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August 30, 2025, 11:40 AM

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Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:

Meta created and let users create flirty chatbots and intimate images using the names and likenesses of Taylor Swift and other celebs without their permission — Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities - including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez …

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Forums: r/politics, r/Fauxmoi, r/technology, and Slashdot

Cory Weinberg / The Information:

Filing: StubHub, which is planning a September IPO, says revenue grew 3% to $828M in H1, missing its earlier projection of $885M, with adjusted EBITDA down 7% — Even as StubHub makes a renewed push to go public, its business isn't expanding as quickly as it had hoped.

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

A study focused on OpenAI's GPT-4o mini found that LLMs can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests using the same tactics that persuade humans — AI chatbots can be manipulated much in the same way that people can, according to researchers. But first... Three things to know:

More: SSRN. X: @emollick and @emollick. Bluesky: @chronotope.aramzs.xyz

David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fires 24 FEMA IT staffers, including the CIO and CISO; DHS says they failed security protocols and let hackers access FEMA networks — An internal FEMA email obtained by Nextgov/FCW ordered all agency employees to change their passwords “due to recent cybersecurity incidents and threats.”

More: Reuters, New York Post, and Bloomberg

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

ChatGPT integration in Apple's Xcode 26 beta 7 defaults to GPT-5; developers can now also use Claude Sonnet 4 by signing into their paid Claude account — Apple has released a new beta of Xcode 26 for developers today with a pair of notable changes. There's now support for ChatGPT 5 …

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X: @openaidevs, @dimillian, @timsneath, @kylebrussell, @dimillian, @sigkitten, and @timsneath

Forums: Hacker News and r/iosdev

Financial Times:

NPCI, which runs India's digital payments network UPI, has started making its infrastructure available to banks to deliver short-term loans to small businesses — Infrastructure will let banks deliver short-term loans more easily but encouraging take-up could prove difficult.

More: Arabian Business

Bloomberg:

China says it will prevent excess competition in the AI sector, echoing Xi Jinping's caution against excessive local government investment in AI last month — China said it will prevent excess competition in the red-hot artificial intelligence sector, a signal that Beijing wants …

More: The Information

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

SEC filing: Super Micro cautions that its financial control weaknesses, if not fixed, could hurt its ability to report results “in a timely and accurate manner” — Super Micro Computer Inc. cautioned that weaknesses in its controls related to financial disclosures could …

More: Reuters and Benzinga

Kif Leswing / CNBC:

Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 — Two Nvidia customers made up 39% of Nvidia's revenue in its July quarter, the company revealed in a financial filing on Wednesday, raising concerns about the concentration of the chipmaker's clientele.

More: Fortune and Tech in Asia

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The Information:

Sources: Meta Superintelligence Labs' leaders have discussed using Google or OpenAI's models to power Meta AI and other AI features in Meta's social media apps — Meta Platforms' plans to improve the artificial intelligence features in its apps could lead the company to partner with Google or OpenAI, two of its biggest AI rivals.

More: Le Monde, Reuters, Livemint, and Benzinga

X: @amir and @garymarcus

Forums: r/singularity and r/StockMarket

Andreessen Horowitz:

Top 100 AI consumer apps: Gemini ranks #2 behind ChatGPT on mobile with ~50% of its MAUs, with Grok at #4; on the web, Gemini has ~12% of ChatGPT's visits — 5th edition — This is the fifth edition of our Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps which reflects two and a half years of data on how everyday AI usage is evolving.

More: News.ng and eWeek

X: @omooretweets, @itslipsadas, @alex_prompter, @omooretweets, @omooretweets, @omooretweets, and @omooretweets

LinkedIn: Jorge Herrera and Sachin Doshi. Bluesky: @krassotkin

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:

Filing: Intel says its funding deal with the US loosens its requirements under the CHIPS Act, including removing the need to meet certain project milestones — The company no longer needs to meet certain project milestones or adhere to some workforce policies, among other conditions

More: Engadget, Reuters, and Business Today. X: @johnwilson

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp fixed a zero-click bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used, alongside a now-fixed Apple flaw, to hack into devices of “specific targeted users” — WhatsApp said on Friday that it fixed a security bug in its iOS and Mac apps that was being used to stealthily hack …

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Forums: r/apple and Slashdot

Ann Gehan / The Information:

Flip, a TikTok rival that let shoppers post video reviews and earn cash based on engagement, has shut down; it had raised $300M and was valued at $1B+ in 2024 — Flip, a video-sharing social media app that at one point tried to challenge TikTok's dominance, has shut down, according to a message to users and the company's website.

More: SFGATE

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Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:

A look at where WBD stands during Paramount's merger delay: interim operating covenants let it sign licensing and other deals, little creative holdup, and more

Jesse Whittock / Deadline:

Former BBC news chief Deborah Turness, who left after Trump accused the BBC of bias in a documentary, joins Independent Talent Group to launch a creative studio

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Derek Thompson:

Q&A with Stanford researchers on their recent study finding that, since 2022, US employment in the most AI-exposed fields has fallen 13% for entry-level workers

More: Noahpinion, ZeroHedge News, Forbes, Exponential View, The Tab, The Daily Upside, ITPro Today, ITPro, and Business Insider. Forums: r/jobs

Daniel Kuhn / The Block:

The Ethereum Foundation pauses its grants program, which awarded $3M+ to 100+ projects since 2018, to rethink its spending strategy and reduce its burn rate

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Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:

The FCC rejects a proposal by broadcasters and others to impose cable-style regulatory fees on streaming services, tech companies, and pure broadband providers

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X: @tvanswerman. Forums: Slashdot

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Los Angeles Times:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers strike a deal with Uber and Lyft allowing drivers to unionize while remaining classified as independent contractors

More: The Economic Times, Politico, SFist, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Press Telegram, TechCrunch, and San Francisco Chronicle

Bluesky: @buffywicks. Forums: r/union and r/politics

Blake Brittain / Reuters:

xAI sues a former employee in federal court in California for allegedly stealing Grok trade secrets and taking them to OpenAI, where he recently accepted a job

More: Financial Express, Moneycontrol, The Hans India, Tech in Asia, Livemint, The San Francisco Standard, The Information, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Sherwood News, Musk Watch, and Bloomberg Law

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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

Meta is updating how it trains AI chatbots to prioritize teen safety and will limit teen access to certain characters, as it works on long-term safety updates

More: CNBC, The Hans India, Mashable, The Decoder, Business Insider, Moneycontrol, Reuters, The A.V. Club, WinBuzzer, MediaPost, and Engadget

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Valve adds credit card-based age checks for UK users to access “mature content” games on Steam; Discord and others are using selfies for verification

More: Steam Support, Tom's Hardware, Windows Central, Game Rant, Eurogamer.net, PC Gamer, Kotaku, TechRaptor, Dexerto, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, GamesIndustry.biz, TheGamer, and Blue's News

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