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Meta launches Muse Image in Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and previews Muse Video, the first media generation models from its Superintelligence Labs — We're excited to launch Muse Image and preview Muse Video, the first media generation models developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs.
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| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
As part of Meta's Muse Image rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content by other users — As part of Meta's Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content.
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: Meta is testing AI glasses that continuously record audio and take photos every few seconds, letting users query or recall what they saw or heard — Mark Zuckerberg's hardware ambitions are edging into a new privacy fight over who gets recorded. Meta is testing a prototype of … | Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Meta says it will update its glasses with a new feature that disables the camera if someone tampers with the glasses' privacy LED light — The company is rolling out an update following increased scrutiny of its smart glasses. … Amid public backlash over its smart glasses …
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| Axios: |
OpenAI says it will launch GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, publicly on Thursday; a source says the US Department of Commerce cleared a broad rollout — The U.S. Department of Commerce has given OpenAI the green light for a broad launch of its advanced GPT-5.6 model …
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| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: China met with Alibaba, ByteDance, Z.ai, and others to discuss potentially limiting foreign access to advanced AI models, AI theft penalties, and more — Chinese authorities have held meetings with top tech firms over the past month about potentially restricting overseas access …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Anthropic extends Claude Fable 5 access to all paid plans through July 12; access to the model was set to shift to token-based usage on July 7 — Anthropic announced today that it is expanding Claude Cowork capabilities from the desktop app to the web and mobile.
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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
OpenAI Chief Futurist Joshua Achiam is leaving later this month after nearly nine years; in February, OpenAI disbanded the “mission alignment team” he led — Joshua Achiam spent nearly nine years at OpenAI researching AI safety and made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial.
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| Bloomberg: |
Chip startup SambaNova raised a $1B Series F led by General Atlantic at an $11B valuation and signs JPMorgan as a customer to deploy its chips for in-house AI — Chip startup SambaNova Systems Inc. has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, underscoring investors' conviction …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple begins testing CXMT's DRAM chips for devices sold in China; Apple's interest thrusts CXMT and its relationship with Beijing into the spotlight — Sharp turnaround for state-backed company central to Beijing's AI supply chain efforts — On a sprawling campus in the eastern Chinese city … | Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung announces a Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London, where it is expected to debut new foldables, including a Fold 8 with a shorter and wider design — Samsung Electronics Co. will host its next Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22, when the leading foldable phone maker is expected … | Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Xbox's big reset after its Game Pass strategy failed; Xbox spent nearly $80B on content deals, but gamers prefer to stick with a handful of games — Microsoft's Xbox to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Divest Studios in Overhaul. Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox spent nearly $80 billion in the last decade …
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| New York Times: |
Anthropic plans to lease a 16-story building in Lower Manhattan and double its NYC workforce to 1,000 people this year, as AI companies expand in the city — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company, plans to lease a 16-story building in Hudson Square and to double its work force in New York City to 1,000 people this year.| Financial Times: |
Palantir insiders and investors fear the company's enthusiastic embrace of President Trump's policies could drive away corporate clients and engineering talent — Pushback to the tech group's politics may threaten the core of its $330bn business. The week after a US immigration enforcement officer killed … | Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
The EU General Court dismisses Apple's legal challenges against its designation as a DMA “gatekeeper” for its App Store and iOS; Apple filed the case in 2024 — Europe's second-highest court on Wednesday dismissed Apple's (AAPL.O) challenge against landmark EU rules labelling …
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| Grace Kay / The Information: |
Memo: SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, after pushing back the launch to improve model efficiency — SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to launch their first jointly developed AI model as soon as Wednesday, according to a memo sent to staff.
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| David Cendon Garcia / EU-Startups: |
Paris-based Skello, which provides AI-powered HR tools for frontline workforce management, raised €200M led by Bridgepoint to support its European expansion — Paris-based Skello, an AI-powered HR management solution for frontline teams, announces a €200 million investment in order …
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| Puyaan Singh / Reuters: |
Sleep apnea device maker ResMed agrees to sell its software business MatrixCare to PE firm Frazier for $490M in cash; ResMed bought MatrixCare for $750M in 2018 — ResMed (RMD.N) said on Tuesday it would sell its software business MatrixCare to private equity firm Frazier Healthcare Partners … | CNBC: |
A look at Chinese lidar maker Hesai, blacklisted by the US DOD in 2024, as it expands in the US; Hesai says it has ~33% of the global automotive lidar market — Robots on the factory floor. Self-driving vehicles on the Las Vegas strip. Even a substitute for man's best friend — the robotic dog.| Andrew Fedorov / New York Magazine: |
A look at effective altruism's fall after SBF's arrest and how the soon-to-be rich from upcoming AI IPOs give the movement a chance to return larger than ever — Out of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.
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| Nikkei Asia: |
The global AI boom has thrust CPUs back into the spotlight as Nvidia, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and others challenge Intel and AMD in the AI data center CPU market — TAIPEI/PALO ALTO, California — The global AI boom is reshaping one of the semiconductor industry's most important battlegrounds: CPUs.| Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider: |
Oratomic, which is developing quantum computing hardware and software, raised a $300M Series A led by ARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital, and Khosla Ventures — - Oratomic raised a $300 million Series A to accelerate development of fault-tolerant, utility-scale quantum computers.
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