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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Meta releases Muse Glimmer, an open-weight model, and plans to launch an open-weight version of its most advanced model, Muse Spark 1.2, in the coming weeks — Mark Zuckerberg has a new game plan for winning over hearts and minds to his company's artificial-intelligence efforts: open models and an open hand.
More: Meta AI Research, Investor's Business Daily, Capital Brief, Livemint, MarketWatch, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Hugging Face, and TestingCatalog AI News
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| Mark Zuckerberg / Meta: |
Mark Zuckerberg proposes a positive AI philosophy centered on individual empowerment, predicts personal superintelligence could increase employment, and more — We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history. In the next few years, people will be able to use superintelligence …
More: The Information, PYMNTS, Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, and Constellation Research
X: @finkd, @jamestitcomb, @buccocapital, @joel_kaplan, @digiphile, @shakeelhashim, @rand_longevity, @haider1, @andymstone, @dan_jeffries1, @mil000, @lutherlowe, @soundboy, @shakeelhashim, @amank1412, @dinapowellmcc, @kunalgoel, @wojkuli, @dr_singularity, @metanewsroom, @francisbrennan, @alexandr_wang, @tekbog, @marioprezidente, @logandobson, @adamlowisz, and @sriramk
| Jamie John / Financial Times: |
Mark Zuckerberg criticizes “closed” AI model makers, says AI labs are espousing a “discourse ... so filled with doom”, and defends distillation as a principle — Meta's founder casts OpenAI and Anthropic as foils in his pitch for powerful AI to become more freely available
More: Reuters, CNBC, New York Times, New York Post, and Axios
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
More: Business Insider, Digit, Quartz, and The Indian Express
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Smart Analytics: Chinese humanoid robot makers were 97%+ of global shipments in H1 2026, reaching ~19,100 unit shipments globally, up from 5,100 in H1 2025 — China's humanoid robot makers commanded more than 97% of global shipments in the first half of 2026, according to new industry data affirming …
More: Silicon Republic and Smart Analytics Global
| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Sony and TSMC plan a ~$6.3B JV, owned ~60% by Sony and ~40% by TSMC, to mass produce next-gen image sensor chips in Kumamoto, Japan, as early as 2029 — TOKYO/KUMAMOTO, Japan/TAIPEI — Sony Group and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plan to begin mass production …
More: Bloomberg, Quartz, The Information, The Japan Times, Automotive World, Reuters, Euronews, Apple Must, Tech in Asia, and DigiTimes
| Max Tani / Semafor: |
Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns — Spotify is terrifying much of the podcast industry with a tiny little widget. — Last week, the audio streaming giant tweaked …
More: TechRadar, Forbes, Podnews, Spotify, LinkedIn, Podnews, Net Influencer, Digital Music News, and Hypebot
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the AI-driven memory chip shortage has kicked off a rush of DC lobbying; many US officials appear unsympathetic to Apple's desire to buy Chinese chips — The artificial intelligence boom has created a shortage of a critical commodity called memory chips, and a new front for corporate lobbying in Washington.
More: Tech in Asia, Telecompaper, and DigiTimes
| Wall Street Journal: |
More: MacRumors, Investor's Business Daily, Reuters, Livemint, Wccftech, Global Times, Barron's Online, Korea JoongAng Daily, Watcher Guru, Semafor, The Asia Business Daily, Reuters, ZeroHedge News, and Blockonomi
X: @ehrmantrautcap_ and @danielmuvdiyt
Forums: r/apple, r/MU_Stock, and MacRumors Forums
| ABC: |
An Australian user's OpenClaw agent running Claude exploited a gym website's API flaw to remove the top member, after he asked it to move him up the waitlist — By national AI reporter Cam Wilson and the Specialist Reporting Team's Rhiannon Hobbins — abc.net.au/news/ai-assistant-hacks- gym-website-aus-cyber-attack/107007986
More: Android Authority, Tech Times, The Independent, RuntimeWire, The Neuron, Cyber Security News, Neowin, The Indian Express, The Cyber Express, Simon Willison's Weblog, and Business Today
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LinkedIn: Julian Harris, Kirk Nesbitt, and Ron Arnold
Bluesky: @tjmcintyre.com, @sophieactual.mitsuko.nz, @shartymcscrote, @anatolkirichenko, @daniloc.xyz, @joeycoleman.ca, and @nickdmiller
Mastodon: @ai@defcon.social and @Ex_spurt@aus.social
Forums: Hacker News, r/australia, r/auslaw, r/technology, r/AusNewsWire, and r/aussie
| Richard Holmes / Telegraph: |
Sources: the UK Royal Navy removed internet connectivity from its drones' cameras, after finding they sent “heartbeat communications” to an IP address in China — Special forces boats set for use in planned Gulf missions were fitted with Chinese-made components
More: Tom's Hardware, The Sun, PetaPixel, Metro.co.uk, GB News, Mirror, NewsMax.com, and Neowin
X: @teortaxestex, @lukedepulford, @lowlandsapien, @ghwtowler, @baldingsworld, @laralogan, @richard_aholmes, @robertclark87, @benobesejecty, @kevinrogerjames, @whatnowdoc, @mpiainds, @mrbcyber, @heatloss1986, and @fennelljw. LinkedIn: Philip Hicks
Bluesky: @drode, @novanovis, and @saridder
Forums: r/CanadianInvestor, r/ukpolitics, and r/Intelligence
| TrendForce: |
Analysis: the 256GB iPhone 18 Pro is set to have a bill of materials cost ~38% higher than the iPhone 17 Pro due to memory prices; memory's BOM share hits 34% — TrendForce's latest smartphone industry research reveals that escalating component costs—led by memory—are expected …
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Apple Must, The Standard, Notebookcheck, and Wccftech
X: @omercheema, @phonefuturist, @durreadan01, @thegalox_, @jukan05, and @appltrack. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Palmer Luckey's Erebor, a lender that aims to fill the gap left by Silicon Valley Bank, is in advanced talks to raise ~$1.5B at an $8B valuation — Funding values Erebor at $8bn, underscoring growth of lender supported by Silicon Valley investors — A start-up bank backed … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Intel announces a $15B common stock offering, with proceeds going to general corporate purposes like “maintaining a strong balance sheet”; INTC falls 3%+ — Intel Corp. said it will be offering $15 billion in common stock, taking advantage of renewed interest in its business prospects during …
More: Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Electronics Weekly, Quartz, CNBC, Dow Jones Newswires, ZeroHedge News, and Intel
X: @benbajarin and @patrickmoorhead
| South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Nvidia chips remain the norm for Chinese AI labs training LLMs, as switching from its CUDA platform to Huawei's CANN requires major code rewriting — China's most advanced artificial intelligence models are still being trained on Nvidia chips, sources at major Chinese large language model …
More: Wccftech
| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A profile of Founders Pledge, which has recorded $4B in pledges from founders so far in 2026, as the AI industry now accounts for a third of its lifetime total — A new generation of philanthropists made rich by artificial intelligence are preparing to give away their vast wealth.
X: @simonhedlin and @wired
| Shane Burke / The Information: |
After New York and Texas added statewide data center restrictions, 500+ US towns and counties have passed bans or restrictions, up from 300+ in late June — Local government resistance to data center development accelerated this summer, a warning sign for big AI companies such as Anthropic …
More: Tom's Hardware. X: @cryptopunk7213, @freewayheilig, @shawnchauhan1, and @discoplomacy. Bluesky: @jessefelder.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
Forums: r/TechGawker and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese regulators have told banks to back tech companies, but lenders still prefer stable cash flows and profitability over loss-making tech startups — The strategy marks a break from Beijing's reliance on subsidies and state funding. — Even by the frothy standards of the AI era …
More: Seoul Economic Daily and Daily Sabah
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