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OpenAI broadly releases GPT-5.6, and launches ChatGPT Work, an AI agent that can gather context across apps and files to create documents, on Mac and Windows — - Sol is the most powerful version, while Luna is designed for speed. … - A new “ultra” mode within Sol allows the system …
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GPT-5.6 Sol costs $5 per 1M input tokens and $30 per 1M output tokens, GPT-5.6 Terra costs $2.50 and $15, and GPT-5.6 Luna costs $1 and $6 — More intelligence from every token, stronger performance per dollar, and more capability on demand for your hardest work.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work — OpenAI held its second livestream this week today at 10 am PT. The video teased that the company was “introducing the next chapter for ChatGPT” today.
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| Dominic Preston / The Verge: |
Meta releases Muse Spark 1.1, capable of more advanced coding and a “step-change” from the first generation, available to US developers via a public API preview — Muse Spark 1.1 is available to US developers through a public API preview.
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Meta launches a Meta Model API, which Mark Zuckerberg says will have “aggressive and attractive” pricing at ~25% of the cost of OpenAI's and Anthropic's models — In a crowded market for AI tools, Mark Zuckerberg wants to win on price. — Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled a version …
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic debuts a “reflection” dashboard in beta for Free, Pro, and Max users with memory turned on, to track their Claude activity over 1, 3, 6, or 12 months — Today we're introducing, in beta, a new way to reflect on and refine how you use Claude.
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| Sam Clark / Politico: |
The EU Parliament advances a bill letting tech companies scan for CSAM, reviving a proposal rejected in March, with an exemption for E2EE services like WhatsApp — Top-level pressure and obscure procedures breathe new life into a controversial proposal to allow scanning for online child sexual abuse material.
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| Jarred Sumner / bun.com: |
Bun's creator says he rewrote Bun from Zig to Rust using a Claude Fable 5 prerelease version in 11 days, noting it would've taken three engineers “about a year” — Disclosure: Bun was acquired by Anthropic in December 2025. I and others on the Bun team work at Anthropic.
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| Andrew Ackerman / Washington Post: |
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh names Marc Andreessen and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to lead a task force on the economic impact of new technologies, including AI — The billionaire investor will help shape how the Federal Reserve assesses a technology his firm has bet heavily on.
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Character.AI launches three human-written, AI-generated microdramas, whose characters users can chat with, and aims to eventually let users make their own shows — Microdramas are such a rage these days that nearly every kind of company in the attention economy space — be they dedicated microdrama apps …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will automatically add a disclosure to ads that are made with its AI advertising tools, expanding the disclosure beyond election ads to all ads — Google is rolling out a new feature aimed at helping people understand when an ad they're seeing was made using AI technology.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation — Mercor, a startup that helps improve artificial intelligence models with rich specialized data, is discussing raising new funds …
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| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
PrismML says it ran a 27B-parameter Qwen 3.6 model on an iPhone 17 Pro, bigger than any prior on-device model; sources: Apple talked with PrismML about its tech — Apple is on a quest to shrink powerful AI models to run on iPhones, which could cut down on cloud computing costs and enhance user privacy.
More: iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, Blockonomi, 9to5Mac, and AppleInsider
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds — U.S. venture capital deal value hit $412.7 billion in the first half of 2026, nearly 30% more than investors put to work in all of last year … | Beatrice Nolan / Fortune: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the US now has AI “regulation without transparent or complete rules”, and adds that “without rules, businesses can't plan” — Microsoft President Brad Smith has weighed in on U.S. policy on AI, saying that the Trump administration's …
More: Microsoft, Forbes, and TechCrunch
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Interpol and law enforcement agencies arrest 5,811 suspects and seize $293M in an operation combating social engineering scams and fraud across 97 countries — Law enforcement agencies have arrested 5,811 suspects and seized $293 million in illicit assets in a global anti-fraud operation spanning 97 countries.
More: INTERPOL, Infosecurity, CyberScoop, The Crypto Times, crypto.news, and Help Net Security. X: @interpol_hq
| Nikunj Ohri / Reuters: |
India scraps import duties on some parts used to make devices like phones until March 31, 2029, removing 7.5% and 5% levies, which might help Apple and Xiaomi — India has scrapped import duties on some parts used to make mobile phones and other electronic devices, removing the current 7.5% and 5% levies …
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| Reuters: |
Memo: Meta plans to start manufacturing its in-house AI chip, codenamed Iris, from September, as part of its plan to boost its computing power to 14GW in 2027 — Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to start manufacturing an artificial intelligence chip from September as part of its plan …
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| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Anthropic, set to add usage-based billing for Fable 5 on July 12, aims to return the model to Claude's subscription plans “when sufficient capacity allows” — Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic's best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending.| Hannah Lang / Reuters: |
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, is stepping down after six years; VP of legal Molly Abraham moves into his role with the title of general counsel — Coinbase (COIN.O)'s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal is stepping down after six years at the U.S. crypto giant where he fought off … | Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
Ollama, which helps developers run open-weight AI models locally, raised a $65M Series B led by Theory Venture, following a $15M Series A led by Benchmark — The popular open source AI tool Ollama has raised a $65 million Series B, led by Theory Venture, founder and CEO Jeff Morgan tells TechCrunch.
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X: @ollama, @dee_bosa, and @ycombinator
| John Reynolds / Tech.eu: |
Kraken Technology, which designs and builds autonomous maritime platforms, such as uncrewed subsurface vessels, raised a $175M Series B at a $1B valuation — It says it will use the funding to develop its uncrewed surface vessels while expanding manufacturing facilities.
More: Pulse 2.0, Sifted, and Tectonic Defense
| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
European startups raised $24B in Q2, up 66% YoY and the strongest quarter in four years; UK startups raised $10.4B, above Germany's $3.2B, and France's $2.4B — In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, Crunchbase data shows.
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