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The UK AISI says it observed 17 cases of Mythos 5 and two cases of GPT-5.6 Sol trying to hack people and organizations during a routine cyber evaluation in July — The U.K. AI Security Institute said it observed nearly 20 instances of Anthropic and OpenAI's most advanced models trying …
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| Wired: |
OpenAI says one of its models exploited a website's security after third-party AI security lab Irregular mistakenly gave it internet access during evaluations — Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX reports Q2 revenue up 92% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $6.81B est., AI operating loss of $1.26B, vs. $2.39B est., and says Q3 and Q4 capex will remain similar to Q2 — SpaceX stock fell after the company disclosed higher-than-expected spending on its artificial intelligence business …
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| Micah Maidenberg / Wall Street Journal: |
| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the US' AI framework excludes open models and defines a covered frontier model as closed source with SOTA capabilities and national security risks — The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the White House doesn't plan to publicly release its voluntary AI model framework and only give details to the companies that are part of the process — The White House does not plan to publicly release its new framework for evaluating advanced AI models, three sources familiar with the discussions told Axios.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Cloudflare announces Cloudflare Wallets so users can pay for APIs and content via stablecoins, with the ability to create Virtual Wallets for agentic shopping — The field of agentic commerce—a term that describes the use of bots for online buying and selling—is evolving fast.
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| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber and Wayve say Wayve received London private hire vehicle licenses for supervised robotaxis ahead of a full rollout; Waymo plans to offer robotaxis in 2026 — Uber Technologies Inc. and UK startup Wayve Technologies Ltd. are preparing to launch their robotaxi service in London with a safety driver …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will begin removing Google Assistant from Android and Wear OS devices on September 4, replaced by Gemini; Assistant will remain on connected cars — As expected, Google Assistant is going away in 2026, and the company just provided a September 4 date for Android.
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| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
An internal TikTok doc shows it withheld a safeguarded algorithm from 10% of US users, including a 16-year-old who was fed self-harm content and died by suicide — A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring “thoughtfully curated” fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical feed Verts — Disney said it would allow “thoughtfully curated” fan-created videos, using clips from its library, to appear on the streaming service.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's AMEC for possible use at their Chinese factories, as they hedge against US curbs — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) …
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| Kai Williams / Understanding AI: |
At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, 20+ mathematicians reflect on how AI advances are transforming their work and field; many are optimistic — I talked to 20 mathematicians about rapid AI progress in their field. … At a July 23 press conference in Philadelphia …
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| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.58B, above $3.45B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $115.57B, and forecasts Q3 revenue growth above est.; SHOP jumps 15%+ — Canada's Shopify projected current-quarter revenue growth above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling the company's AI efforts … | Tom Carter / Business Insider: |
Anthropic confirms it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for Claude, co-designing hardware and models and using a “multi-chip approach” — - Anthropic plans to design its own AI chips to run Claude, the company told Business Insider.| Antoaneta Roussi / Politico: |
Study: Palantir's European units made €440.5M in 2024 revenue but reported far smaller profit margins than its US operations, helping cut its European tax bills — A new study finds that Palantir, which boasts of high profit margins in the U.S., barely scrapes a margin in Europe, which helps slash its tax bill.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Circle reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $701M, vs. $712M est., net income of $48M, vs. $43M est., and ~$73.4B USDC circulation on June 30; CRCL is down 20%+ YTD — Circle Internet Group Inc. presented a mixed bag for investors. The largest US stablecoin issuer reported higher-than-forecast earnings … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How Reddit moderators are battling AI-powered astroturfing ad campaigns that exploit the platform's trustworthiness to promote skincare, indie music, and more — Earlier this year, a Reddit user had asked members of a skincare-focused subreddit if anyone had tried a specific hypochlorous acid spray, a product often used for acne.
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| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Coupang reports Q2 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.9B and a $556M operating loss, above $361M est., mainly due to South Korea's record ~$409M data breach fine in June — Coupang Inc. reported a larger-than-expected loss, underscoring the damage from a massive personal data leak that resulted …
More: Coupang and The Chosun Daily
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's (AMZN.O) platform.
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue up 50% YoY to $11.5B, above $11.3B est., Data Center revenue up 107%, and forecasts Q3 revenue below some est.; AMD drops 5%+ — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. tumbled in early trading after giving an underwhelming sales outlook, a sign shareholders expected more of a return …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/hardware
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Samsung previews zHBM, which vertically stacks HBM atop AI accelerators, and zNAND-O, built on V-NAND, and unveils the industry's first V10 BV-NAND architecture — Samsung Electronics Co. offered a glimpse of its most advanced memory hardware, touting improved performance and power efficiency … | Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
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