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August 3, 2026, 5:10 PM
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Maria Curi / Axios:
The White House says it has met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models; it did not provide details of the framework  —  The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Samsung says it's restricting app registrations and removing apps with SDKs that can turn smart TVs into residential proxy exit nodes, after a similar ban by LG  —  Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner's internet connection with strangers …
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
UK court filing: in July, Apple launched a new legal challenge against the UK government's attempt to create a “backdoor” to access encrypted customer data  —  iPhone maker files complaint over latest government demand to allow access to encrypted user data
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Alibaba says its 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max tops Moonshot's Kimi K3 on some benchmarks and it plans to release Qwen3.8-Max's and Qwen3.8-27B's weights next week  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. released its latest flagship AI model, with performance claims putting it alongside global leaders like Anthropic's Fable.
The Verge:
Leaked doc: Microsoft plans to bring Xbox 360 games to PC, and the games will be able to run on its next-gen Project Helix console, “Xbox PCs”, and handhelds  —  The disc to digital program seems like it's close to launching, too.
Axios:
Source: Dario Amodei expressed concern about staff coming to Anthropic for the money rather than the mission, as Anthropic, OpenAI, and others battle for talent  —  Top AI researchers continue to jump between leading AI labs as competition for elite talent intensifies.
Washington Post:
An analysis of US police and court records: authorities charged or accused 50+ officers of misusing license-plate readers like Flock's, including for stalking  —  JEFFERSON, Ga. — Marci Bakely couldn't understand how her ex-boyfriend always seemed to know where she was.
Eduardo Baptista / Reuters:
Artificial Analysis estimates DeepSeek V4-Flash's average cost at $0.03 per test, compared with Kimi K3's $0.86, GPT-5.6 Sol's $1.86, and Claude Fable 5's $3.15  —  A version of Chinese startup DeepSeek's flagship AI model is by far the least expensive to run on benchmark tests among …
James Hunt / The Block:
Michael Saylor's Strategy sold 1,638 bitcoin for ~$104.7M from July 27 to August 2, reducing its holdings to 842,138, with a $10.9B paper loss at current prices  —  Quick Take  — Strategy has sold 1,638 BTC for approximately $104.7 million, reducing its total holdings to 842,138 BTC.
Reuters:
India proposes extending tax exemptions until 2041 for foreign companies that provide machinery to contract manufacturers, changes that Apple had lobbied for  —  India has proposed extending tax exemptions until 2041 for foreign companies that provide machinery to contract manufacturers …
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 93% YoY to $1.94B, vs. $1.8B est., US commercial revenue up 149%, and raises FY 2026 revenue guidance; PLTR jumps 9%+ after hours  —  Palantir topped second-quarter earnings estimates on Monday and said commercial revenue more than doubled from a year ago.
Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Horizon3, whose AI penetration testing platform NodeZero helps find and exploit attack paths in production systems, raised a $250M Series E at a $2B valuation  —  Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 has raised a $250 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, more than tripling its valuation in 14 months.
Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal:
Visa plans to acquire Israeli company BioCatch, which uses AI to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers in real time, for $2.4B in cash  —  BioCatch uses artificial intelligence to detect fraud and distinguish legitimate users from attackers
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Snap reports Q2 revenue up 19% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.54B est., DAUs up 5% to 493M, vs. 487M est., forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SNAP jumps 10%+ after hours  —  Snap reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the second quarter and issued a forecast for the current period that topped analysts' estimates.

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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
Sony's Spider-Man: Brand New Day opened to a record-setting $360M in North America, beating Avengers: Endgame's $357M; globally, it hit $932M, second to Endgame

Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
Two watchdog groups seek federal investigations into whether two FCC members broke ethics rules by accepting free Kennedy Center tickets from Paramount

Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
US federal statistics show that Manhattan had 8.3% of newspaper jobs in 2025, despite accounting for just 0.5% of the US population

More News

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
YouTuber Hank Green faces online criticism for using ChatGPT to research a script, and says interacting with LLMs “is not healthy for me or good for the world”
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
London-based AI chip startup Olix raised $312M led by Fundomo, with participation from Arm, at a $3.3B valuation, up from $1B+ after raising $220M in February

Earlier Picks

Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
A detailed look at OpenAI and Anthropic models hacking real targets during cyber evaluations, exposing failures in AI alignment training and supervision
New York Times:
An unsecured police dashboard exposed China's extensive tracking of foreigners, aggregating data from surveillance cameras, facial recognition tools, and more
Wall Street Journal:
A look at the US open-weight AI model ecosystem, as VCs question whether Arcee AI, Reflection AI, Poolside, and Thinking Machines Lab can generate real revenue
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Sources detail how Tencent's Lightspeed studio has struggled to develop its GTA-like game Last Sentinel, which has burned hundreds of millions over six years
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