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Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to Fable 5 performance at half the price; it is the new default model on Claude Max — Claude Opus 5 is available today. It's a thoughtful and proactive model that comes close to the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at half the price.
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| Leo Schwartz / The Information: |
Meta, Microsoft, a16z, and others sign a letter defending open-weight AI models; Jensen Huang, in his first X post, says open models strengthen cybersecurity — Many of the largest U.S. tech companies signed a joint letter on Friday defending open-source AI software as the Trump administration …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
In their letter defending open-weight AI, tech companies urge lawmakers to avoid “premature restrictions” that “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas” — Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and more than 20 other companies released a letter on Friday urging policymakers …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Meta launches Facebook Verified, a free program it says will verify that users are real humans by analyzing a facial recognition selfie and assigning badges — And it's free. — In the face of AI content, profiles and slop, Meta hopes a new Facebook Verified program will help human users interact with other humans.
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| Rocio Fabbro / Bloomberg Law: |
Google says it appreciates the engagement by the Trump administration and US government on the EU's $1B fine; Trump called the fine “illegal” — Google says in a statement it appreciates the engagement by the administration and US government on the European Union's fine on the tech giant.
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| Kevin Breuninger / CNBC: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI told Hugging Face only this week its models caused the July 11 hack; the models appear to have been active online for days before being stopped — They were like high-school students trying to hack into the textbook company to cheat on their final exam. Only these hackers weren't human.
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| Harry Booth / Time: |
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Midjourney bought astrology app Co-Star, which uses AI to offer personalized advice, in the spring and is building its first standalone image-generation app — Artificial intelligence lab Midjourney Inc. has bought the popular astrology app Co-Star and is building its first standalone image-generation app …
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| Eli Tan / New York Times: |
Meta launches Seller, a free standalone app version of Facebook Marketplace; Seller includes AI features that scan photos to fill out listings automatically — Seller is part of the Silicon Valley company's strategy to innovate on its original social network.| Timothy Pratt / The Guardian: |
The DOJ is prosecuting a Cop City protester for allegedly providing CBP with a “duress” passcode that wiped the contents of his GrapheneOS phone — Concern over US effort to prosecute Sam Tunick, accused by authorities of wiping his phone using GrapheneOS
More: TechCrunch and Android Authority
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| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
Facebook plans to test a full-screen “immersive video” player when users open the app, replacing the newsfeed, in select international markets this year — The social platform says it will test a video-first look for users when they open the app in select countries, potentially bringing it to the U.S. next year.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Cognition acquires the makers of Poke, an AI assistant that users can access via messaging services, in a deal valuing Poke's parent in the “low nine figures” — Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, is making its next big move. The company behind the assistant …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Meta updates Meta AI with Muse Spark 1.1-powered agentic capabilities, connecting to Gmail and Google Calendar to perform tasks like creating daily updates — Meta is giving its AI assistant new agent-like capabilities powered by Muse Spark 1.1, its latest model.
More: Meta Newsroom, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Neowin, and The Verge
| Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times: |
Sources: Waymo is exploring exiting its Uber partnership, with their relationship souring amid an intense lobbying battle over the future of robotaxis — Partnership between two groups has soured amid intense lobbying battle over rollout of autonomous vehicles
More: CNBC, TechCrunch, Reuters, Benzinga, and Euronews
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
India orders GitHub to remove Bitchat, the offline messaging app built by Jack Dorsey that is used by anti-government protestors amid internet blackouts — India's top cybercrime watchdog has ordered GitHub to take down Bitchat, the offline messaging app built by Block chief executive … | Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Paper, which allows designers to connect directly with production code and the AI agents that create it, raised a $34M Series A led by Accel and ICONIQ — Paper, a design platform for teams using AI, locked up a $34 million Series A led by Accel and ICONIQ, CEO Stephen Haney tells Axios Pro exclusively.
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Preliminary findings: the EU Commission says TikTok's accounts for minors violate the DSA, citing features that could expose children to bullying and predators — ByteDance's social media platform TikTok has been charged with breaching EU online content rules due to design features … | Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Letter: Qualcomm tells customers it plans to raise prices by double digit percentage points, after exhausting its ability to absorb higher costs from suppliers — Qualcomm Inc., the biggest maker of smartphone processors, plans to increase prices by a percentage in the double digits … | Reuters: |
Sources: Anduril is in talks with investors for a new funding round that could see it valued at around $100B; the company raised $5B at a $61B valuation in May — Defense tech firm Anduril is in discussions with investors for a new funding round that could see it valued at roughly $100 billion …
More: TechCrunch, Benzinga, GeekWire, CTech, and DroneXL
| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
World Foundation, the nonprofit behind the World protocol, raised $52.5M led by Pantera through a strategic sale of its WLD token with a one-year lockup — Quick Take — World Foundation has raised $52.5 million in new funding through a WLD token sale, with all purchased tokens subject to a one-year lockup.
More: Benzinga, TechCrunch, International Business Times, CoinDesk, RuntimeWire, Decrypt, crypto.news, and Cointelegraph
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