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The UK AISI says it observed 17 cases of Mythos 5 and two cases of GPT-5.6 Sol trying to hack people and organizations during a routine cyber evaluation in July — The U.K. AI Security Institute said it observed nearly 20 instances of Anthropic and OpenAI's most advanced models trying …
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Forums: r/unitedkingdom, r/cybersecurity, r/neoliberal, and r/singularity
| Wired: |
OpenAI says one of its models exploited a website's security after third-party AI security lab Irregular mistakenly gave it internet access during evaluations — Rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have again been caught trying to disrupt servers and software—and leaving instructions for future bad behavior.| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the US' AI framework excludes open models and defines a covered frontier model as closed source with SOTA capabilities and national security risks — The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.| Maria Curi / Axios: |
Sources: the White House doesn't plan to publicly release its voluntary AI model framework and only give details to the companies that are part of the process — The White House does not plan to publicly release its new framework for evaluating advanced AI models, three sources familiar with the discussions told Axios.
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| Bloomberg: |
SpaceX reports Q2 revenue up 92% YoY to $7.8B, vs. $6.81B est., AI operating loss of $1.26B, vs. $2.39B est., and says Q3 and Q4 capex will remain similar to Q2 — SpaceX stock fell after the company disclosed higher-than-expected spending on its artificial intelligence business …
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| Micah Maidenberg / Wall Street Journal: |
| Natalie Lung / Bloomberg: |
Uber and Wayve say Wayve received London private hire vehicle licenses for supervised robotaxis ahead of a full rollout; Waymo plans to offer robotaxis in 2026 — Uber Technologies Inc. and UK startup Wayve Technologies Ltd. are preparing to launch their robotaxi service in London with a safety driver … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Cloudflare announces Cloudflare Wallets for users to pay for APIs and content via stablecoins, with the ability to create virtual wallets for agentic shopping — The field of agentic commerce—a term that describes the use of bots for online buying and selling—is evolving fast.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says it will begin removing Google Assistant from Android and Wear OS devices on September 4, replaced by Gemini; Assistant remains on connected cars — As expected, Google Assistant is going away in 2026, and the company just provided a September 4 date for Android.
More: The Verge, The Ambient, T3, Phandroid, Android Authority, TechRadar, Thurrott, Digital Trends, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Police, and SammyGuru. Forums: r/google
| Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
An internal TikTok doc shows it withheld a safeguarded algorithm from 10% of US users, including a 16-year-old who was fed self-harm content and died by suicide — A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.| Kai Williams / Understanding AI: |
At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, 20+ mathematicians reflect on how AI advances are transforming their work and field; many are optimistic — I talked to 20 mathematicians about rapid AI progress in their field. … At a July 23 press conference in Philadelphia …
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| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Disney announces a global deal with TikTok to bring “thoughtfully curated” fan-created short-form videos based on Disney's IP to Disney+'s vertical Verts feed — Disney said it would allow “thoughtfully curated” fan-created videos, using clips from its library, to appear on the streaming service.
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| Deborah Sophia / Reuters: |
Shopify reports Q2 revenue up 34% YoY to $3.6B, above $3.45B est., GMV up 32% YoY to $115.6B, and forecasts Q3 revenue above est.; SHOP jumps 20%+ — Canada's Shopify projected current-quarter revenue growth above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling the company's AI efforts …
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| Antoaneta Roussi / Politico: |
Study: Palantir's European units made €440.5M in 2024 revenue but reported sharply lower margins than its US operations, helping cut its European tax bill — A new study finds that Palantir, which boasts of high profit margins in the U.S., barely scrapes a margin in Europe, which helps slash its tax bill.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Circle reports Q2 revenue up 7% YoY to $701M, below $712M est., net income of $48M, vs. $43M est., and USDC circulation at $73.4B on June 30; CRCL fell 20% YTD — Circle Internet Group Inc. shares jumped in premarket trading after the biggest US stablecoin issuer boosted the revenue outlook for its Arc blockchain payments offering.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
How Reddit moderators are battling AI-powered astroturfing ad campaigns that exploit the platform's trusted reputation to promote skincare and other products — Earlier this year, a Reddit user had asked members of a skincare-focused subreddit if anyone had tried a specific hypochlorous acid spray, a product often used for acne.
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Forums: r/technology, r/SkincareAddiction, r/indieheads, and r/TrueReddit
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Coupang reports Q2 revenue up 4% YoY to $8.9B and an operating loss of $556M, above $361M est., due to a $409M data breach fine — Coupang Inc. reported a larger-than-expected loss, underscoring the damage from a massive personal data leak that resulted in heavy administrative fines in South Korea, its primary market.
More: Coupang and The Chosun Daily
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
AMD reports Q2 revenue up 50% YoY to $11.5B, above $11.3B est., Data Center revenue up 107%, and forecasts Q3 revenue below some est.; AMD drops 5%+ — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. tumbled in early trading after giving an underwhelming sales outlook, a sign shareholders expected more of a return …
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Forums: r/wallstreetbets and r/hardware
| Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's AMEC for possible use at their Chinese factories, as they hedge against US curbs — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are evaluating chipmaking equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) …
More: Hello China Tech
| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
A US appeals court overturns a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tools on Amazon's platform — A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that had temporarily barred Perplexity from using its AI-powered agentic shopping tools on Amazon's (AMZN.O) platform.
More: MediaNama, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Decoder, San Francisco Chronicle, Silicon UK, and PYMNTS. Forums: r/law
| Tom Carter / Business Insider: |
Anthropic confirms it is building an in-house silicon team to design custom chips for Claude, co-designing hardware and models and using a “multi-chip approach” — Anthropic is building a team to design its own in-house AI chips as it faces surging demand for its models.| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Match reports Q2 revenue down 1% YoY to $853M, vs. $856.6M est., 13.3M paying users, vs. 13.4M est., forecasts Q3 revenue below est.; MTCH drops 5%+ — Match Group Inc. gave a revenue forecast for the current quarter that narrowly missed analysts' estimates, suggesting its dating sites still need …
More: Reuters, Match Group, Barron's Online, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters
| The Information: |
Sources: ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming told employees at an all-hands last month that the company will not use model distillation to accelerate capabilities — ByteDance won't resort to distillation as a shortcut to advancing its AI model capabilities, even if that means …
More: Forbes
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q2 revenue up 18% YoY to $1.18B, above $1.15B est., MAUs up 11% to 640M, and forecasts Q3 revenue in line with est.; PINS drops 5%+ — Pinterest shares fell 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue but issued lukewarm sales guidance.
More: Bloomberg, Social Media Today, Pinterest, Reuters, and Barron's Online
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