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Anthropic says it is “extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19” — In a post on X, the company said, “We're extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude …
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| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending — Three prominent artificial intelligence developers released new models over the past week. They all promise to be more advanced … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is already taping out M7 with major NPU upgrades, and plans M7 Ultra with 1.5TB RAM, and M8, for 2028; new Pencils are coming with a new iPad Pro — Also: New Apple Pencils are coming. — Apple's new Mac chip road map represents the company's latest move to rebuild …
More: Tom's Guide, The Verge, iPhone in Canada, Trusted Reviews, 9to5Mac, Fortune, 9to5Mac, Gizchina, Cult of Mac, Appleosophy, Phandroid, Digit, Wccftech, The Hans India, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, iClarified, The Mac Observer, iThinkDifferent, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and AppleInsider
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Forums: r/ipad, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Barbara Moens / Financial Times: |
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the bloc is set to propose a “social media start date for minors”, with a proposal after a summer break — Brussels will propose gradual access for different ages in response to concerns over child safety online
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Munich-based defense tech startup Helsing raised a $1.8B Series E from Dragoneer, Iconiq, and others at an $18B valuation; Germany made a €270M order this year — Helsing has raised a financing round at a valuation of $18 billion from investors including the growth equity arm …
More: Sifted, Tech.eu, CNBC, Pulse 2.0, Defense News, Tech Funding News, Startup.eu, Reuters, Resilience Media, and Helsing
| Politico: |
The EU blacklists Russian intelligence group members it says were responsible for spying on and hacking targets across the EU and Ukraine from as early as 2010 — Moscow's Federal Security Service is behind the cyber espionage and sabotage campaigns, EU says.| Nathan Lambert / Interconnects AI: |
Open-weight AI models are facing an existential policy test in the US, with Anthropic leading a campaign against Chinese models over distillation concerns — Staring down the barrel of policy action that could make open models a permanent second class citizen. — ∙ Paid
More: New York Post, Bloomberg, and Constellation Research
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X: @jason, @teortaxestex, @synthwavedd, @andrewcurran_, @amihai, @vitaliarbuzov, @elder_plinius, @rhyssullivan, @claudeai, @thsottiaux, @zerohedge, @teortaxestex, @teortaxestex, @kristy_loke, and @bingxu_. Bluesky: @timfduffy.com
| Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: |
Meta says it will spend an extra $40B on its 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana, aiming for 5GW+ of computing power, pushing the total cost beyond $250B — Meta Platforms Inc. has committed to spending an additional $40 billion on its sprawling data center campus in Louisiana …
More: Reuters, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Channel NewsAsia, Fox Business, and Meta Newsroom
| Bloomberg: |
China says President Xi will deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the three-day World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday, his first appearance — Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first appearance at the country's flagship AI conference, signaling … | Financial Times: |
A profile of Asha Sharma, an outsider elevated by Satya Nadella to lead Xbox, where she made sweeping job cuts and shed game studios within her first few months — Elevated to fix Microsoft's struggling gaming division, she is making tough decisions about its future
| Ben Casselman / New York Times: |
Nearly 200 economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and Anthropic's Jack Clark, sign a letter titled We Must Act Now, warning of rapid AI-led job displacement — Nearly 200 economists signed a letter calling for policymakers to do more to understand and respond to potential A.I. disruptions.| Nathaniel Rich / New York Times: |
A look back at the 2007 heist of a Verizon data center in London, highlighting the role of physical data security as cyber defenses grow more sophisticated — Terry Ellis's fixer wore an overcoat, a multicolored ascot, a Rolex. He had a husky voice and a good suntan.| Lee Ying Shan / CNBC: |
SK Hynix's shares fall 15%+ in Seoul, posting its largest-ever fall, after a strong Nasdaq debut, as investors book profit amid US share valuation uncertainty — SK Hynix shares tumbled more than 15% in Seoul on Monday to clock their worst day after the chipmaker's strong Nasdaq debut …
More: Watcher Guru, Korea JoongAng Daily, RTÉ, Zacks Investment Research, Reuters, The Straits Times, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia, KED Global, and Motley Fool
X: @negligible_cap and @wliang
| New York Times: |
Investigation: Western intelligence officials identify a Russian military intelligence unit in Tokyo that smuggles high-tech components for the war in Ukraine — Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.
More: The Hill. X: @jamesdjbrown, @ralee85, @noahpinion, @satoshijournal, @jane__bradley, and @jamesdjbrown. Bluesky: @gregdelawie
Mastodon: @hanse_mina@mastodon.social and @davidho@mastodon.world
Forums: r/japannews, r/espionage, and r/UkrainianConflict
| Isabella Ward / Wired: |
How a Denmark-based research team is using quantum computers to accelerate AI protein discovery, showing a near-term commercial application for the quantum tech — Researchers cobbled together funding and time to show how quantum computing could aid in the development of drugs to help underserved populations and combat rare diseases.Sponsor Posts
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