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Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple announces an “Awe dropping” event on September 9 at 10am PT at Apple Park, where the iPhone 17 lineup, new Apple Watch models, and more are expected  —  Apple will hold its annual iPhone-centric event on Tuesday, September 9 at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California …
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Google says it is behind the viral “nano-banana” image model and launches it as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image with finer edit controls in the Gemini app, API, and more  —  Google is upgrading its Gemini chatbot with a new AI image model that gives users finer control over editing photos …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
The family of a teen who died by suicide sues OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT gave him info about suicide methods and at times deterred him from seeking help  —  A photograph of Adam Raine taken not long before his death.  His baby blanket, which his mother found in his bed, hangs over a corner.
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI plans to update ChatGPT to better respond to mental distress cues, provide parental controls, and bolster safeguards around conversations about suicide  —  OpenAI is making changes to its popular chatbot following a lawsuit alleging that a teenager who died by suicide this spring relied on ChatGPT as a coach.
Annelise Levy / Bloomberg Law:
Filing: Anthropic reached a settlement in a copyright class action brought by authors whose works were included in two pirate databases Anthropic downloaded  —  Anthropic PBC reached a settlement with authors in a high-stakes copyright class action that threatened the AI company with potentially billions of dollars in damages.
The Information:
Sources: Apple executives have discussed acquiring Mistral AI and Perplexity, with Eddy Cue as the most vocal champion within the company for such AI deals  —  This summer, investment bankers came knocking on Apple's door with a pitch: Was the iPhone maker interested in doing a major acquisition …
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Trump says Meta plans to spend $50B on its “Hyperion” data center under construction in Louisiana; earlier, Meta said that its investment would exceed $10B  —  President Donald Trump said that Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to spend $50 billion on its massive data center in rural Louisiana.
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Google DeepMind's Weather Lab, launched in June, showed superior accuracy in forecasting Hurricane Erin's path up to 72 hours ahead, beating traditional models  —  In early June, shortly after the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, Google unveiled a new model designed specifically …
More: Gizmodo.  X: @brady_wx.  Bluesky: @jason-murphy, @franklinjamesl, and @mattlanza.  Forums: Ars OpenForum
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
SSA's chief data officer files a whistleblower complaint that DOGE uploaded a database with every Social Security number ever issued to an insecure cloud server  —  DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
Stanford study: since 2022, US employment in the most AI-exposed fields fell 13% for entry-level workers but remained stable or grew for more experienced ones  —  Artificial intelligence is making it harder for entry-level workers in the US to find jobs in fields like software development …
Dan Primack / Axios:
Polymarket raised “double-digit millions” from 1789 Capital, which Donald Trump Jr. joined as a partner in 2024; Trump Jr. will join Polymarket's advisory board  —  The world's largest predictions market has received an investment from Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital fund, Axios has learned exclusively.
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Google pilots a new language practice feature on Google Translate with tailored listening and practicing sessions, and also adds AI-powered live conversations  —  The company also introduced improved AI-powered live translations.  —  Considering its popularity, Google Translate sure hasn't received much attention lately.
Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Anthropic releases Claude for Chrome, which lets Claude take actions on the user's behalf within the browser, as a research preview for 1,000 Max subscribers  —  Anthropic is launching a research preview of a browser-based AI agent powered by its Claude AI models, the company announced on Tuesday.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Okta reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $728M, vs. $711.8M est., net income up 131% to $67M, and increases its fiscal 2026 forecast; OKTA jumps 6%+ after hours  —  Okta shares rose 4% in extended trading on Tuesday after the identity software maker reported fiscal results that exceeded Wall Street projections.
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
MongoDB reports Q2 revenue up 24% YoY to $591.4M, vs. $553.9M est., net loss down 14% to $47M, and increases its full-year guidance; MDB jumps 28%+ after hours  —  The document database company added more than 5,000 customers during the first half of the year, a record for that time period
Bloomberg:
AT&T agrees to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar for ~$23B in cash, adding ~50MHz of spectrum, expected to close by mid-2026, pending regulatory approval  —  EchoStar Corp. has agreed to sell spectrum licenses to AT&T Inc. for about $23 billion in a deal that will help the company stay …
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Spotify launches a DM feature that lets users share audio and send text chats, available to mobile users aged 16 years and older in “select markets” this week  —  Both Free and Premium accounts can share audio content and send messages to each other.
Politico:
Meta plans to spend tens of millions to launch a super PAC that will back candidates for California state offices with a light-touch approach to AI regulation  —  The PAC is a show of Meta's deepening political presence in a state that has emerged as the most active and ambitious in attempting to regulate AI.
Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Trump Media and Crypto.com sign a deal to integrate Crypto.com's wallet and adopt the CRO token for Truth Social's rewards; Trump Media will buy $105M in CRO  —  Trump Media and Technology Group (DJT) said it agreed to form a joint venture with Crypto.com that will invest in the exchange's CRO token …
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Melania Trump says she hopes to become the “First Lady of Technology” as she leads the Presidential AI Challenge to inspire children and teachers to embrace AI  —  In an exclusive statement to the New York Post, first lady Melania Trump has revealed her next official project …
Sai Ishwarbharath B / Reuters:
Internal memo: Indian IT services giant TCS forms a new unit for AI-based operations and names Amit Kapur, who led TCS' UK and Ireland business, as its chief  —  India's largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS) formed a new unit for artificial intelligence-based operations on Tuesday …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Microsoft has asked FBI for help tracking pro-Palestinian protests, and flagged internal emails with words like “Gaza”, deleted posts, and fired staff
Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
The US taking a 10% equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea and a dangerous turn in US industrial policy, but also the least bad option to make Foundry viable  —  The U.S. taking an equity stake in Intel is a terrible idea; it also happens to be the least bad idea to make Intel Foundry viable.
Chris Eudaily / CNBC:
Filing: Intel warns the US taking a 10% stake could cause “adverse reactions”, like in international sales, which made up 76% of revenue in its past fiscal year

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Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

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Alex Barasch / New Yorker:
A profile of film studio A24, valued at $3.5B in June 2024, as it focuses on big budget projects and explores AI tools via A24 Labs, drawing mixed reactions
Financial Times:
Japanese media groups Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun jointly sue Perplexity in Tokyo, alleging the AI startup “copied and stored” their articles without permission
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