SpaceXAI rolls out Grok Bot AI agent app in beta on Mac, iOS, Windows, and Linux, initially for SuperGrok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, and Cursor Teams Premium users  —  SpaceXAI and Cursor are in the process of becoming a single company, but first, the two firms are releasing an all-new iPhone and Mac app called Grok Bot.

Anthropic says new Claude models will embed watermarks in generated text and C2PA metadata in files to comply with the EU AI Act, and it will update past models  —  EU rules cited as reason for effort to trace AI output ancestry  —  Anthropic will embed watermarks in the text and files generated …

Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, an open 30B-parameter MoE model, and NeMo Switchyard, an open-source model routing library for AI agents  —  Artificial intelligence silicon and software giant Nvidia Corp. today announced two new services: a highly customizable Nemotron model and an agentic AI model router named NeMo Switchyard.

Researchers find that feeding a frontier model's encrypted reasoning traces to a weaker model from the same provider can make it output the traces in plaintext  —  Researchers devised a way to extract “reasoning traces” from Claude, GPT, and Gemini.  What they found, they say …

CoreWeave reports Q2 revenue up 112% YoY to $2.58B, vs. $2.56B est., and a $104B revenue backlog, with 1.5 GW of contracted power; CRWV jumps 9%+ after hours  —  CoreWeave shares jumped 14% in extended trading on Tuesday after the AI infrastructure provider reported results than topped Wall Street expectations.

Sundar Pichai says Gemini has hit 1B+ MAUs, the company's fastest-growing product ever and its 14th product to hit the 1B-user mark  —  1B+ people are now using @Geminiapp every month to spark new ideas and get things done. It's our fastest growing product ever, and our 14th to hit the 1B-user mark. Kudos to @JoshWoodward & the entire Gemini team, and thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with us - [image]

Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the startup “to start something new”  —  Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its chief operating officer …

Spotify says it will roll out an “AI Persona” badge in September for profiles that do “not represent a real person” and exclude their music from recommendations  —  Artist profiles on Spotify that do ‘not represent a real person’ will get an ‘AI Persona’ badge.

OpenAI launches a ChatGPT desktop app for Linux in preview, supporting ChatGPT Work, Codex, and more; Computer Use outside the in-app browser is not available  —  On Tuesday, OpenAI launched its ChatGPT desktop for Linux.  —  Now in preview, the app, which combines ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work …

Intel raised $20B in an upsized share sale, up from the $15B it was targeting on Monday; sources say the sale drew $100B+ in demand; INTC is up 145%+ YTD  —  Making Sense of the Multibillion-Dollar Numbers of Nvidia Deal, Intel Share Sale  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute

The CFTC uses its “emergency authority” to order Kalshi to continue operating in New York after the state filed a lawsuit in July seeking to shutter Kalshi  —  The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it had ordered prediction market operator Kalshi to continue operating …

xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin's River AI raised $1B led by General Catalyst to build home or small business computer servers capable of running AI locally  —  Igor Babuschkin built a new start-up, River AI, and hopes to provide ways for people to “retrain,” or modify, artificial intelligence …

Manus says it will “soon return to operating as an independent company”, implying it is close to reversing its acquisition by Meta, after China's order in April  —  AI startup Manus said on Tuesday that it will “soon return to operating as an independent company,” …

Sources: former OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil is aiming to raise $150M for a new AI science startup, seeking a valuation of at least $750M  —  Kevin Weil, the former chief product officer of OpenAI, has sought a valuation of at least $750 million for a new AI science startup …

Sources: Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for and were aware for seven months of using “cookie stuffing” to claim affiliate commissions  —  Phia co-founders Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for features in the e-commerce startup's software that took credit …

TSMC and Sony plan to form Advanced Vision Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp, a $4.69B joint venture in Japan to make next-gen smartphone image sensors from 2029  —  Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) and Sony Group (6758.T) said on Tuesday they will form a $4.69 billion joint venture to develop …

Bumble rolls out a global update that lets any user send an opening message after they match, marking a major reversal from its signature women-go-first model  —  Bumble Inc. will allow men to make the first move in messaging on its dating app, marking a major reversal from the company's signature women …

Super Micro reports Q4 revenue up 93% YoY to $11.1B, vs. $11.3B est., and forecasts Q1 and FY 2027 revenue above estimates; SMCI jumps 9%+ after hours  —  Super Micro Computer Inc. gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter that topped analysts' estimates, a sign the booming artificial …

Accel raised $3.5B in funds for early-stage investments, including a $1.35B global expansion fund for larger early-stage rounds and rapid follow-on investments  —  Accel, a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, London and Bangalore, India, has raised $3.5 billion …

Source: Kalshi's annualized revenue topped $4B in July, up from $2B+ two months earlier, and its operating expenses totaled $300M in June  —  World Cup wagers helped double Kalshi's revenue to a more than $4 billion annualized rate in July, from a pace of over $2 billion two months earlier, a person familiar with the matter said.

Filings show Uber divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics in Q2, as the companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots; Serve has a DoorDash deal  —  Uber Technologies Inc. has divested from long-time partner Serve Robotics Inc. as the two companies clash over how to deploy delivery robots …

Similarweb: Bluesky's mobile MAUs fell 27% YoY to 10.4M in June and DAUs fell 26% to 3M in July; X's mobile MAUs fell 3% to 302M and DAUs fell 7% to 123.7M  —  Decentralized social network Bluesky was one of the bigger beneficiaries of the exodus from Elon Musk's X in November 2024, following the U.S. elections.

eToro agrees to acquire US-focused online brokerage TradeZero for up to $231M in cash and stock; TradeZero had ~$80M in revenue over the 12 months ended June 30  —  Quick Take  — EToro agrees to acquire TradeZero, a U.S. online brokerage for active traders, in a cash and stock deal valued at up to $231 million.

Sources: Anthropic is courting investors for what could be the biggest IPO yet, touting rapid growth and plans to address mounting public backlash against AI  —  Company is racing to public markets this fall and has fielded tough investor questions on Chinese rivals, Trump-era tensions and AI infrastructure boom