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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI releases an invitation-only Sora app on iOS, powered by Sora 2, to let people create and share AI-generated videos of themselves and their friends — An Android version will follow eventually, OpenAI told Axios. — The social app is powered by Sora 2, a new version of OpenAI's video model, which also launched Tuesday.
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| OpenAI: |
OpenAI launches Sora 2, which it says may be the “GPT‑3.5 moment for video” with the ability to follow intricate instructions spanning multiple shots — Our latest video generation model is more physically accurate, realistic, and controllable than prior systems.
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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
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| Carl Franzen / Venturebeat: |
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon unveils the $100 Echo Dot Max and $220 Echo Studio smart speakers and upgrades its $180 Echo Show 8 and $220 Echo Show 11 smart displays, all with Alexa+ — New speakers include revamped look, upgraded silicon and integration with Alexa+ subscription service.
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LinkedIn: Rahul Bakshi, Anes Hodžić, and Jeff Jenkins. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon's Ring unveils the $200 Outdoor Cam Pro, $250 Spotlight Cam Pro, $280 Floodlight Cam Pro with Retinal Vision, a Search Party tool to find pets, and more — Company also rolls out new TV sets and upgraded home security products from Ring and Blink. — Amazon.com Inc. is revamping …
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| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils new Kindle Scribes, including the $630 Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, with a larger 11" E Ink display and a lighter, thinner body at 400g and 5.4mm — Three new versions of the Kindle Scribe are launching in the coming months with larger screens and improved note-taking.
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| Ryan Epps / Tom's Guide: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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| Politico: |
The White House withdraws Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the CFTC; the Winklevoss twins pressured Trump in July to reconsider his nomination — The White House withdrew Brian Quintenz's nomination to be a board member and chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission late Tuesday …
More: Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk, The Hill, NOTUS, The Block, Blockchain.News, and crypto.news
| Z.ai: |
Z.ai releases GLM-4.6, an open-weights model with a context window of up to 200K tokens, claiming near parity with Claude Sonnet 4 on coding and reasoning tasks — Today, we are releasing the latest version of our flagship model: GLM-4.6. Compared with GLM-4.5, this generation brings several key improvements:
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| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Stripe launches Open Issuance, a Bridge-powered platform that lets companies create its own stablecoins, used by crypto wallet Phantom to issue its CASH token — Payments giant Stripe unveiled a stablecoin issuance platform and AI commerce tools at its New York showcase on Tuesday …
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| Ram Iyer / TechCrunch: |
Imgur blocks UK access after the ICO notified it of a possible fine over its handling of kids' data; the ICO calls Imgur's move a “commercial decision” — Imgur, one of the web's most popular image sharing and hosting platforms, has shut off access to its site to users in the United Kingdom …
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| Jenny Vrentas / New York Times: |
How live sports betting has exploded in popularity in the US, accounting for more than half of the money wagered on FanDuel and DraftKings in recent quarters — As the Oklahoma City Thunder were on their way to winning the decisive Game 7 of this year's N.B.A. Finals, a flurry of shadow games … | Christine Mui / Politico: |
Interviews with 50+ people detail how the Trump administration seized control of Biden's $7.4B Natcast chips initiative, a move that many consider shortsighted — SAN FRANCISCO — A $7.4 billion tech initiative devised as the linchpin of America's semiconductor resurgence is in limbo … | Celia Ford / Transformer: |
Anthropic's System Card: Claude Sonnet 4.5 was able to recognize many alignment evaluation environments as tests and would modify its behavior accordingly — Anthropic's new model appears to use “eval awareness” to be on its best behavior — Anthropic's newly-released Claude Sonnet 4.5 is …
More: Android Headlines, Don't Worry About the Vase, Engadget, Anthropic, and TechCrunch
| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
A Delaware court dismissed Arm's last claim against Qualcomm, ruling that Qualcomm and subsidiary Nuvia didn't breach license agreements; Arm plans to appeal — Qualcomm Inc. said a Delaware court dismissed Arm Holdings Plc's last remaining legal claim against the chipmaker …
More: Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Yale and Brookings study: generative AI is reshaping US jobs slightly faster than computers and the internet did, with little evidence of job loss so far — Research shows little evidence the cutting-edge tech such as chatbots is putting people out of work
More: The Budget Lab at Yale
| Reuters: |
Taiwan's vice premier, who is leading US negotiations, says Taiwan would not agree to a 50-50 split in chip production, adding no such condition was discussed — Taiwan will not agree to a deal with the United States for half of all semiconductor production to take place in the country … | Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
A California jury finds Uber not liable for a woman's alleged sexual assault by her driver, in the first trial out of 500+ consolidated lawsuits in the state — Uber is not liable for the sexual assault of a woman who said she was attacked by her driver on a ride she ordered from the app …
More: Bloomberg Law and New York Times
| Daphné Leprince-Ringuet / Sifted: |
Vibe.co, a self-serve platform for businesses to run targeted ads on streaming services, raised a $50M Series B led by Hedosophia at a $410M valuation — The round was led by Uber backer Hedosophia with participation from Nik Storonsky's QuantumLight — Vibe.co, a Paris-based startup … | Manish Singh / India Dispatch: |
How Amazon's 48% stake in Indian supermarket chain More is becoming a strategic asset in the e-commerce giant's patient grocery delivery expansion across India — The grocery expansion that benefits a certain 48% stakeholder. — In cities like Guntur and Hubli, the unassuming storefronts …
X: @refsrc
| Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: |
Axiom Math, which aims to build an “AI mathematician” and has recruited researchers from Meta, raised a $64M seed led by B Capital at a $300M valuation — Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.| Resilience Media: |
Tel Aviv-based Commcrete, which makes handheld satellite comms devices and software, raised a $21M Series A led by Greenfield, sources say at a $100M+ valuation — The startup is building a revolutionary approach to making satcoms mobile, opening the door to devices that can evade Electronic Warfare
More: CTech, Globes, Pulse 2.0, Satellite Evolution, Via Satellite, Reuters, and SiliconANGLE
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
Assort Health, which is developing voice AI agents for healthcare, raised a $76M Series B led by Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $102M — Like so many people with busy 9-to-5s, high school teacher Suzanne Grinberg has a scheduling problem: By the time she has a free moment … | Bloomberg: |
Meta plans to acquire AI chip startup Rivos, as it seeks to reduce reliance on Nvidia; Rivos was reportedly seeking new funding at a $2B valuation in August — Meta Platforms Inc. is acquiring chips startup Rivos Inc., according to a person familiar with the deal, part of an effort to bolster …
More: The Information, Reuters, The Economic Times, SiliconANGLE, Proactive, Seeking Alpha, and Quiver Quantitative
X: @patrickmoorhead and @benbajarin
LinkedIn: Scott Darling and Yee Jiun
Forums: r/intelstock, r/hardware, and r/StockMarket
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash unveils delivery robot Dot, standing 4-foot, 6-inches tall and able to carry up to 30lb of cargo at up to 20mph, and a smart scale for restaurants — DoorDash Inc., the largest food-delivery app in the US, unveiled a delivery robot and a smart scale for restaurants …
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