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At an expo in Beijing, Jensen Huang hails AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Tencent as “world class” and says AI is “revolutionizing” supply chains — Nvidia (NVDA.O) CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence models from Chinese firms Deepseek, Alibaba … | Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
In Beijing, Jensen Huang says Nvidia would “accelerate the recovery” of its China chip sales and he expects US export licences “to come through very shortly” — Jensen Huang tells Beijing press conference it takes nine months to restart supply chain
More: Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg Law, Al Jazeera, and Reuters
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Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's “personal super intelligence” push, how large pay packages pale in comparison to AI infra investments, AI glasses, and more — The Information's TITV is first in tech news and analysis from the people that break and shape the story.
More: 404 Media, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Decoder, implicator.ai, Status, WinBuzzer, Gizmodo, The Information, Newser, Windows Central, The Information, and Futurism
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Threads: @sung.kim.mw, @sung.kim.mw, @sdusteric, and @ai._.penguin
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| Kylie Robison / Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI researcher Jason Wei, who worked on o3 and deep research models, and his colleague Hyung Won Chung are joining Meta's new superintelligence lab — Jason Wei, who worked on OpenAI's o3 and deep research models, will be joining Meta's superintelligence lab.
More: The Decoder, Tech Times, WinBuzzer, and Benzinga
Bluesky: @kylierobison.com. X: @gergelyorosz, @devahaz, @garymarcus, @0xkrma, @swyx, and @iscienceluvr
| Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Google says its Big Sleep AI agent for finding unknown software vulnerabilities recently discovered a critical SQLite flaw that “was at risk of being exploited” — Google said a large language model it developed to find vulnerabilities recently discovered a bug that hackers were preparing to use.
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X: @royalhansen, @vladhiewsha, @lukolejnik, @sundarpichai, and @kent_walker. LinkedIn: Sundar Pichai
| Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: |
In a paper, AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and others recommend further research into chain-of-thought monitorability for AI safety — AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and a broad coalition of companies and nonprofit groups …
More: Tomek Korbak, VentureBeat, The Indian Express, Digit, Nikita Ostrovsky, Digit, and implicator.ai
| Meaghan Tobin / New York Times: |
China, which pledged $8.5B for young AI startups in April, is taking an industrial policy approach to help its AI companies close the gap with those in the US — Beijing is taking an industrial policy approach to help its A.I. companies close the gap with those in the United States.
Bluesky: @justinhendrix
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The DOJ says ex-Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking over 10 telcos and to extortion; in February, he admitted hacking AT&T and Verizon — Former U.S. Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking telecommunication companies and attempting to extort …
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| Reuters: |
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised a $2B seed led by a16z at a $12B valuation; Nvidia, Accel, ServiceNow, Cisco, AMD, and Jane Street also invested — Thinking Machines Lab, the artificial intelligence startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, said on Tuesday it has raised …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
ASML reports Q2 net sales of €7.7B, net income of €2.29B, and net bookings of €5.5B, above €4.19B est., as tariffs have a “less negative” impact than expected — ASML on Wednesday warned of the possibility of no growth in 2026, even as it beat top and bottom line expectations for the second quarter.
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| Erin Doherty / CNBC: |
Several crypto regulation bills backed by Trump fail to clear a key hurdle in the US House after 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to block the legislation — Several cryptocurrency regulation bills backed by President Donald Trump on Tuesday failed to clear a key procedural hurdle …
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| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Roblox launches a licensing platform to help IP rights holders collaborate with creators, with Lionsgate, Netflix, Sega, and Kodansha as founding partners — Roblox is launching a new licensing platform to streamline the process for IP rights holders to partner with creators on the gaming platform.
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| Calvin French-Owen: |
A former OpenAI engineer details his experience working at the company, including its culture, engineering practices, rapid growth, and the launch of Codex — I left OpenAI three weeks ago. I had joined the company back in May 2024. — I wanted to share my reflections because there's …
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| IDC: |
In Q2 2025, smartphone shipments in China fell 4% YoY to 69M units; Huawei returned to the top spot for the first time in over four years with an 18% share — Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China's smartphone market shipped 69.0 million units in 2Q25, marking a 4.0% year-on-year (YoY) decline.
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| Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: |
Source: OpenAI is preparing ChatGPT agents to let users create files compatible with PowerPoint and Excel, generate reports, and handle tasks involving websites — As OpenAI tries to turn ChatGPT into a core application for white-collar work, it's developing agent features …
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| Joseph Menn / Washington Post: |
CrowdStrike: Chinese hacking attacks on US targets were up 2x from 2024 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has shifted to “hacking-for-hire” — American officials say new economic model for offense has fueled spying attacks by government agencies that have more than doubled.| Cristián Vera-Cruz / Rest of World: |
A look at the Chile-led Latam-GPT project, which involves 30+ Latin American and Caribbean institutions collaborating to release an open-source LLM in September — Dozens of organizations in the region have partnered to develop a large language model that better understands Latin America's cultural and linguistic nuances.| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
SharpLink Gaming, a Nasdaq-listed online gambling marketing company, becomes the largest corporate ether holder with 280,706, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation — - SharpLink ups its treasury to 280,706 ETH after a $156 M buying spree, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation's stash.| Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: |
HPE unveils several business changes, including forming a strategy committee and appointing a new board member, as it agrees to work with Elliott to boost value — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. announced several business changes, including the formation of a new strategy committee …
More: Barron's Online, StreetInsider.com, and StockTitan
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Israeli subterranean mapping startup Exodigo raised a $96M Series B led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners, taking its total funding to $214M — Subterranean mapping startup Exodigo Ltd. said today it has gotten a $96 million boost after closing on a Series B funding round led by Zeev Ventures and Greenfield Partners.
More: Globes
| Reuters: |
Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax files confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO, targeting a $4B+ valuation and aiming to raise $510M+, set to float by 2025's end — Chinese AI startup MiniMax has filed confidentially for a Hong Kong initial public offering, targeting a valuation of over $4 billion …
More: Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Cantor Equity Partners 1, a SPAC backed by Cantor Fitzgerald, is in late-stage talks with Blockstream Capital founder Adam Back to buy $3B+ in bitcoin — Brandon Lutnick in late-stage talks with Adam Back in latest move to use blank cheque vehicles to buy the cryptocurrency| Ichiro Lambe / Totally Human Media: |
Analysis: 7,818 titles on Steam disclose generative AI usage, or 7% of Steam's total library of 114,126 games, up from ~1,000 titles in April 2024 — A year ago, I poked around Steam to see how many game developers were disclosing usage of Generative AI. It was around 1,000, which seemed like a lot to me at the time.| Dan Robinson / The Register: |
Study: in the past year, ~75% of S&P 500-listed firms have updated their official risk disclosures to detail or expand upon mentions of AI-related risk factors — S&P 500 businesses warn investors they may never see ROI in SEC filings — America's largest corporations …
Forums: r/BetterOffline and Slashdot
| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
Hugging Face users have uploaded 5,000 AI models, previously banned from Civitai for generating nonconsensual sexual content of real people, to the platform — Hugging Face, a company with a multi-billion dollar valuation and one of the most commonly used platforms for sharing AI tools and resources …
Bluesky: @vegandroid, @ali-alkhatib.com, @elfsternberg, @elfsternberg, @brianpenny, @707kat, @thewanderingjew, @ernie.tedium.co, @jasonkoebler, @arrianna-planey, @emanuelmaiberg, and @emanuelmaiberg. X: @pornlaw
Forums: r/technology, Beehaw, and Slashdot
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