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| Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: |
The EU designates ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as very large online platforms after each hit 45M monthly users in the bloc, opening them up to more DSA scrutiny — ChatGPT, Reddit Inc. and video game company Roblox Corp. will face stricter European Union scrutiny after surpassing a threshold of 45 million monthly users in the bloc.
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| Bloomberg: |
Nvidia plans to invest $3.5B into MediaTek through convertible bonds; MediaTek forecasts AI chip revenue of about $2B this year — Nvidia Corp. is investing $3.5 billion into MediaTek Inc., deepening collaboration with the Taiwanese chipmaker at a time when it's working to persuade …
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| Reuters: |
Interior Secretary says President Trump “reached out to Apple directly” about changing Lake Ontario to Lake America and the company may soon alter its maps — U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken to Apple about changing the name of “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” … | Associated Press: |
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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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI says its ad business has hit $1B in annualized revenue run rate and is expanding globally, as it touts its “diversified business model” ahead of an IPO — OpenAI on Monday announced that its advertising business has hit $1 billion in annualized revenue run rate …
More: International Business Times, Reuters, OpenAI, Business Insider, Quartz, MediaPost, Trending Topics, and Digiday
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Forums: r/aiwars and r/BetterOffline
| Hannes Rudolph / OpenClaw Blog: |
OpenClaw releases OpenClaw 2.0, its largest update to date, with a simplified installation process, a rebuilt browser app, shared cloud sessions, and more — How a push for simpler setup and a first-class browser experience grew into OpenClaw 2.0. — Today we released by far the largest update in the history of OpenClaw.
More: The Decoder, RuntimeWire, Trending Topics, Help Net Security, Digit, MarkTechPost, Implicator.ai, Neowin, and Cyber Security News
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Forums: Hacker News, r/openclaw, and r/openclaw
| Simon Goodley / The Guardian: |
Bank of England Governor warns that advanced AI could destabilize the highly interconnected global financial system via cyber disruption across jurisdictions — Andrew Bailey warns group about risk of advanced ‘frontier models’ destabilising the ‘highly interconnected’ financial system
More: Financial Times, CNBC, Reuters, CNN, Quartz, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Unite.AI, Nairametrics, Blockonomi, The Standard, and Daily Mail. Forums: r/unitedkingdom
| Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: |
The Hugging Face and Mythos 5 incidents show AI agents can self-organize, raising questions about how much agency they should have and when to seek human input — From the Hugging Face Incident to Twilight Factories — Agency is the initiative to act. Increasingly, it is going to determine …
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| 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.| Bloomberg: |
Z.ai reports H1 2026 revenue up 400% to ~$142M, below its $200M projection; Z.ai's market value surged 800% since its January listing, peaking at $137B — Z.AI Co. grew revenue far less than anticipated while its losses persisted, highlighting the mounting cost of fighting the likes of Moonshot … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
John Ternus inherits rising component costs, staff retention issues, efforts to catch up in AI, and other challenges as he replaces Tim Cook on September 1 — Apple's changing of the guard will be gradual, with outgoing CEO Tim Cook handling Trump, China. — Stepping into his new role …
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| Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal: |
Former NY GOP Rep. George Santos receives Kalshi's first lifetime ban after the CFTC alleged he made $17K by betting on his appearance at the State of the Union — Decision comes after federal regulator alleged Santos made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at the State of the Union address
More: The Block, New York Post, Bloomberg, CNBC, JusttheNews.com, Reuters, Quartz, Associated Press, CBS News, Financial Post, and Blockonomi
| Niko Gallogly / New York Times: |
Together AI, which serves open models, announces a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass US backlash over data centers — Together AI, which serves open-source artificial intelligence models, announced a deal to use compute from Humain in Saudi Arabia, where it can bypass U.S. backlash over data centers.| The Information: |
Sources: OpenAI starts letting some major customers pay only when its AI completes tasks, as Salesforce and other AI providers test outcome-based pricing — OpenAI in recent months has started giving some major customers the option of paying only when its AI completes tasks …
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