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White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says “we have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model” — We have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic's Fable for the development of its K3 model. To do this they developed a sophisticated internal platform to conduct large scale distillation against U.S. models, allowing them to quickly switch between multiple methods of
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| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios says Moonshot AI “acquired GB300-equipped servers and has accessed GB300s in Thailand, likely to train its AI models” — A White House official accused China's Moonshot of improperly using US AI models and Nvidia Corp. chips to create … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
OpenAI says its models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and “an even more capable pre-release model”, breached Hugging Face while OpenAI tested their cyber capabilities — OpenAI said Tuesday that models it was testing escaped their sandbox and compromised parts of AI platform Hugging Face's production infrastructure last week.
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OpenAI says its models chained vulnerabilities across its research environment and Hugging Face's infrastructure to find a solution for the ExploitGym benchmark — Last week, Hugging Face disclosed a new kind of security incident(opens in a new window) after they detected and contained …
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| Andrew Romero / 9to5Google: |
Samsung unveils the $2,100+ Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, featuring its “most advanced foldable design”, a Flex Titanium display, a 5,000mAH battery, and Android 17 — The “Ultra” moniker is alive and well, but it now applies to the Galaxy Z Fold series.| David Imel / The Verge: |
Samsung Z Fold 8 Ultra hands-on: its new Flex Titanium tech makes the crease practically nonexistent and the specs match the S26 Ultra's, but it costs $100 more — While we wait for Apple's rumored foldable iPhone, Samsung is polishing a design it already has on the market.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
AMD and Anthropic sign a server deal for tens of billions; Anthropic will buy up to 2GW of MI450 chips from H1 2027, and AMD will invest up to $5B in Anthropic — The 2-gigawatt deal covers tens of billions of dollars' worth of chips, as AMD plans to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic
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| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
Samsung teases its smart glasses, developed with Google, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster, and says they will have a nine-hour battery life and privacy features — Samsung Electronics Co. showcased the smart glasses it developed in partnership with Alphabet Inc.'s Google … | Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI plans to spend $30B+ on a massive new data center in Georgia, securing 3.2GW of energy, with several hundred MWs set to come online starting in 2028 — OpenAI plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a massive new data center near Savannah, Georgia as part of the ChatGPT maker's push … | Anissa Gardizy / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: OpenAI raised its projected cloud spending to ~$750B through 2030, up from its ~$600B projection earlier in 2026, reflecting its new cloud compute deals — The AI giant has committed $20 billion to a new data-center project in Georgia and hired an architect of Elon Musk's computing build-out| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is set to debut new versions of every Mac, including long-awaited iMac updates, a revamped MacBook Pro, and a new Neo, across the fall and 2027 — Apple Inc. is readying an overhaul of its Mac line, seeking to capitalize on demand for powerful laptops and desktops fueled by the artificial intelligence boom.
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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Xbox expands its backward compatibility program to PC, starting with four classic original Xbox games, offering 4X resolution scaling, V-Sync support, and more — Conker, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, and Blinx head to Xbox PC for the first time, complete with Xbox achievements, and more are on the way.
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| Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: the White House OSTP plans to redirect federal research funding from universities to individual scientists and AI use, reshaping a ~$200B annual budget — The overhaul will reshape $200 billion in spending a year and favors individual scientists to outpace China
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| Victoria Song / The Verge: |
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2, moving from its Exynos chips to the Snapdragon Wear Elite and hiking prices by $30 to $380 and $50 to $700 — It's a year of refinement for the Galaxy Watch. With the new Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, which are being announced today … | Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Meta updates WhatsApp's CarPlay and Android Auto integrations to include message playback, replies, and more, let users sign up from its iPad app, and more — WhatsApp is rolling out a suite of new features, including a revamped Apple CarPlay and Android Auto experience as part …
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| Zachary Basu / Axios: |
Jensen Huang says “these Chinese models are excellent”, “open-source models that are excellent should be used”, and “free AI should be great for hardware” — - “These Chinese models are excellent,” Huang told Axios' Mike Allen on Tuesday in an exclusive interview for our …
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| Business Insider: |
OpenAI introduces Presence, to help companies better connect AI agents to their internal systems and automate customer support, sales, and other tasks — OpenAI is launching a new product that could help the company take another step beyond the ultra-competitive business of making AI models.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak's Science Corp wins EU approval for Prima, a bionic eye that treats age-related macular degeneration using an implant and glasses — Decision will allow Science Corp to treat patients with retina implants in coming months — A US start-up has received …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Anthropic commits another $20M to Public First Action, after giving $20M earlier in 2026; PFA says it is a counterweight to the a16z-backed Leading the Future — WASHINGTON—The artificial-intelligence startup Anthropic is doubling its spending on the midterm elections to $40 million …
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| Martin Peers / The Information: |
Filing: Monday.com plans to cut 20% of its workforce, or ~600 employees, in H2 2026 to “support a leaner, more focused operational model”; MNDY falls 2% — Enterprise software firm Monday.com said Wednesday it plans to cut 20% of its workforce in the second half of ths year to …
More: The Times of Israel and Haaretz
| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Reddit, Politico, and others weigh cutting Google's access to their content for AI as traffic drops; Reddit signed a $60M/year deal with Google in 2024 — Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches| Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
London-based Arrakis, which makes AI agents for industrial companies, emerges from stealth with a $7.5M seed and a $30M Series A at a $140M post-money valuation — Arrakis, a seven-month old London- and Paris-based startup building what it calls an AI “operating system” for industrial companies …
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