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August 29, 2026, 9:15 AM

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OpenAI:
OpenAI says it plans to stop providing its models to Cursor from November 12, as “we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our ToS”  —  Today, we notified SpaceX that we intend to wind down our contract providing OpenAI models to Cursor, with a proposed shutoff date of November 12, 2026.
Wall Street Journal:
Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians opposing data center projects, warning that blocking the projects endangers building-related jobs  —  Trade unions threaten to withhold support for politicians, joining the building backlash  —  Much of the public outcry …
Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg:
Meta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is intensifying its public pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page advertisements …
Lauren McCarthy / New York Times:
An appeals court rules states can regulate prediction markets, finding Kalshi's sports event contracts are bets, not swaps, and subject to state gambling laws  —  The outcome contradicted an earlier appeals court decision.  Federal regulators said the split rulings called for resolution by the Supreme Court.
Ayden Runnels / The Texas Tribune:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott orders state agencies to pause funding for Flock cameras; an investigation found an agency allocating $30M+ to build Texas' Flock network  —  The order came as The Texas Tribune was preparing to publish an investigation detailing how a state agency has devoted …
Bloomberg:
SK Hynix breaks ground for its $4B advanced memory chip packaging facility in Indiana, with mass production of next-generation HBM scheduled to begin in H2 2029  —  SK Hynix Inc. held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for its advanced memory packaging facility in Indiana …
Financial Times:
New AI-powered video tools have accelerated the surge in AI dramas in China; DataEye: 89 of the top 100 animated dramas on Douyin in May were AI productions  —  Online performers left jobless as new video-generation programmes sweep industry  —  Chinese actors and online influencers have a new rival …
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
Z.ai releases GLM-5.3's weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai's security review to host the model  —  Z.ai put the GLM-5.3 weights on Hugging Face, but dropped the MIT license.  Providers above $10 billion in revenue now need a security review.
Financial Times:
An analysis of the 50 largest bitcoin treasury companies by BTC holdings finds their combined market cap has plunged from $150B in July 2025 to just $67B now  —  Crypto hoarders have been selling tokens and reverting to former activities  —  More than $80bn has been wiped off the value …
More: CryptoSlate.  X: @gtalevi and @davidburton1971
LinkedIn: Adam Morgan McCarthy and Miller Cole.  Bluesky: @jessefelder.com.  Forums: r/Bitcoin
Vallari Sanzgiri / The Hindu BusinessLine:
Jio Platforms, which owns India's largest carrier and counts Meta and Google as investors, gets regulatory approval to float India's largest-ever IPO of ~$4B  —  Debt repayment, strong cash flows underpin investor optimism around Jio IPO  —  Reliance Industries' digital arm Jio Platforms …

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