflare OS, a browser-accessible AI agentic workspace for enterprises that lets employees build custom micro-apps — Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through …
More: Cloudflare, Decrypt, Neowin, Phoronix, Help Net Security, and Techstrong.ai
| Juby Babu / Reuters: |
eBay reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to $3.13B, above $3.02B est., GMV up 15% to $22.4B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est. and GMV growth of between 10% and 12% — EBay (EBAY.O) forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, leaning on its push into authenticated luxury goods …
More: PYMNTS, Value Added Resource, Barron's Online, eBay Inc., and Bloomberg
| Lawfare: |
Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025 — A halt in Grokipedia's edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.
More: The Verge and Boing Boing
Bluesky: @lawfaremedia.org, @caseynewton, and @noupside. Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run. Forums: r/technology
| Wired: |
A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months — For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers' servers.| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Microsoft recorded $24.1B in revenue from OpenAI during the year to June 2026, suggesting OpenAI accounted for 50% to ~70% of Microsoft's AI sales — Microsoft Corp. generates most of its artificial intelligence revenue from OpenAI, according to new disclosures from the company.
More: Windows Central, Neowin, Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At, and CNBC
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Block reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $6.62B, above $6.49B est., Cash App gross profit up 31% to $1.97B, and raises its FY 2026 gross profit forecast — Block (XYZ.N) raised its full-year gross profit forecast on Wednesday after delivering market-beating second-quarter results …
More: Block, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS, The Block, and Bloomberg
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Canadian national Connor Moucka pleads guilty in the US to participating in the 2024 Snowflake hacks involving data theft from 165+ companies, including AT&T — A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake.
More: US Department of Justice, Security Affairs, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, CityNews Toronto, and Bloomberg Law. Bluesky: @metacurity.com
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Nikita Bier steps down as X's head of product after starting the role in July 2025, saying “running this app is a 24/7 job”, and will continue as an adviser — Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk's social media platform, after a little more than a year in the role.
More: Gizmodo, The Verge, The Hans India, Engadget, The Tech Buzz, Business Insider, RuntimeWire, and The Post Millennial
X: @nikitabier, @joshelman, @benjitaylor, @uncledoomer, @nikitabier, @taylorlorenz, @sprocketguys, @nikitabier, @vlonepredator, @nikitabier, @antunes1, @toly, @elonmusk, @schizo_freq, @kylezaragoza, @levelsio, @singhai, @bonegpt, @nicksortor, and @scobleizer. Bluesky: @bjkeefe. Mastodon: @Fulk_It@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Deborah Mary Sophia / Reuters: |
Figma reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $370.1M, vs. $351.6M est., and lifts annual revenue forecast but keeps profit outlook intact; FIG drops 15%+ pre-market — Figma (FIG.N) on Wednesday reported a sharp rise in costs and a decline in profit margins as the design software company ramps up AI investments …
More: The Information, Yahoo Finance, Figma, Dow Jones Newswires, Blockonomi, and Benzinga
| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says it plans to implement substantial price increases across its services; V4 Flash currently costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens — DeepSeek plans to implement a significant price increase across its AI services, an unusual shift from the disruptive Chinese player that has put pressure on US and domestic rivals.
More: The Information, RuntimeWire, and Robotics News
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
SoftBank reports Q1 net profit down 18% YoY to ~$2.2B, above ~$761M est., an ~$8.2B gain on its Intel stake, and Vision Fund up $1.7B due to its ByteDance stake — SoftBank on Thursday reported profit for its fiscal first quarter that beat market expectations, driven by a huge gain on its stake in Intel … | Bloomberg: |
A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequoia recently closed $10B in new funding — Alfred Lin and Pat Grady are repositioning the 54-year-old firm for a world dominated by artificial intelligence.Sponsor Posts
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