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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 …
More: OpenAI, Axios, Don't Worry About the Vase, and Free Systems
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LinkedIn: David Marchick and Gaurav Agarwal
Bluesky: @davidcrespo, @spencerdailey, and @thibautbrunet
Forums: Hacker News, r/OpenAI, and r/accelerate
| 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.
More: METR, Robotics News, Futurism, Gizmodo, Mother Jones, Forkast, and Cyber Security News
| 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 …
More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada, and Digital Trends
X: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| 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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LinkedIn: Mark Bergen and Ten Eleven Ventures
| 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.
More: Phoronix and Linuxiac
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Forums: Hacker News, r/worldnews, r/stupidpol, r/DailyTechNewsShow, r/technology, r/privacy, and r/GrapheneOS
| 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. X: @fadihares95, @hesamation, @jackzampolin, @vadimyuryev, and @neilcybart. LinkedIn: Vince Kellen PhD. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Sony Music and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic, Dario Amodei, and Benjamin Mann, alleging tens of thousands of copyrighted songs were used to train Claude's LLMs — Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have joined forces to sue Anthropic, home of Claude, over what the publishers call …
More: Axios, PCMag, newser.com, Mashable, Business Insider, The Verge, Gizmodo, Tech in Asia, NERDS.xyz, NewsMax.com, TechCrunch, RuntimeWire, Mediaite, and Unite.AI
X: @jessalanfields. Bluesky: @walkingbassor. Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run. Forums: r/entertainment, r/redditstock, r/artificial, r/InterstellarKinetics, r/technology, r/NowInTech, and Slashdot
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Cursor co-founder Michael Truell says OpenAI represents just 5% of Cursor's traffic and Cursor trusted OpenAI to be “neutral”; Musk says he “couldn't care less” — OpenAI said Friday night that it will terminate its contract to provide its AI models …
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X: @mntruell, @elonmusk, @weswinder, @niccruzpatane, @jessfraz, and @ns123abc
| Raffaele Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Industry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia's physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue — Business in ‘physical AI’ is growing, and Chinese companies rely on U.S. chips and software — Nvidia's chips aren't just for training chatbots.| Kieran Smith / Financial Times: |
Grindr CEO George Arison plans premium services push, including a product costing up to $350 per month; Grindr averaged 1.4M paying users among 15M MAUs in Q2 — Dating app's chief executive plans premium service push to help boost growth — Grindr built its business by helping gay men find each other for free.| Charles Pulliam-Moore / The Verge: |
Music producers are calling out tracks suspected of using AI tools like Suno, as the internet becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated music — As AI infiltrates the electronic dance music scene, a callout culture is brewing. … For musicians — especially those creating art … | @claudedevs: |
Anthropic will “permanently” raise weekly Claude Code limits by 25% on Sept. 14 for most plans, which will work out a 17% reduction, given the current 50% boost — Starting September 14, we're permanently raising standard weekly limits in Claude Code by 25% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Until then, the current 50% increase will be in place.
More: BleepingComputer, The Decoder, Notebookcheck, and The Mac Observer
| Ann Davis Vaughan / The Information: |
Elon Musk says SpaceX is “doing in-house casting” for blades and vanes, which can accelerate natural gas turbines “coming online by up to 18 months” — Elon Musk intends to bypass the power supply chain for AI data centers in a way others assumed was impossible, by making highly complex components himself.| Taylor Nicole Rogers / Bloomberg: |
Glassdoor analysis finds 47% of Gen X workers write positively about their companies' AI use, compared with 40% of millennials and 33% of Gen Z workers — Gen X sees opportunity in AI. Gen Z sees fewer jobs. — Workers in their 40s, 50s and 60s are the most positive about AI …
More: Glassdoor, The Decoder, and CBS News
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