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Apple releases the first public betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27 Golden Gate, watchOS 27, and tvOS 27, marking the new Siri AI's first public launch — Try the new Siri AI and system-wide performance improvements. — Adventurous early adopters, your moment has arrived …
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Demis Hassabis proposes a US-based Standards Body for “Frontier-class” AI, modeled after FINRA; labs would share models for review up to 30 days before release — This is a pivotal moment in human history. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a system that exhibits …
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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
IBM reports preliminary Q2 revenue of $17.2B, below $17.9B est., as CEO Arvind Krishna says customers are shifting spending to chips; IBM falls 20% pre-market — International Business Machines Corp. shares slid after the company reported preliminary second-quarter sales that fell short of expectations … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail “context bombing”, where defenders use prompt injections to trigger guardrails of attackers' LLMs, cutting AI hacking success rates by ~90% — Prompt injections, the malicious commands attackers embed into content to entice large language models to follow them …
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs a moratorium blocking new permits for hyperscale data centers exceeding 50MW for up to one year, the first state to do so — But a version approved by state lawmakers could go even further. … New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York … | Jason Nelson / Decrypt: |
Anthropic research based on ~310K anonymized Claude conversations shows how Claude expresses different values and behaviors across model versions and languages — Claude doesn't behave the same way in every conversation. According to new research published Monday, AI giant Anthropic found … | Trishla Ostwal / Adweek: |
eMarketer: chatbots like ChatGPT and Google AI Mode will generate less than $1B in ad revenue in 2026; OpenAI projected $2.5B in ChatGPT ad revenue this year — OpenAI is projecting $100 billion in ad revenue by 2030. Emarketer puts the ceiling for the entire chatbot ad market in U.S at just $5.41 billion.
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| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
Sources: DeepSeek is in preliminary talks with new investors about raising funds at a ~$71B valuation, after raising ~$7B at a ~$52B valuation at the end of May — Unusually swift pace of capital injection comes as Chinese AI start-up seeks to build out infrastructure| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
AI drug design startup Chai Discovery raised $400M led by Index at a $3.8B valuation, as it positions its Chai models as AI infrastructure for pharmaceuticals — The fund-raising values the company at $3.8 billion and underscores investor interest in using artificial intelligence to tackle problems like drug discovery.| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
A look at AI world models, including how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled, as startups led by tech leaders like Yann LeCun raise billions — Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled. — Over the past few years …
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| Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia intensified due diligence and cut its authorized AI chip customers in Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan by 50%+ to prevent China diversions — Tougher vetting in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan reflects Washington's push to close export-control loopholes
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China's smartphone shipments fell 4.3% YoY to 66M units in Q2, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, amid a memory shortage; Huawei and Apple grew shipments — What Happened in China's Smartphone Market in Q2 2026? — China's smartphone shipments came in at roughly 66 million units … | Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft announces a Windows 11 search overhaul that prioritizes local results, removes promotional web content, and more, rolling out to Windows Insiders — Windows 11's search user experience is getting a big update, with Microsoft moving to prioritize local results, remove promotional content, and much more.
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| Martha Muir / Financial Times: |
Google agrees to buy 100% of the initial output from the Steel River Energy Center's 1.6GW solar project in Arkansas when it becomes operational in 2029 — Deal signals continued demand for renewable energy despite Trump administration's efforts to end tax credits and stall plansSponsor Posts
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Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
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