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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4, which excels at coding, and Claude Sonnet 4, both hybrid models with near-instant responses and extended thinking — Today, we're introducing the next generation of Claude models: Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting new standards for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents.
More: The Register, Anthropic on YouTube, BleepingComputer, Exponential View, Simon Willison's Weblog, PYMNTS.com, Decrypt, PCMag, Amazon Web Services, Maginative, About Amazon, MacRumors, TestingCatalog, The Decoder, iPhone in Canada, MarkTechPost, MacStories, Tom's Guide, Beebom, 9to5Mac, and ZDNET
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LinkedIn: Guillaume Princen, Colleen Jones, and Shu Wu
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/RooCode, and Slashdot
| Anthropic: |
Anthropic releases new API features for building agents: a code execution tool, MCP connector, Files API, and extended prompt caching, all in public beta — Today, we're announcing four new capabilities on the Anthropic API that enable developers to build more powerful AI agents …
More: PayPal Developer. X: @natolambert, @stevenheidel, @mikeknoop, @hive_echo, @codydearkland, @paypaldev, @alexalbert__, @zapier, and @anthropicai
| Kylie Robison / Wired: |
More: The Economic Times, The Information, and Bloomberg
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X: @kyliebytes and @petergyang
| Rhiannon Williams / MIT Technology Review: |
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| The Mozilla Blog: |
Mozilla plans to shut down Pocket, the read-it-later service it acquired in 2017, on July 8, and Fakespot, which helps identify unreliable reviews, on July 1 — Firefox is the only major browser not backed by a billionaire and our independence shapes everything we build.
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| Tech Policy Press: |
The US House passes the One Big Beautiful Bill, a budget bill that includes a rule banning states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years; bill heads to the Senate — The United States House of Representatives early Thursday narrowly passed a budget bill that, if enacted, would ban states …
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LinkedIn: Violet Sullivan and Justin Hendrix
| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
State lawmakers and AGs from both parties, Democrats, consumer advocates, and others oppose GOP's push to ban state AI regulations for the next 10 years — The Washington Post's essential guide to tech policy news — Send news tips and imaginary book titles to: will.oremus@washpost.com| Billy Perrigo / Time: |
Anthropic releases Opus 4 under stricter safety measures than any prior model after tests showed it could potentially aid novices in making biological weapons — Today's newest AI models might be capable of helping would-be terrorists create bioweapons or engineer a pandemic …
More: Anthropic, The Decoder, VentureBeat, and WinBuzzer
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X: @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, @sleepinyourhat, and @miles_brundage. LinkedIn: Jason Clinton. Forums: r/collapse
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic's System Card: Opus 4 often attempted to blackmail engineers by threatening to reveal sensitive personal info when it was threatened with replacement — Anthropic's newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace … | Sam Bowman / @sleepinyourhat: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple aims to release smart glasses at the end of 2026 as part of a push into AI devices, but has shelved plans for an Apple Watch with a camera — Apple Inc. is aiming to release smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets …
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Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.online. X: @benbajarin, @brandonbutch, @parkerortolani, @anshelsag, and @markgurman
Forums: Slashdot and MacRumors Forums
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI partners with G42 and others to build a 1-gigawatt AI data center in Abu Dhabi called Stargate UAE, its first large-scale project outside the US — Stargate UAE project is part of a push by the Gulf petrostate to become a big player in artificial intelligence
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LinkedIn: Kevin Weil and Mihika Shivkumar
| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Leaked recording: Sam Altman told his staff that OpenAI aims to ship 100M AI “companion” devices meant for everyday life, and to release the first by late 2026 — Idea is a 'chance to do the biggest thing we've ever done as a company here,' Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
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Bluesky: @hypervisible, @emmanewman, and @aaronrosspowell.com
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X: @scobleizer, @benbajarin, @bengeskin, @om, and @vnchocotaco
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The US DOJ charges 16 individuals allegedly linked to a Russia-based malware operation known as DanaBot that infected 300,000+ machines globally — A new US indictment against a group of Russian nationals offers a clear example of how, authorities say, a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.| Jody Godoy / Reuters: |
The US FTC drops a case that sought to block Microsoft's $69B purchase of Activision Blizzard, saying that pursuing the case was not in the public interest — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission dropped a case that sought to block Microsoft's (MSFT.O) $69-billion purchase of “Call of Duty” …
More: The Verge, Thurrott, Engadget, Push Square, Pure Xbox, Video Games Chronicle, and XboxEra
X: @bradsmi, @florian4gamers, @tomwarren, and @games_fray
| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
The US DOJ indicts a Russian national for allegedly leading the Qakbot malware operation that infected 700K+ computers and enabled ransomware attacks for years — The U.S. government has indicted Russian national Rustam Rafailevich Gallyamov, the leader of the Qakbot botnet malware operation …
More: US Department of Justice, The Register, Reuters, and The Record
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com and @selenalarson
| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
Docs: ODNI is developing a centralized portal to streamline the purchase of commercially available information, like location data, by US intelligence agencies — The ever-growing market for personal data has been a boon for American spy agencies. The U.S. intelligence community is now buying …
Bluesky: @evacide, @mikaelthalen, and @onekade. Mastodon: @Nonilex@masto.ai. X: @samfbiddle
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal: |
Kraken plans to offer tokenized versions of 50+ stocks and ETFs, including Apple and Tesla stocks, to customers in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia — The platform will offer overseas customers tokenized versions of more than 50 stocks and ETFs — Kraken, the cryptocurrency exchange …
More: Business Wire, Channel NewsAsia, Quartz, Crypto Briefing, CoinDesk, The Block, Cryptopolitan, Decrypt, PYMNTS.com, The Coin Republic, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, Blockchain.News, and 9to5Mac. LinkedIn: Amelia Daly
| New York Times: |
Sources: the US FTC is investigating whether Media Matters illegally colluded with advertisers; Elon Musk sued the advocacy group in 2023 — Elon Musk previously sued the advocacy group over critical research on his social media platform X over claims it drove away advertisers.
More: Reuters, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, New Republic, Deadline, and Mediaite
Bluesky: @kateconger.com, @rmac, @karlbode.com, and @kenvogel
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Disney sues YouTube, claiming breach of contract after YouTube hired longtime Disney executive Justin Connolly as its global head of media and sports — Disney responds with a complaint in California court claiming breach of contract — YouTube hired long-time Walt Disney Co … | Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Tinder CEO Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role; Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff will lead Tinder temporarily — Tinder Chief Executive Officer Faye Iosotaluno will step down in July after less than two years in the role, adding to a string …
More: TechCrunch, Reuters, New York Post, and Wall Street Journal
| David Heaney / UploadVR: |
Meta is testing turning images on some Instagram feeds into 3D photos on the Instagram app for Quest, as well as a new Horizon OS interface called Navigator — Meta is rolling out the Horizon OS interface overhaul to some Quest owners on the PTC, and will bring it to everyone “over the coming months”.
More: Meta, The Verge, Android Central, and MIXED Reality News
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| Reuters: |
Sources: OnlyFans owner Fenix is in talks to sell OnlyFans to an investor group led by Forest Road Company at an ~$8B valuation and is also considering an IPO — OnlyFans owner Fenix International Ltd is in talks to sell the porn-driven company to an investor group at a valuation of around $8 billion … | Josh Sisco / Bloomberg: |
Sources: the US DOJ recently told Google it is examining whether Google structured an agreement with Character.AI to avoid formal government merger scrutiny — Antitrust enforcers have recently told Google they're examining whether it structured an agreement with the company known as Character.AI …
More: PYMNTS.com, Proactive, Techstrong.ai, Reuters, Channel NewsAsia, TipRanks Financial, and Livemint. X: @joshuaogundu
| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and Google co-founder Sergey Brin on AI frontier models, scaling data centers, reasoning, DeepThink, AGI, and more — Google co-founder Brin says “anybody who's a computer scientist should not be retired right now. They should be working on AI."
More: Business Insider, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Tech in Asia, Axios, The Verge, TechRadar, Engadget, Android Headlines, and Adweek
X: @kantrowitz, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
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