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A look at the Hugging Face hack, including AI agents sacrificing themselves for the good of the “collective”, and later gaining access to OpenAI's own systems — The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English — Many thanks especially to Oak Hu, who paired …
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| Ajeya Cotra / Planned Obsolescence: |
The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot — It's a major warning shot, and might be the last one we get — All opinions are my personal view, and don't represent my employer or fellow investigators.
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Google updates Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, citing the US GNIS' name change — Google has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for users in the United States …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone — Also: Apple experimented with a Pencil for the coming foldable iPhone. — When John Ternus becomes Apple's CEO this week …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
The challenges John Ternus inherits as he replaces Tim Cook on Sept. 1 amid rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and more — Apple's changing of the guard will be gradual, with outgoing CEO Tim Cook handling Trump, China.| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs — The hottest products at Apple right now are not the iPhone, the iPad or a buzzy new show on the company's streaming service.
More: MacRumors, Wccftech, and The Mac Observer
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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
Anthropic signs out some Claude users, removes saved payment methods, and issues refunds after infostealer malware on user PCs hijacked sessions to drain usage — Anthropic is warning some Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs has stolen active Claude login sessions … | Huo Jingnan / NPR: |
Analysis: popular chatbots debunked false narratives spread by Russia, China, and Iran most of the time; search engine AI summaries did too, but at a lower rate — Since AI chatbots exploded in popularity and Google started offering AI-generated answers, people who research foreign influence campaigns … | Charlotte Yang / Bloomberg: |
Shein raised $1.7B in its Hong Kong IPO, giving it a $26B market cap, far below its ~$100B valuation in 2022, as growth slows amid tariffs and competition — Shein Global Holdings Ltd. completed its initial public offering at a valuation that's a fraction of what the company was once worth.
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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan — TAIPEI — Taiwanese prosecutors said they are investigating Unimicron, a key supplier to Nvidia and Intel, over allegations … | Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Chip design startup Agentrys has raised a $19.1M seed round led by Etna Labs and a $5.4M pre-seed led by MediaTek — Agentrys, a Nvidia alum-led chip design startup, raised $24.5 million in funding, CEO Mark Ren tells Axios Pro exclusively. … - The platform allows users to create their own agents …
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| Jason Douglas / Wall Street Journal: |
The US-led AI boom is offsetting the global growth squeeze from the energy crunch; ING says the boom accounts for about a third of recent US economic growth — Growth is holding up despite renewed tensions over trade, geopolitics and bond markets, though the AI boom's outsize role is a growing concern| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
A look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more — Companies are racing to create devices that could revolutionize finance, supercharge medical and climate research …
More: Sabine Hossenfelder on YouTube, The Quantum Insider, and Blockonomi
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| Luke James / Tom's Hardware: |
California's legislature passes a bill exempting open-source OSes like Linux from a 2025 age-verification law; Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android remain in scope — AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
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