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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.
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Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @hypervisible.blacksky.app, and @timkellogg.me
| 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 …
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| 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: CNBC, Reuters, Associated Press, Axios, The American Bazaar, Business Standard, Agence France-Presse, Politico, and New York Times
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| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI unveils two Daybreak tiers: Daybreak Blue, which provides access to frontier models, and Daybreak Red, which offers purpose-trained cybersecurity models — Introducing new ways to unlock advanced cyber capabilities together with GPT-5.6-Cyber, our latest cybersecurity-specific model.
More: The Decoder, Unite.AI, and RuntimeWire
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
OpenAI releases GPT-5.6-Cyber, a more cyber-permissive version of GPT-5.6 Sol, to some partners and expands its Daybreak cybersecurity initiative — OpenAI is introducing a more cyber-permissive version of GPT-5.6 Sol to vetted defenders as it prepares companies for autonomous cyberattacks.
X: @openai, @sama, @thsottiaux, @gdb, @eric_wallace_, @openai, @openai, @openai, and @openai
| Ian King / 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. plans to offer $15 billion worth of new stock in what may be its first public share sale since the chipmaker listed in 1971 …
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X: @johnarnold, @mzuhair123, @semianalysis_, @patrickmoorhead, @benbajarin, @danielnewmanuv, and @alex_intel_
Forums: r/intelstock and r/hardware
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Google adds Venmo as a payment option on Google Play for games, apps, add-ons, subscriptions, and more in the US, expanding support beyond PayPal and Cash App — Google said that it is adding Venmo as a payment option today on Google Play for purchases including games, apps, add-ons, and other digital content.
More: Google, PYMNTS, Android Police, Thurrott, Neowin, PaymentsJournal, PayPal Newsroom, Deal N Tech, Android Authority, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Engadget, and Mobilegamer.biz. X: @venmo
| 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, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada, MacRumors, iLounge, HotHardware, AppleInsider, The Standard, Apple Must, MacTech.com, Wccftech, and Notebookcheck
X: @omercheema, @durreadan01, @thegalox_, @phonefuturist, @jukan05, and @appltrack. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
A US appeals court allows ~2,400 federal lawsuits against social media companies to proceed over claims their products were designed to addict young users — A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms (META.O), Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) … | 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: MacRumors, Daring Fireball, iClarified, Barron's Online, Livemint, and Wall Street Journal
| Thomas Barrabi / New York Post: |
Sources: officials say OpenAI risks its White House relationship by hiring Dean Ball, who has criticized Trump's AI strategy after leaving the administration — Top OpenAI official Dean Ball is in the middle of a heated feud with the Trump administration - and White House officials warn … | 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
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Bluesky: @saridder, @drode, and @novanovis
Forums: r/CanadianInvestor, r/ukpolitics, and r/Intelligence
| Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica: |
Google adds third-party games store Aptoide to the Play Store for Android users in the US, following a judge's orders in the antitrust lawsuit with Epic — A new day has dawned in the Play Store, and it's one that Google tried very hard to avoid. The first third-party app store has arrived …
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| 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 …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Anthropic, Macquarie, and Singapore's GIC form Theseus Infrastructure to develop AI computing sites; Anthropic commits to cover consumer electricity price hikes — Anthropic PBC has formed a strategic partnership with Macquarie Asset Management and Singaporean wealth fund GIC to build data centers for the Claude developer.| New York Times: |
Online course cheating has accelerated from chatbot-written essays to agents executing commands like “log in and complete my quiz”; major AI tools didn't refuse — As colleges and students embrace virtual classes, the ease of A.I. cheating is raising questions about the value of an online degree.| The Information: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to unveil its next-gen AI chip, the Maia 300, potentially as soon as September, and is in talks with TSMC to make 300K+ chips for 2027 — Microsoft is planning to significantly increase production of its internally designed next-generation AI chips next year in hopes …
More: Business Standard, Bloomberg, Quartz, RuntimeWire, and Reuters
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Palmer Luckey's Erebor, which aims to fill the gap left by Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, 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| 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
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| Reuters: |
South Korea plans to launch a ~$3.5B chip fund for promising materials, parts, equipment, and fabless companies, and speed the development of domestic chip hubs — South Korea will launch a 5 trillion won ($3.52 billion) semiconductor fund targeting promising chip materials, parts … | Emmy Martin / New York Times: |
As Waymo expands its fleet from 700 in 2025 to nearly 4,000 now, recalls and edge-case failures like flooded roadways and a San Francisco power outage mount — Waymo driverless cars are in San Francisco and 14 other metropolitan areas, including Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego and Tampa.Jason Henry for The New York Times| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more — Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify — In her upcoming book “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State,” …
Bluesky: @socialmedialab.ca and @anthonyha. Mastodon: @ecosdelfuturo@mstdn.social
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, KKR, and other financial groups are partnering with Nvidia on a $500B funding package for AI infrastructure development — Apollo, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs are among groups working with chipmaker to raise capital for data centre boom| Emily Forlini / Fortune: |
Tel Aviv- and San Francisco-based Corma, which develops AI models for defensive cybersecurity, emerges from stealth with a $60M seed led by Sequoia Capital — The growing number of powerful, widely available AI models has ushered in a dangerous era for cybersecurity.
More: FinSMEs, Ventureburn, CTech, and Sequoia Capital
| 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 …
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