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Sources: Meta is in talks to rent computing power from its data centers to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth ~$10B over two years — A deal would underline how scarce computing power is for artificial intelligence development, and could create a new business for Meta.
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Kimi K3 hype shouldn't alarm the US about “losing the AI race” to China; K3 is a good model but not frontier-level and likely lacks dangerous cyber capabilities — Transformer Weekly: NY data center moratorium, NDAA export controls and Amodei's $1m to safety super PAC| Gavin Baker / @gavinsbaker: |
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Sources: the Trump administration is considering plans for an independent regulator to vet the safety of AI models; the regulator would report to the SEC — The Trump administration is considering plans for an independent regulator to vet the safety of artificial intelligence models with industry input … | Claude / @claudeai: |
Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 will be included in Max and Team Premium plans at 50% of limits from July 20 and via usage credits for Pro and Team Standard users — Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits. Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit. Demand for Fable has been challenging to
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Forums: r/singularity and r/ClaudeCode
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Sources: Trump Media pitched a monthly fee of as much as $100K for the Truth API, with fast access to Trump's posts, for banks, algorithmic traders, and others — Donald Trump's social media company has discussed charging Wall Street traders and investment firms as much as $100,000 a month …
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The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index sank ~10% for the week, its largest weekly fall in over a year, and is now down ~20% from its late-June all-time high — A brutal week for chip stocks — the same names that fueled this year's blistering market rally — has left investors from Seoul … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Memo: the DOJ says federal employees can now download TikTok on government devices, citing ByteDance's transfer of control of US operations to TikTok USDS — The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that federal employees can now download the short-video app TikTok on government devices.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple and the DOJ are in early discussions about settling a 2024 antitrust lawsuit alleging that Apple violated antitrust laws — Apple Inc. and the US Justice Department are in early discussions about settling a 2024 lawsuit that alleges the iPhone maker violated antitrust laws.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple raises iPhone prices in Japan by up to 11%, likely due to the Japanese yen's depreciation against the US dollar over the past year — After raising prices on all Macs and iPads worldwide last month, Apple has now increased the price of iPhone models in Japan.
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Sources: SpaceX is in talks with the DOD about providing the agency with access to data-center capacity worth billions of dollars for running AI models — Elon Musk's company would sell military billions of dollars' worth of data-center capacity for running AI models| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: AI inference chip startup Etched is raising funds at a ~$20B valuation and is raising capital at a $10B valuation in a separate round led by Sequoia — Startup is also raising capital at $10 billion valuation in separate round led by Sequoia — Etched, a startup developing AI chips … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple raises the price of Apple Music, with the individual plan up by $1 to $11.99, and some Apple One bundles, citing rising licensing costs — Apple has raised the price of Apple Music today in the United States and other countries. Starting today, Apple Music's Individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, up from $10.99.
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Forums: r/apple, r/ChaseSapphire, r/Music, and r/AppleMusic
| Robert Booth / The Guardian: |
Amazon apologizes after some AWS users received bills as high as $1.5T due to “an issue with unit pricing within the estimated billing computation subsystem” — One UK man whose bill is usually less than £1 says he ‘almost had a heart attack’ when he saw £5.8bn invoice
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| Bloomberg: |
Japan plans to buy 27,500 Nvidia Rubin chips to develop a domestic AI foundation model for robots, in a Noetra-led effort that includes SoftBank, Sony, and NEC — Japan is planning to buy 27,500 next-generation Rubin chips from Nvidia Corp. to build a homegrown foundational AI model for robots.Sponsor Posts
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