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 …

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

Spotify plans to roll out AI Persona labeling in mid-September for profiles that do “not represent a real person” and says it will use human review and AI tools  —  Artist profiles on Spotify that do ‘not represent a real person’ will get an ‘AI Persona’ badge.

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

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.

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.

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 …

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,” …

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]

Sources: Anthropic agreed to a 20-year compute deal worth $9.1B with Riot Platforms for 191 MW of capacity at Riot's Rockdale, Texas campus; RIOT jumps 15%+  —  Anthropic PBC has struck a $9.1 billion deal with Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin mining company that recently began selling AI data center capacity …

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 …

Sources: Apple remains on track to launch a glass-centric design overhaul of the iPhone Pro line in 2027, countering rumors that led Jefferies to downgrade AAPL  —  Apple Inc. is still planning to offer a glass-centric overhaul of the iPhone for the device's 20th anniversary …

Apple's iOS 27 beta 5 contains references to six unreleased iPhones: iPhone Ultra, iPhone Air 2, iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone 18, and iPhone 18e  —  Hidden references in Apple's latest beta reveal unreleased iPhones, including the iPhone Ultra.  —  On Monday, Apple released iOS 27 beta 5 …

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 …

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 …

Big Tech's AI boom echoes the 1870s railroad buildout, and Nvidia shifting risk to institutional capital may expose investors if AI revenues fail to materialize  —  On January 1, 1870, Jay Cooke, hailed as an American hero for his role in financing the Union effort in the Civil War …

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 …

Sources: David Sacks' Craft Ventures is targeting around $1B for a new fund, its first since Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and crypto czar  —  Craft Ventures, the VC firm helmed by former White House AI czar David Sacks, is raising its first fund since Sacks stepped away …

Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal agree to sell payments company Moneris to PE firm Francisco Partners for CA$2B in cash, splitting proceeds equally  —  Two of Canada's largest banks agreed to sell payments firm Moneris Solutions Corp. to Francisco Partners for C$2 billion ($1.4 billion) in cash.

Source: Trajectory, founded by ex-DeepMind, Apple, OpenAI, and Meta staffers to build continual learning models, raised $40M led by Sequoia at a $300M valuation  —  As closed-source models have gotten more expensive, businesses have found workarounds by customizing open-source AI for their specific needs.

How India's IT services sector, which employs 6M people, contributes ~7% of GDP, and generates $300B+ annually, is shedding jobs as AI automates formulaic tasks  —  It was around 1.30am by the time Rakesh, a 45-year-old Oracle employee in the Indian technology hub of Bengaluru …

Flight tracking platform FlightAware sues Kalshi in New York, alleging Kalshi is using its data without permission to let users bet on flight cancellations  —  FlightAware says such markets could incentivize unsafe tactics to impact cancellations and create the potential for disruption to air travel

Zuckerberg's long essay returns to his “open” AI arguments at an opportune time, as Chinese open-weight models are “close enough” to frontier at much less cost  —  Zuck returns to his “open” AI arguments at an opportune time...  I'm old enough to remember …