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| Tulsee Doshi / Google: |
Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash, its “most intelligent workhorse model” for coding and agents, pricing it at $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens at launch — Our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents. — Senior Director, Product Management, on behalf of the Gemini team
More: Bloomberg, Simon Willison's Weblog, Google AI for Developers, SiliconANGLE, Axios, VentureBeat, The Asia Business Daily, The Indian Express, Ars Technica, Reuters, Digital Trends, Implicator.ai, Constellation Research, iThinkDifferent, Yahoo Tech, TestingCatalog AI News, The Decoder, The New Stack, OfficeChai, Wccftech, Neowin, MarkTechPost, RuntimeWire, The Deep View, and 9to5Google
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Forums: Hacker News, r/Bard, and Slashdot
| Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI hires Dali Rajic, COO of Alphabet's Wiz, as chief revenue officer, replacing ex-Slack CEO Denise Dresser, who was hired in December 2025 and will leave — OpenAI is naming its second new chief revenue officer in less than a year, a sign of efforts to bolster sales growth ahead of a highly anticipated Wall Street debut.| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
OpenAI launches Computer History, an opt-in feature that turns recent computer activity on macOS into memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use — OpenAI's opt-in Computer History captures a local timeline of Mac activity so ChatGPT Work can recover context across selected apps and sites.
More: ChatGPT Learn, ChatGPT Learn, iThinkDifferent, 9to5Mac, and RuntimeWire
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI previews Ultrafast, an API tier powered by Cerebras that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster and generates up to 750 output tokens per second — OpenAI is previewing a new way to run its most capable GPT-5.6 model at dramatically higher speeds. The company says its new Ultrafast …
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| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Anthropic details multiagent experiments showing Claude agents can wage a “turf war” over incompatible goals, fail to coordinate, collude on prices, and more — What happens when you pit AI agents against each other? According to Anthropic's testing, things get messy fast.
More: Anthropic, VentureBeat, Decrypt, and CyberScoop
X: @andrewcurran_, @adamscochran, @rebeccabellan, @jachiam0, @tenobrus, @stevesi, @mtslive, and @lfschiavo. LinkedIn: Brandon S.. Threads: @crumbler
| Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac: |
Epic v. Apple: Apple proposes commissions on US linked-out purchases of 15% for standard apps, 10% for partner programs and renewals, 5% for Small Business apps — Apple has submitted its proposal for the fees it should be allowed to charge for purchases made outside of the App Store system in the Epic Games case.
More: Bloomberg, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and iThinkDifferent
| Milana Vinn / Reuters: |
Sources: Silver Lake is in talks to acquire HR and financial management software maker Workday, which has a market value of ~$43B; WDAY jumps 18%+ — Private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire Workday (WDAY.O), which has a market value of about $43 billion …
More: CNBC, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, The Information, Investor's Business Daily, and Barron's Online. LinkedIn: Leo Ortega
| Stephen Totilo / Game File: |
Netflix is closing game studios Night School Studio, which it acquired in 2021, and Moonloot, and is also cutting jobs from its internal games team — Oxenfree Night School and Moonloot closing, as streaming giant continues to shrink internal game studio operation
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LinkedIn: Chris Heatherly, Stephen Totilo, Stephanie Bedford, Hannah Nicklin, and Sam Warner
Bluesky: @cuppy, @nickjcal, @deswalsh, @johnnycullen, @lary5a, @seeker8998, @barleybap, @annacwebs, @jessehawken, @jmrivera, @yourkyotowife, @adamdolin, @thespaceshipper.com, @lasercannon, @pixelfish, @neomeruru, @megannicolett, and @halophoenix
Forums: r/xbox, r/PS5, r/kindafunny, r/TwoBestFriendsPlay, r/Games, and r/IndieGaming
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Databricks closed a $5B funding round at a $190B valuation, six months after raising $5B at a $134B valuation, and says it has crossed $7B in revenue run rate — Databricks on Thursday said it closed a $5 billion funding round at a $190 billion valuation. — The company said that it has …
More: Databricks, Bloomberg, PYMNTS, SiliconANGLE, Blockonomi, CRN, Quartz, TechCrunch, WOWTALE, Reuters, Axios, and Forbes
X: @alighodsi, @databricks, @altcap, @ceo_clickhouse, @rishabhs, @sarahdingwang, @databricks, and @alighodsi
LinkedIn: Maria Vachyants, Jack Harmon, and Sebastian Furtal
| The Information: |
A profile of Camilla Clark, quiet adviser to husband Dario Amodei and behind-the-scenes player at Anthropic; she once pitched a porn startup to Jeffrey Epstein — Eric Schmidt had plenty of reasons to toast the success of Dario Amodei and Anthropic at a private event the former Google CEO hosted recently.| Veronica Irwin / Transformer: |
A profile of Amy Kremer, a pro-Trump activist who helped organize the January 6 rally and currently chairs the grassroots anti-data center group Humans First — Amy Kremer's resume makes her loyalty to Trump impossible to question. Humans First is banking that will help mobilize the right| Ara Kharazian / Ramp: |
Ramp's July AI index: Anthropic's market share hit 43.5%, widening its lead over OpenAI; Fable 5 is only 6% of tokens businesses bought, likely due to high cost — Dear Colleagues: Today's letter includes my monthly update of Ramp AI Index, our flagship research using spend data from Ramp to track how American businesses are using AI.
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek is raising V4 model prices, adding dynamic pricing from Aug. 16; V4-Flash output tokens go from $0.28/1M to $1.32 during peak hours and $0.66 off-peak — DeepSeek is steeply raising the prices for its flagship V4 models ahead of a potential initial public offering …
More: DeepSeek API Docs, Reuters, Reuters, Quartz, and Nikkei Asia
X: @deepseek_ai, @jun_song, @ns123abc, and @cheatyyyy
| The Information: |
DeepSeek launches V4-Pro, its most advanced model that rivals Kimi K3 on some benchmarks but is priced much lower, at $0.435/1M input and $0.87/1M output tokens — Chinese AI developer DeepSeek has launched its flagship model, V4-Pro, to mixed reviews from users, with some expressing disappointment.
More: GitHub, Hugging Face, South China Morning Post, DeepSeek on OpenRouter, and The Decoder
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Forums: Hacker News, r/LocalLLaMA, r/LocalLLaMA, and r/DeepSeek
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X makes the source code for its For You timeline available on GitHub and adds tools to let users see if X's ranking systems “shadowbanned” them — X is significantly expanding its open-source codebase, which includes the app's “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine …
More: GitHub, GitHub, The Daily Caller, WeRSM, and Engadget
X: @xopensource, @kcoleman, @quinnypig, @iterintellectus, @kcoleman, @gergelyorosz, @globalaffairs, @tetsuoai, @yagiznizipli, @mtslive, @xbusiness, @maria_rcks, and @elonmusk
LinkedIn: Moushmi Banerjee and Ritvik Jhawar
Bluesky: @zeu.dev and @aendra.com
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anthropic's investors expect it to float at a $2T+ valuation in an October IPO and to hit $100B to $120B in annualized revenue by the end of 2026 — Anthropic investors expect the AI start-up to float at a valuation of $2tn or more in October, a dizzying figure that would eclipse SpaceX …
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X: @harshmadhusudan, @jukan05, @gavinsbaker, @willblaze, @deepanshusharmx, @jimcramer, @kimmonismus, and @discoplomacy. LinkedIn: Eze Vidra. Bluesky: @jessefelder.com. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to
| Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk: |
Tether says KPMG completed Tether's first full audit and found its 2025 financial statements fairly presented its financial position in all material respects — Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin USDT USDT — , said Thursday that it had completed a full financial audit …
More: Tether, CryptoNinjas, CryptoPotato, The Crypto Times, Cointelegraph, crypto.news, CoinGape, Bloomberg, The Block, The Information, and Decrypt
LinkedIn: Kunal Bhasin and Fabio Baglio
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Reddit will join the S&P 500 on August 18, becoming only the second pure-play social media company in the index after Meta; RDDT jumps 10%+ after hours — Reddit shares rose 11% in extended trading on Thursday on the social media company's inclusion in the S&P 500.| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Sources: the CFTC has launched a probe into prediction markets' “mention markets”, prompting Kalshi to remove bets on word choices from sports-related offerings — Federal regulators have launched a review of so-called “mention markets” on prediction market sites … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft begins merging its consumer and commercial Copilot apps into a single app, with a mobile and web rollout in mid-August and desktop in mid-September — Microsoft is starting the process of combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into one, laying the structural foundation for an upcoming …
More: The Verge, Fortune, Digital Trends, PYMNTS, Neowin, iPhone in Canada, MakeUseOf, Mashable, Pureinfotech, Windows Latest, and Windows Central
Forums: r/technews and Slashdot
| Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: |
Applied Materials reports Q3 revenue up 25% YoY to $9.12B, vs. $8.99B est., net income up 43% to $2.54B, and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — The company is looking to ramp up its manufacturing capacity to meet continued semiconductor solutions demand
More: SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Nikkei Asia, Applied Materials, Pulse 2.0, Bloomberg, and StockStory
| Bloomberg: |
Pony AI plans to deploy 2K+ robotaxis across Europe in partnership with Uber and add four more European cities, after Zagreb, with a later Middle East expansion — Pony AI Inc. said it plans to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe in partnership with Uber Technologies Inc. …
More: Reuters, Pony.ai Blog, CnEVPost, CNBC, and Unite.AI
| Washington Post: |
Flock says it will now require US law enforcement to label every license plate search with a criminal case number, after a WaPo investigation into police misuse — The license-plate-reader firm said it will require stricter oversight after a Washington Post investigation found dozens … | Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
More: Flock Safety, Gizmodo, BBC, Associated Press, SFGATE, ACLU, TechCrunch, CBS News, The Daily Caller, GovTech, Ars Technica, CNN, The Record, The Drive, Engadget, Washington Examiner, and New York Post
X: @taylorlorenz, @cullend, @glangley, and @flock_safety
Bluesky: @mattmcneilshow, @karlbode.com, @carnage4life, and @hypervisible.blacksky.app. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Reuters: |
Sources: Vantage Data Centers, a major hyperscale developer, is exploring options including a sale or an IPO at a valuation of about $100B as soon as next year — Vantage Data Centers, a major hyperscale developer and operator, is exploring options including an IPO or sale as soon as next year …
More: DatacenterDynamics, Quartz, and SiliconANGLE
| Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg: |
President Trump signs a memo letting the US government partner with private companies to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans — The US government is partnering with private-sector firms to launch cyber attacks abroad, expanding the scope of national security operations …
More: The White House, New York Times, TechCrunch, CyberScoop, Gizmodo, Financial Times, The White House, The Verge, Infosecurity, Platformer, SecurityWeek, Cybersecurity Dive, BleepingComputer, Nextgov/FCW, The Coin Republic, Ars Technica, The Guardian, SiliconANGLE, Politico, and RuntimeWire
X: @patrickjwitt, @weldpond, @zackkorman, @luke_metro, @profwoodward, @joshuasteinman, @_johnhammond, @rapidresponse47, @citybureaucrat, @cljack, @8teapi, @yonashav, @perkinscr97, and @andrewcurran_
LinkedIn: Marshall S. Rich, Jason Healey, and Aaron Cooper
Bluesky: @kendraserra, @zackwhittaker.com, @zackwhittaker.com, @kevincollier, @goldstein.latinsky.app, @ericjgeller.com, and @maggiemiller
Forums: r/moderatepolitics, r/technology, r/Cyberpunk, r/cybersecurity, r/Destiny, r/PrepperIntel, r/pwnhub, r/accelerate, and r/singularity
| J.J. McCorvey / Bloomberg: |
A judge orders Kalshi to stop offering most of its prediction contracts in Washington state, after finding it likely violated state gambling-related laws — Kalshi was told by a judge to stop offering most of its prediction market contracts in Washington state, after regulators …
More: AGO News Releases, New York Times, GeekWire, and Courthouse News Service
| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Current and former OpenAI employees say pressure to quickly ship products left less time for safety, contributing to incidents like the rogue agent hack — OpenAI's rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity. It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.Sponsor Posts
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