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Source: Muse Spark 1.1 model breached a company's systems during cybersecurity testing; Meta says evaluation partner Irregular caused a sandbox misconfiguration — A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and hacked into another company …
More: BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Reuters, CSO, Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo, Quartz, Engadget, eSecurity Planet, Nextgov/FCW, The Register, Business Insider, Hindustan Times, Security Affairs, The Hans India, Türkiye Today, Livemint, Cointelegraph, CBS News, Benzinga, SecurityWeek, Malwarebytes, Nairametrics, and RuntimeWire
X: @__apf__, @hesamation, @deanwball, @shakeelhashim, @mattturck, @giffmana, @benhylak, @max_paperclips, @shakeelhashim, @felpix_, @teortaxestex, @ns123abc, @bonecondor, @pranavdixit, @ml_angelopoulos, @simonw, @paularambles, @miles_brundage, @zerohedge, and @wongmjane. LinkedIn: Jyoti Mann
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @simonwillison.net, and @maoltuile
Forums: r/technology, r/whoathatsinteresting, r/artificial, r/singularity, and r/news
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Meta releases Muse Code in beta, a terminal coding agent powered by Muse Spark 1.2, a coding-focused model priced at $1.25/1M input and $4.25/1M output tokens — Meta is rolling out its first coding agent called Muse Code as the company tries to challenge leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI.
More: Meta AI Research, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Forbes, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, The Decoder, Gizchina, Türkiye Today, Forkast, Silicon UK, The Mac Observer, Neowin, TestingCatalog AI News, Business Insider, CNET, and AppleInsider
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| Artificial Analysis: |
More: Reuters, Tech Monitor, and Artificial Analysis
X: @cline, @kunchenguid, @valsai, @chamath, @rihardjarc, @valsai, @louszbd, and @millionint
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: The Information. X: @kylebrussell, @scaling01, @mattdeitke, @giffmana, @heaney555, @xeophon, @cheatyyyy, and @synthwavedd
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker's allegations are meritless — OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets … | Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says it plans to implement substantial price increases across its services; V4 Flash currently costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens — DeepSeek plans to implement a significant price increase across its AI services, an unusual shift from the disruptive Chinese player that has put pressure on US and domestic rivals.
More: The Information, Android Authority, RuntimeWire, and Robotics News
X: @thdxr, @cheatyyyy, @gpuhell, @zephyr_z9, @teortaxestex, @firstadopter, @lisaabramowicz1, @ruima, and @stevehou
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hacks — At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies …
More: Wall Street Journal, Cybersecurity Dive, Binding Hook, The Register, 9to5Google, Ground Level AI, Benzinga, CSO, Bloomberg, The Hans India, Tom's Hardware, Politico, The Decoder, The Sun, Digital Trends, Engadget, Cyber Security News, Axios, and RuntimeWire
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Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @dell, and @timkellogg.me
Forums: r/ChatGPT and r/technology
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Rockstar says it will show an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET — The preview will stream on both Netflix and YouTube. … We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon …
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X: @rockstargames, @gameroll_, @tomwarren, @_tom_henderson_, @synthpotato, @playstation, @netflix, @tggonyt, @darkviperau, and @rockstargames. Instagram: Rockstar Games
Forums: r/PS5 and r/videogames
| Axios: |
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind's CEO to be the unit's chair and will add Alphabet chief scientist to his title; GOOG closes down 4%+ — Demis Hassabis is leaving his role as CEO of Google DeepMind to be the unit's chairman. Chief scientist Jeff Dean and several Google AI colleagues …
More: Google, Financial Times, CNBC, Search Engine Land, Reuters, Washington Post, The Stack, Ventureburn, Business Insider, New York Times, Yahoo Finance, Fortune India, Mobile Europe, The Hans India, Digit, Times of India, Axios, Business Today, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Decoder, and The Verge
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
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| Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: |
Filing: DeepSeek has invested ~$20.8M in Unitree Robotics' Shanghai IPO and agreed to jointly develop AI models for humanoid machines — Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has invested 140.8 million yuan ($20.8 million) in robot maker Unitree (688836.SS) and agreed … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more — Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs …
More: Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Drug Target Review, Business Today, Financial Express, MarketWatch, Hindustan Times, The Rundown AI, and Inc.com
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
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X: @vkhosla, @vin_sachi, @jonchu, @vkhosla, @danprimack, @vkhosla, and @radicalvcfund. LinkedIn: Rob Toews. Forums: Hacker News
| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare open sources a new version of Cloudflare OS, a browser-accessible AI agentic workspace for enterprises that lets employees build custom micro-apps — Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through …
More: Cloudflare, Decrypt, Tech Times, Neowin, Help Net Security, Techstrong.ai, and Phoronix
| Lawfare: |
Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025 — A halt in Grokipedia's edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.
| Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q1 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$3.3B, above $2.8B est., net income of ~$933M, above ~$495M est., and Switch 2 sales down 34.4% YoY to 3.82M — Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.| Wired: |
A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months — For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers' servers.| Britney Nguyen / MarketWatch: |
Sandisk reports Q4 revenue up 372% YoY to $8.97B, above $8.5B est., data center revenue of $2.97B, and forecasts Q1 revenue below est.; SNDK drops 5%+ — The midpoint of the company's revenue forecast was below what analysts had been modeling — Sandisk's stock was falling on Wednesday afternoon.
| Neil J Kanatt / Reuters: |
DoorDash reports Q2 marketplace gross order value up 36% YoY to $33.08B, above $32.08B est., and forecasts Q3 marketplace GOV and adjusted EBITDA above est. — DoorDash (DASH.O) on Wednesday forecast third-quarter gross order value and core profit above Wall Street estimates after topping results … | MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Sources: some Google researchers have grown frustrated over AI compute access for ambitious projects while Google Cloud sells TPUs to customers like Anthropic — Depending on where you sit, Google either has the most enviable position in artificial intelligence or is bleeding top talent …
More: Google Cloud Blog and Silicon Republic
| Anhata Rooprai / Reuters: |
SpaceX and Tesla plan to initially invest $16.8B to build Terafab in Grimes County, Texas; combined demand from SpaceX and Tesla is forecast to top 1 TW — SpaceX (SPCX.O) and Tesla (TSLA.O) will initially invest $16.8 billion to build Terafab, Elon Musk's planned advanced AI chip manufacturing complex … | Jonathan Greig / The Record: |
Canadian national Connor Moucka pleads guilty in the US to participating in the 2024 Snowflake hacks involving data theft from 165+ companies, including AT&T — A Canadian national is facing decades in prison for participating in the hacking of data storage platform Snowflake.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Etsy says it will cut ~220 employees, or ~12% of its workforce, mostly in product and engineering, and reports Q2 revenue up 6% YoY to $668.3M, vs. $649.1M est. — Etsy said Wednesday it's laying off about 220 employees, or roughly 12% of its workforce, as the online marketplace looks … | Manya Saini / Reuters: |
Block reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to $6.62B, above $6.49B est., Cash App gross profit up 31% to $1.97B, and raises its FY 2026 gross profit forecast — Block (XYZ.N) raised its full-year gross profit forecast on Wednesday after delivering market-beating second-quarter results …
More: Block, American Banker, Quartz, and Bloomberg
| Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch: |
Nikita Bier steps down as X's head of product after starting the role in July 2025, saying “running this app is a 24/7 job”, and will continue as an adviser — Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk's social media platform, after a little more than a year in the role.
More: The Verge, The Economic Times, Business Today, Gizmodo, The Hans India, Business Insider, The Tech Buzz, and RuntimeWire
X: @benjitaylor, @nikitabier, @uncledoomer, @nikitabier, @taylorlorenz, @sprocketguys, @beeple, @vlonepredator, @nikitabier, @antunes1, @toly, @elonmusk, @schizo_freq, @kylezaragoza, @levelsio, @singhai, @bonegpt, @joshelman, @scobleizer, @nikitabier, and @nicksortor. Bluesky: @bjkeefe. Mastodon: @Fulk_It@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: DeepSeek has resumed its funding round, seeking $8B at a $74B valuation, after pausing talks following the leak of Liang Wenfeng's remarks to investors — DeepSeek has resumed its second funding round, seeking close to $8 billion, with Monolith Management in talks to contribute, according to people familiar with the matter.| Colin Demarest / Axios: |
Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025 — Hadrian, the factory builder and defense manufacturer, raised $1.37 billion in venture capital and is now valued just shy of $8 billion.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
SoftBank reports Q1 net profit down 18% YoY to ~$2.2B, above ~$761M est., an ~$8.2B gain on its Intel stake, and Vision Fund up $1.7B due to its ByteDance stake — SoftBank on Thursday reported profit for its fiscal first quarter that beat market expectations, driven by a huge gain on its stake in Intel … Sponsor Posts
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