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| Axios: |
OpenAI releases three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to ~20 companies, with participants disclosed to the US government — OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.6 Friday, but says it's limiting access to all three versions of the new model at the behest of the U.S. government.
More: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Simon Willison's Weblog, CNBC, and The Next Web
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| Dean W. Ball / Hyperdimensional: |
How US federal AI policy has gone from implausibly libertarian to increasingly draconian and opaque, and how to fix it, including using independent auditors — 35 thoughts on what has happened and what America should do — Nothing below is an official or unofficial view of OpenAI.
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| OpenAI: |
GPT-5.6 Sol matches Mythos Preview on ExploitBench, adds Ultra mode with subagents for complex workflows, and max reasoning for deep problem-solving — We're beginning a limited preview of the GPT-5.6 series: Sol, our flagship model; Terra, a balanced model for everyday work; and Luna, a fast and affordable model.
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI hopes to make GPT-5.6 generally available in the coming weeks and says “this kind of government access process” should not become the long-term default — Company says White House review of AI releases shouldn't become long-term default; ban on Anthropic's Mythos model remains
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's 14" and 16" OLED touch screen MacBook Pros will be powered by the existing M5 Pro and M5 Max chips and have an updated industrial design — Apple Inc.'s first-ever touch-screen laptop will rely on the company's current high-end M5 chips, rather than next-generation silicon …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: during SpaceX's IPO roadshow, COO Gwynne Shotwell told investors that it may launch a Starlink mobile service and build its own terrestrial US network — Move would test whether group can turn sky-high ambition into a mass-market phone business — Elon Musk's SpaceX has told investors …
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Shares of Japanese NAND flash maker Kioxia slid 12% on Friday after a report that OpenAI was considering delaying its IPO sparked a selloff in AI-related shares — Shares of Japanese chipmaker Kioxia (285A.T) slid 12% on Friday after a report that ChatGPT maker OpenAI was considering delaying … | New York Times: |
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| Aya Wagatsuma / Bloomberg: |
| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
President Trump threatens to impose a 100% tariff on any country that imposes a digital services tax on US companies — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose a “100% TARIFF” on the goods of any country that imposes a digital services tax on U.S. companies.| Om Malik / On my Om: |
Om Malik, a longtime technology writer, the founder of Gigaom, and a partner at True Ventures, died on Wednesday at 59 — Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends.
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| Giulia Segreti / Reuters: |
Italy is investigating Microsoft 365's price hike, saying Microsoft did not adequately inform users that it was integrating AI tools like Copilot into the suite — Italy's antitrust authority said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Microsoft (MSFT.O) over alleged unfair commercial practices linked … | Tim Clark / PC Gamer: |
Q&A with Tim Sweeney on his vision for a cross-platform gaming social system, Unreal Engine 6, AI's PR challenges, the state of AAA game development, and more — The Epic Games CEO discusses his vision for “Team Open,” his objections to Steam's AI disclosure requirement, and the huge problems facing AAA game development.
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| Anna Bawden / The Guardian: |
A study of 408 teens in Australia finds 80%+ were still using social media three months after the ban came into force, citing inadequate age verification checks — Experts say law not enough to stop children accessing harmful content online and more ‘convincing strategy is required’
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees are now using Codex, up from ~40% in August 2025; non-developer Codex usage is up 137x for individuals and 12x within OpenAI — Codex, it's not just for developers, really — A company can learn a lot about the market by looking at its own employees.
More: OpenAI, Tech Times, WinCentral, and The Deep View
| Jo Constantz / Bloomberg: |
California launches a tool designed to be an “early warning system” for widespread AI-driven job loss, linking AI exposure with unemployment insurance claims — Politicians like California Governor Gavin Newsom are under pressure to appear proactive in the face of the technology's threat to the labor market
More: Engadget, California Policy Lab, Techstrong.ai, Gizmodo, and The Next Web
| The Information: |
Sources: DeepSeek's $7.4B raise was prompted by the release of Mythos as CEO Liang Wenfeng realized DeepSeek couldn't compete without a massive war chest — Up until two months ago, DeepSeek, the three-year-old Chinese AI lab, was an anomaly in the increasingly costly global AI battle.
More: HR Katha
| Kenneth Shepard / Kotaku: |
Microsoft says it will increase the prices of Xbox consoles on August 1 by $100 for 512GB models and $150 for 1TB models, the third price hike since May 2025 — Microsoft is increasing the prices of Xbox Series consoles once more and introducing a ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ option
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| George Steer / Financial Times: |
Sources: Donald Trump Jr. got ~$300K in Kalshi equity after becoming a strategic adviser in 2025, when Kalshi was valued at ~$2B; now it's worth $22B+ — Privately owned company's valuation has soared as US administration has adopted a light-touch approach to the sector
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| Financial Times: |
Binance tells EU customers that it will stop providing services for them from July 1, after Greece rejected its application for a bloc-wide license last week — World's biggest crypto exchange tells customers how to withdraw their money as MiCA rules set to come into force| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US — OpenAI is making yet another big, visible bet on India. It has appointed former Uber India and South Asia president Prabhjeet Singh …
More: The Economic Times, Reuters, DealStreetAsia, Entrackr, and Inc42
| New York Times: |
Sources: Russian hackers were behind a 2025 ransomware attack on Jaguar Land Rover that used “mind-blowing” encryption and cost UK's economy an estimated $2.5B — A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year.| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Apple's stock closed down 6.15% on Thursday after the company raised prices on several products and hinted at more increases, its worst fall since April 2025 — Apple on Thursday announced price hikes on MacBooks and iPads, its first formal move to pass higher memory and storage costs …
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
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