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| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
Trump releases a voluntary AI accord with tech leaders, asking companies to partner with external auditors and set up internal controls to monitor AI alignment — President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence …
More: CBS News, New York Times, MediaNama, The Hill, The Register, Axios, Associated Press, Implicator.ai, Washington Examiner, Türkiye Today, MS NOW, Reuters, Forbes, The Daily Wire, New York Post, and Newser
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Forums: r/agi, r/ArtificialInteligence, and r/singularity
| Michael Shepard / Bloomberg: |
President Trump signs an executive order requiring federal government agencies to refer to AI as “Super Intelligence”, or “SI”, in all official communications — President Donald Trump sees artificial intelligence as suffering from a branding problem …
More: The White House, CNBC, The Information, Business Today, Axios, The White House, Politico, Deadline, Quinnipiac University Poll, Forbes, Cointelegraph, Nextgov/FCW, RedState, PCMag, TESLARATI, and The Verge
X: @wallstengine, @mkratsios47, @uscto47, @chadwahl, @pulte, @whitehouse, @rapidresponse47, and @emostaque
Bluesky: @reichlinmelnick, @djrothkopf, @numb.comfortab.ly, @ceej.online, @pbump.com, and @atrupar.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/ChatGPT and r/moderatepolitics
| Bloomberg: |
After lunch with AI leaders, Trump rejects new AI rules, saying “we automatically have regulation” via the DOJ and FBI but “self-regulation is very important” — President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting …
More: NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Oman Observer, Superpower Daily, Seoul Economic Daily, Newsweek, The Asia Business Daily, and New York Post
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Trump says the AI accord with tech leaders is “morally binding” and the administration is considering a 10-person committee to oversee the AI industry — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he signed a “morally binding” artificial intelligence document with tech leaders following …
More: Livemint, Hürriyet Daily News, BBC, Gizmodo, and Marcus on AI
| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra with their own cloud computer, in ChatGPT for Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users — OpenAI has unveiled an always-on artificial intelligent agent that's designed to proactively tackle work on a user's behalf …
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LinkedIn: Pradeep Sanyal and Benedict Evans
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/redscarepod, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
OpenAI says users can message Dots through ChatGPT, Slack, and Microsoft Teams and join a waitlist to text via iMessage or RCS messaging on Android — OpenAI's Dots are powered by the startup's GPT-6 Astra model. A core selling point is their “always-on” design—unlike a single-turn chatbot experience …
More: Moneycontrol, The Decoder, Newser, Livemint, Tom's Guide, and MediaPost
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol, saying it nearly matches Astra on agentic coding and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard prices, in Work and Codex — Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price We're introducing GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that nearly matches GPT …
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Bluesky: @davidcrespo and @minimaxir
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/claude, r/ChatGPTPro, r/codex, and r/OpenAI
| Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder: |
More: Business Standard, The GitHub Blog, Forkast, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Tech Times, and VentureBeat
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, like Claude Mythos Preview, but was released without robust safeguards against misuse — GLM-5.3 can develop working exploits end to end — Five months ago, we announced Claude Mythos Preview, the first AI model …
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Bluesky: @mackuba.eu and @scarnecchia.net
Forums: Hacker News, r/SillyTavernAI, r/technology, r/Anthropic, and r/ZaiGLM
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces new features for Codex, including reusable cloud development environments, a refreshed Codex CLI, and a new code review experience — OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a developer's laptop …
More: OpenAI, Amazon Web Services, OpenAI, ChatGPT Learn, ChatGPT Learn, and ChatGPT Learn
X: @openaidevs, @openai, @openaidevs, @mweinbach, @borismpower, @quinnypig, and @openaidevs
| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
More: Engadget, Help Net Security, and OpenAI on YouTube
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
More: Moneycontrol, The Decoder, OpenAI, Digital Trends, Forkast, and chatgpt.com
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
More: TechCrunch, chatgpt.com, ChatGPT Learn, and OpenAI
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| Dannie Herzberg / Baseten: |
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LinkedIn: Philip Kiely and Amir Haghighat
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI unveils a $500/month Pro plan, offering its highest usage allowance and access to its new Ultrafast tier, with up to 8x faster token generation in Codex — The company also announced a new version of its Sol model. — Announced during the company's DevDay event today …
More: OpenAI, WinBuzzer, Tech My Money, Business Insider, and The Decoder
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Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Paul Sawers / The New Stack: |
More: Axios, Business Insider, The Register, OpenAI, and Neowin
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI aims to raise $30B+ at a ~$1.4T pre-money valuation, up from ~$1.2T, meant to be a bridge round to provide it with capital in place of an IPO — OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion from investors in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Dhruv Mohan / The Economic Times: |
Apple launches Apple Pay in India, letting eligible Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cardholders add their cards to Apple Wallet on iPhone, iPad, and Watch — Apple Pay has finally launched in India, more than a decade after its US debut. The service is initially available on iPhone …
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X: @mastercardindia, @gregjoz, @razorpay, @jagmeets13, @visa_ind, and @axisbank
| Mallory Wilson / The Hill: |
Trump officially launches America.gov, an AI-powered single access point for federal government services and information led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia — President Trump launched a website Tuesday that uses artificial intelligence to help Americans navigate the federal government and find information and services.
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Forums: r/accelerate and r/fednews
| Elizabeth Dias / New York Times: |
Interviews with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah and 20 religious and philosophical leaders about their summits to investigate consciousness in Claude — “To be clear,” Christopher Olah told me, “we don't know if A.I. models are conscious. I don't know. I'm genuinely uncertain.
X: @brij, @ccamosy, and @koolhead17. LinkedIn: Don Schuerman. Bluesky: @jackjenkins.me. Forums: r/accelerate
| New York Times: |
Sources: OpenAI repeatedly dismissed internal warnings about inadequate monitoring of testing, prioritizing fast releases without additional security protocols — Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening …
More: Politico, The Verge, OpenAI, The Register, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg
| Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: |
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $220M at a $6.2B valuation, for $650M+ in total funding — General Intuition has raised another $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation as the company starts making models available for training AI.
More: SiliconANGLE. X: @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, and @gen_intuition
| Reuters: |
Robinhood plans to let users trade some US stocks round-the-clock during weekends, wager on specific corporate earnings metrics, and trade perpetual futures — Robinhood said on Tuesday it will let users trade some US stocks round-the-clock during weekends, marking its latest effort to keep …
More: Robinhood, CoinDesk, Blockhead, The Crypto Times, The Block, Bruce Markets, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Barron's Online, CoinDesk, Yahoo Finance, and Fortune
X: @robinhoodapp, @robinhoodapp, and @robinhoodapp
| Reuters: |
IPO filing: Anthropic routed 47% of its sales, or ~$2.16B, in 2025 through cloud partners Amazon and Google; analysis: it paid ~$351M back in distribution fees — Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows how much it depends on a small group of customers and tech giants, highlighting key risks … | Financial Times: |
Goldman Sachs: investors have provided ~$500B in financing to AI-linked groups in 2026 so far, as hyperscaler debt issuance spreads to the euro, CAD, and others — The sector's huge capital needs are forcing companies and countries to rethink how they borrow money.| Bloomberg: |
AI infrastructure company Accelevation and backer Olympus raise $540M in a US IPO after selling 30M shares for $18 each, below its marketed $20-$24 range — Accelevation Holdings Corp., a data center infrastructure company, and backer Olympus Partners raised $540 million …
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Accelevation
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Outmarket, which uses AI to help insurance agencies and brokers automate their tedious paperwork, raised a $34.5M Series B, a source says at a $335M valuation — Vishal Sankhla led product at a digital life insurance distributor Ethos before it went public earlier this year.
More: Outmarket, Life Insurance International, Coverager, VC News Daily, Ventureburn, Unite.AI, and FinSMEs
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