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Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees that the startup is considering slowing cutting-edge AI development, and he hopes other AI companies will do the same — OpenAI is considering slowing down the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and the ChatGPT maker's Chief Executive … | Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Sources: OpenAI asked members of Congress for guidance on whether orchestrating an industry-wide slowdown in AI development would be legal under antitrust law — Substantive coordination on safety between AI labs may risk running afoul of antitrust law, the people say … | Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide: |
An interview with Apple CEO John Ternus and Greg Joswiak on making the iPhone Duo, minimizing the crease, “half baked” Android foldables, the price, and more — 'I was like, yes, that's it...this is what I want' — Apple's first foldable phone is finally coming in the iPhone Duo …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Meta says it is making changes to prompts suggested by Meta AI after a viral video showed it posing invasive personal questions about a woman's young daughters — The change comes after a viral video showed Meta AI prompting a user to identify the child in one of her videos.
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic publishes a threat intelligence report on how it disrupted efforts to misuse Claude for cyberattacks, influence operations, surveillance, and more — Cyber operations Surveillance operations Influence operations Conventional weapons Biological misuse Scams and fraud Illicit distillation
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A US court sentences Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware attacks — A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022.| Colin Lecher / CalMatters: |
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs bills restricting “addictive features” on social media for under-16s and limiting minors' interactions with chatbots — IN SUMMARY Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a set of bills intended to protect children online. Keeping up with your California representatives felt impossible before.
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| Jeff Mason / Bloomberg: |
President Trump rejects warnings of AI-driven human extinction, saying the US leads China by a year and will be “in a very bad position” if it doesn't win in AI — President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that the technology is becoming …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions — LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users' browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary's motion to dismiss the cases.| Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: |
Polymarket names Warren Jenson its first CFO as the startup aims to grow in the US; Jenson served as CFO of Amazon, EA, Delta, NBC, and most recently Nielsen — Warren Jenson appointed as Polymarket's first chief financial officer at a pivotal time for the prediction markets industry
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| Anzar Mehraj / Reuters: |
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $6.76B, vs. $6.7B est., AI-first annual recurring revenue up 150%+ YoY, and forecasts Q4 revenue slightly below estimates — Adobe (ADBE.O) beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Thursday, as demand for its AI-integrated products and tools continued to grow.| Elias Schisgall / Wall Street Journal: |
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised $150M, an extension of its $500M Series E in March 2026 — Ayar Labs, a Silicon Valley startup developing a way to link AI chips directly together with optical connections, on Thursday said it has raised an additional $150 million.
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| Ann Cao / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Enflame's shares surged 188% in their Shanghai debut, giving Enflame a market cap of $26.3B, after raising ~$910M in an IPO — Tencent-backed company valued at US$25 billion, highlighting its role in Beijing's push for domestic chips amid US export restrictions| CNBC: |
Garry Tan says “I would do nothing” about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears — At a time when some Silicon Valley giants and national security experts are calling for action against Chinese companies engaged …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Kalshi plans to seek US regulatory approval to start offering single-stock perpetual futures; Coinbase filed similar regulatory paperwork last week — Platform known for prediction markets has seen perpetual futures surge in popularity — A risky type of trade that has exploded …
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| The Information: |
Source: AI assistant Instinct is looking to raise $1B in new funding after recently raising $250M, as it seeks more computing power amid capacity constraints — The year-old startup behind Instinct, a personal AI assistant that's caught fire with Silicon Valley insiders, is seeking more computing power … | Politico: |
Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump — Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the Pentagon is in talks to lend roughly $5B to neocloud Fluidstack; Fluidstack is being advised on its loan application by Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank — Fluidstack, an AI infrastructure company, is being advised on the loan by the bank started by Palmer Luckey, an early supporter of Donald Trump
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| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal providing a 50% discount from October 1, with access to GPT-6 Astra — OpenAI is ending a pilot program that allowed government agencies to use its models for only $1 per year and moving … | Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Source and draft press release: the Trump admin will lend $100M to Africell, Africa's only US-owned telecom company, aiming to counter Huawei's Africa expansion — The Trump administration will lend nearly $100 million to Africell, Africa's only American-owned telecoms firm … | Bloomberg: |
Threat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to develop guidance software for missiles — Anthropic PBC uncovered a group in northern Yemen — where Iran-backed Houthi militants operate — using its Claude AI model …
More: Wall Street Journal, Quartz, Al Jazeera, and XDA Developers
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft plans to expand its data center capacity from 12GW today to 38GW+ by 2032, with about a third of the 38GW centered on AI-specific chips — Shortages forced the company to turn away some AI and cloud business. Now it's planning for 38 gigawatts of data center capacity to meet demand.
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