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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:
OpenAI says its models chained vulnerabilities across its research environment and Hugging Face's infrastructure to find solutions 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 …
Shakeel Hashim / Transformer:
OpenAI's Hugging Face breach is the first known example of a misaligned AI escaping containment and carrying out a hack on a third party, a clear warning shot
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.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
Samsung says the Galaxy Z Fold 8, Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 have silicon-carbon batteries, citing their performance, longevity, and safety  —  It's happening.  Samsung has officially adopted silicon-carbon batteries on its latest foldables, though you wouldn't know that by looking …
Steve Dent / Engadget:
Samsung debuts the $1,200+ Galaxy Z Flip 8 with a lighter, smaller, and slimmer design, and new Flex Window features for apps and insights on the cover screen
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 hands-on: the passport-esque shape feels great and is almost immediately intuitive, but no telephoto lens, IP48, and $1,900+ is pricey
Wall Street Journal:
AMD and Anthropic sign an AI server deal worth tens of billions; Anthropic will buy up to 2GW of MI450 chips from H1 2027, and AMD will invest $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
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 …
Damien Wilde / 9to5Google:
Samsung Galaxy Watch 9 and Ultra 2 hands-on: nice improvements with a rugged look and new AI-powered fitness features, but a blockier shape is not for everyone
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 ~$200B in annual spending  —  The overhaul will reshape $200 billion in spending a year and favors individual scientists to outpace China
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak's Science Corp gets 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 …
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Glow, a cybersecurity startup that uses AI agents to monitor software and developer tools, emerges from stealth with a $180M Series A at a $1.2B valuation  —  Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn …
Sam Sabin / Axios:
Cisco releases Antares-350M and Antares-1B, two open-weight AI models to find known vulnerabilities within a codebase, and plans to release Antares-3B soon  —  - Cisco says the models performed similarly to much larger models, including OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Z.ai's GLM-5.2 …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
France becomes the first European country to pass a law banning social media access for users under 15, potentially taking effect as soon as September 1  —  Its new law, the first of its kind enacted by a European country, will ban access to some accounts for anyone under 15.
Ella Lee / Financial Times:
Trump nominates FCC General Counsel Adam Candeub to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit; Candeub, a longtime Big Tech critic, has long sought to challenge Section 230  —  Adam Candeub authored a Project 2025 chapter calling for a sweeping shake-up of US competition enforcement

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