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Bloomberg:
Sources: three OpenAI models breached Hugging Face's internal systems in a matter of hours, an attack that would have taken a talented hacker a couple of weeks  —  When OpenAI's advanced artificial intelligence models breached AI startup Hugging Face's internal systems last week …
Politico:
Bipartisan US House lawmakers introduce the AI Kill Switch Act, which would grant the DHS the authority to shut down or slow AI models that it deems dangerous  —  A bipartisan House bill slated to be introduced on Thursday would give the Department of Homeland Security the authority …
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI's staff were “freaked out” when its AI models breached Hugging Face, as OpenAI used more aggressive training methods to compete with Anthropic
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Ford says Apple's software will be available in its new EVs, helping determine autonomous driving via Apple Maps, and they are working to improve self-driving  —  In a first, Apple Maps will influence the way a new line of electric vehicles made by Ford Motor operates, and other automakers may follow.
Reece Rogers / Wired:
Google adds a selfie video sign-in option for account recovery, using tools like liveness detection to safeguard against deepfake attacks, rolling out globally  —  The next time you're locked out of your Google account, you can use your face as part of the account recovery process.
New York Times:
The European Commission fines Google €890M under the DMA for illegally undercutting competition through its search dominance and Google Play app developer rules  —  At a tense moment for trans-Atlantic trade, the European Union accused Google of anti-competitive business practices.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported cloud gaming for Xbox Insiders, limited to one-hour sessions for the games users own; ads play “before sessions begin”  —  The free streaming option is still in testing, and limited to one-hour sessions for ‘select’ games.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Mark Zuckerberg launches a media campaign positioning the company's AI development as an optimistic, pro-human alternative to its competitors' “dystopian” ideas  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday laid out an optimistic view of the agentic future, arguing the company's focus …
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
OpenAI expands ChatGPT Health, which helps users with health-related queries and connects to services like Apple Health, to all logged-in US users over 18  —  OpenAI said today it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans.
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
A Google study of millions of de-identified Google AI interactions finds AI is helping workers, not replacing them, and AI use is “shallow” in most occupations  —  One of the looming worries about artificial intelligence is that it will automate away jobs.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon is integrating its Luna cloud gaming service into Prime Video via a new Games tab, starting with games like Hogwarts Legacy and EA Sports FC for Fire TV  —  The Amazon Luna gaming platform, which had been included in the larger Prime offering, will now be baked into Prime Video too.
Akanksha Khushi / Reuters:
Crypto exchange BitMEX says it will close on September 23 and tells users to withdraw assets; Trump pardoned its founders in 2025 for not implementing AML rules  —  Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX said on Thursday that it will shut down its operations, effective September 23 …
Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:
Adam Mosseri says Instagram will now take down “pickup line” and other videos shot on Meta glasses that feature harassment of other people in public places  —  , Follow Senior Correspondent covering technology and culture  —  Instagram is cracking down on videos shot on Meta glasses …
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Tesla stock closed down 14.52% and Alphabet closed down 6.89% after they signaled increased AI spending, amid worries about the mounting costs of the AI boom  —  Shares of Alphabet and Tesla fell on Thursday after both companies signaled increased AI spending, unnerving investors worried …
Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
Google reports Q2 free cash flow at negative $5.9B amid increased AI infrastructure spending, marking its first cash burn since going public in August 2004
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Anthropic makes its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and says voice mode can now tap into some connected apps like Gmail, Slack, and Notion  —  Weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT's voice mode, rival Anthropic is making …
Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Microsoft replaces OpenAI's image-generating models with its MAI models in its products; Mustafa Suleyman says MAI models are ~85% cheaper to run in PowerPoint  —  Microsoft Corp. is replacing OpenAI's image-generating models with its own technology in popular products like PowerPoint and Bing.
More: Neowin and RuntimeWire.  LinkedIn: LinkedIn
Corbin Bolies / Variety:
Patreon lays off 20% of its employees, or 93 people, citing a “painful” restructuring due to “profound” changes in the creator economy  —  Patreon, the creator-focused monetization platform, said on Thursday it was laying off 20% of its employees as it changed how its internal structure operates.
Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Intel reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $16.1B, vs. $14.42B est., its fastest sales growth in ~15 years on “unprecedented” demand; INTC jumps 10%+ after hours  —  Intel reported better-than-expected second-quarter results on Thursday, notching its fastest revenue growth rate …
Fred Gao / Inside China:
In a leaked nearly four-hour investor talk, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says the main US-China gap is compute power, Nvidia's CUDA moat is disintegrating, and more  —  In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump says 200 additional stakeholders, including major utilities, joined a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high energy bills from AI data centers  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday had governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers …
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
AegisAI, which uses AI agents to detect AI-driven spear-phishing attacks, raised a $36M Series A led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $49M  —  Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary target.
More: RuntimeWire

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warns broadcasters not to air “fake polls” or “suppression polls”, once again threatening regulatory action for news content

Jem Aswad / Variety:
WMG plans to combine its recorded music and publishing sync divisions into a single unit, to be led by Ron Broitman, who is promoted to President of Global Sync

Owen Lewis / Defector:
Spotify-owned outlet The Ringer moves newsletters by some of its most popular staff to Substack; Spotify declines to explain the strategy behind the move

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Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
IBM agrees to acquire HRL Laboratories from Boeing and General Motors, seeking to integrate HRL's electron spin quantum circuits into its quantum computers
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
The Senate's Clarity Act, a crypto industry-backed bill set for a vote this summer, is mired in debate over rules to stop Trump from selling digital currencies

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Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
The debate over Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin leaving the US misses a larger structural reality: China isn't a net AI talent importer and has its own pipeline
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