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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI's new device, slated for 2027, is a hockey puck-sized smart speaker with moving parts that help give it personality, likely costing $300+ — A highly anticipated new device from OpenAI will have a unique look, complete with moving parts that help give it personality …
More: The Information, MacRumors, AppleInsider, and The Verge
X: @pitdesi, @gerstenzang, @nmasc_, @markgurman, and @markgurman
Forums: r/ChatGPT, r/OpenAI, and r/technology
| Bloomberg: |
OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, saying Apple's allegations are meritless and workers acted lawfully — OpenAI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple Inc. accusing the artificial intelligence company of stealing trade secrets … | Herb Scribner / Axios: |
OpenAI updates the default model for free users to GPT-5.6 Luna, adds unlimited text chats for free users, rolls out an improved GPT-5.6 Sol version, and more — OpenAI on Thursday announced a series of changes that will upgrade ChatGPT for both paid and free users.
More: OpenAI, The Information, CNET, The New Stack, MacRumors, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Pulse 2.0, Neowin, The Decoder, iClarified, Digital Trends, RuntimeWire, and Unite.AI
X: @sama, @gdb, @heaney555, @somewheresy, @techwithhannahm, @openai, @openai, @openai, @openai, @openai, @angaisb_, @mehulmpt, @andrewcurran_, @_jason_dean_, @angaisb_, and @mweinbach
Forums: r/accelerate, r/singularity, and MacRumors Forums
| Carl Zimmer / New York Times: |
Scientists trained AI on genetic sequences to design viruses not found in nature, yielding 16 viable viruses that can infect bacteria but don't threaten humans — Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes.
More: Science, Axios, Gizmodo, Engadget, Ars Technica, Forbes, Financial Times, The Guardian, and BBC
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Rockstar says it will show an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET — The preview will stream on both Netflix and YouTube. … We'll be getting an in-depth preview of Grand Theft Auto VI very soon …
More: Rockstar Games on YouTube, Variety, GamesBeat, Netflix Tudum, Digit, Rockstar Games, PCMag, Game Developer, VICE, Gizmodo, CinemaBlend, What's on Netflix, GamesRadar, Video Games Chronicle, Pure Xbox, Cosmic Book News, Game Informer, MobileSyrup, PC Gamer, Polygon.com, Kotaku, Push Square, iPhone in Canada, HotHardware, ScreenCrush, The Shortcut, Mirror, Mashable, Forbes, DayOne, Neowin, Inven Global, Shortlist, The Wrap, CNET, Nerdist, T3, Ukrainian National News, Wccftech, Comic Book, DualShockers, VICE, PC Guide, Tech4Gamers, Dexerto, CGMagazine, VideoCardz.com, IGN, KitGuru, Windows Central, Thurrott, and This Week in Videogames
X: @rockstargames, @rockstargames, @darkviperau, @_tom_henderson_, @synthpotato, @tggonyt, @tomwarren, @playstation, @gameroll_, and @netflix. Instagram: Rockstar Games
Forums: r/LivestreamFail, r/gaming, r/videogames, and r/PS5
| Bloomberg: |
DeepSeek says it plans to implement substantial price increases across its AI services; V4 Flash currently costs $0.14/1M input and $0.28/1M output tokens — DeepSeek plans to implement a significant price increase across its AI services, an unusual shift from the disruptive Chinese player …
More: The Information, Spyglass, and Wccftech
X: @gpuhell, @cheatyyyy, @morqon, @zephyr_z9, @teortaxestex, @firstadopter, @lisaabramowicz1, @thdxr, @ruima, and @stevehou
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hacks — At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies …
More: Wall Street Journal, Cybersecurity Dive, SiliconANGLE, The Register, International Business Times, Axios, Decrypt, Ground Level AI, 9to5Google, Politico, Bloomberg, Engadget, Barron's Online, The Hans India, The Independent, The Decoder, CSO, Tom's Hardware, Cyber Security News, Binding Hook, RuntimeWire, Benzinga, and Route Fifty
X: @tszzl, @deredleritt3r, @andrewcurran_, @thestalwart, @_nathancalvin, @scmallaby, @jachiam0, @hosseeb, @johnschulman2, @lukolejnik, @npcollapse, @hamandcheese, @wesroth, @garrisonlovely, @yonashav, @shakeelhashim, @deredleritt3r, @llmjunky, @sharongoldman, @aisafetymemes, @blancheminerva, @michhuan, @hadas_gold, and @_nathancalvin
Bluesky: @ericjgeller.com, @dell, and @timkellogg.me
Forums: r/Fauxmoi, r/ChatGPT, r/slatestarcodex, r/technology, r/aiwars, r/singularity, r/ChatGPT, r/accelerate, and r/agi
| Artificial Analysis: |
Meta's Muse Spark 1.2 scores 54 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, putting Meta next to SpaceXAI in a tie for third place amongst US labs — Muse Spark 1.2 (xhigh) lands at 54, up 3 points from Muse Spark 1.1 (51) and 11 points from Muse Spark 1.0 (43, April).
More: VentureBeat, Tech Monitor, and Artificial Analysis
X: @artificialanlys, @cline, @kunchenguid, @valsai, @chamath, @rihardjarc, @valsai, @louszbd, @millionint, and @zephyr_z9
| Jyoti Mann / The Information: |
More: BBC, Meta AI Research, CNN, Bloomberg, BleepingComputer, Reuters, BBC, Breitbart, Wall Street Journal, SecurityWeek, The Hill, Futurism, PYMNTS, The American Bazaar, International Business Times, CSO, The Register, Engadget, Nextgov/FCW, Newser, Malwarebytes, Mashable, Hindustan Times, The Decoder, Türkiye Today, Quartz, eSecurity Planet, The Deep View, Security Affairs, The Stack, CNBC, and Wall Street Journal
X: @deanwball, @__apf__, @andyreed, @hesamation, @miles_brundage, @simonw, @max_paperclips, @giffmana, @wongmjane, @pranavdixit, @benhylak, @paularambles, @teortaxestex, @ns123abc, @bonecondor, @felpix_, @zerohedge, @ml_angelopoulos, @shakeelhashim, @shakeelhashim, and @mattturck. LinkedIn: Jyoti Mann
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @simonwillison.net, and @maoltuile
Forums: r/whoathatsinteresting, r/artificial, r/technology, r/singularity, r/news, and Slashdot
| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Demis Hassabis had been drifting away from Google DeepMind CEO day-to-day duties for at least a year and struggled to get satisfaction out of the role — THE SCOOP — Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis's departure Wednesday from the top job at the company he founded in 2010 …
More: Sources, Financial Times, Google, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Time, Ventureburn, New York Times, TRT World, Business Insider, The Stack, Inc.com, Axios, and The Decoder
| Reuters: |
SpaceX and Tesla plan to initially invest $16.8B to build Terafab in Grimes County, Texas; combined demand from SpaceX and Tesla is forecast to top 1 TW — Elon Musk's SpaceX <SPCX.O> and Tesla <TSLA.O> will initially invest $16.8 billion to build Terafab, an advanced AI semiconductor complex …
More: TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Austin Business Journal, Houston Business Journal, Quartz, Office of the Texas Governor, Business Insider, SpaceX, Austin American-Statesman, Electrek, The American Bazaar, The Verge, Blockonomi, Wccftech, Dallas Express, The Tech Portal, and Dow Jones Newswires
X: @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, @jukan05, @scaling01, @tesla, @alex_intel_, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, and @spacex. LinkedIn: Kash Abbasi
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Sources: some Google researchers have grown frustrated over AI compute access for ambitious projects while Google Cloud sells TPUs to customers like Anthropic — Depending on where you sit, Google either has the most enviable position in artificial intelligence or is bleeding top talent …
More: Tech Brew, Google Cloud Blog, Pulse 2.0, and The Rundown AI
| Tobias Mann / The Register: |
AMD acquires Toronto-based Taalas, which integrates model weights directly into silicon to boost inference performance, for an undisclosed sum — Early tech demos show model-specific integrated circuits churning out up to 17,000 tokens a second — In AMD's latest bid to upset Nvidia's dominance …
More: Advanced Micro Devices, BetaKit, EE Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Wccftech, and The Logic. Forums: Hacker News
| Reuters: |
Google and data: hackers used phone calls, phishing websites, and “meticulous” tactics to target dozens of US PE firms and other businesses over the past month — Ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims targeted dozens of prominent U.S. financial institutions …
More: Bloomberg, Financial Times, BleepingComputer, TechCrunch, Google Cloud Blog, and Bloomberg
| Victoria Turk / Wired: |
Google DeepMind says its WeatherNext model can accurately predict a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data, and open sources the model — Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm's track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data.
More: Google DeepMind, The Verge, GitHub, Nature, RuntimeWire, and New Scientist
Bluesky: @metoffice.gov.uk and @metoffice.gov.uk
Forums: r/TropicalWeather, r/aiwars, and r/weather
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
OpenAI debuts Agent Plugins, an open standard for bundling skills and MCP servers, and says Amazon, Cursor, Microsoft, and Vercel are on its steering committee — OpenAI's GPT-5 turns one tomorrow, and the company is marking the week by looking beyond individual models.
More: Vercel, OpenAI on YouTube, RuntimeWire, and Agentic AI Foundation
X: @vercel, @embirico, @cramforce, @techgirl1908, @rauchg, @agenticaifdn, @tekbog, @thdxr, and @openaidevs
| Brody Ford / Bloomberg: |
Figma CEO Dylan Field forfeits ~$46M in stock awards to revive investor confidence amid AI disruption fears; FIG is down ~77% from its peak more than a year ago — Video Player is loading. — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 17.59% Playback Rate — captions off, selected — English
More: The Information, Dow Jones Newswires, Benzinga, and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics prices its Shanghai IPO at ~$22/share, aiming to sell 40.4M shares to raise $904M; Unitree shipped 5,500+ robots in 2025 — China's Yushu Technology Co., known as Unitree Robotics, is seeking to raise about 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) …
More: Reuters, CNBC, and New York Times
| Lawfare: |
Analysis: Grokipedia appears not to have updated any articles since April 24, when it stopped processing human-suggested edits; xAI launched it in October 2025 — A halt in Grokipedia's edit pipeline offers a case study in how an AI-generated reference system governs its own content.
More: The Verge, Mashable, Gizmodo, Futurism, Techdirt, and Boing Boing
Forums: r/EnoughMuskSpam and r/technology
| Anna Tong / Forbes: |
Docs: US data labeling companies, like Surge AI and Mercor, that sell training datasets to US AI labs and the government are also selling them to Chinese labs — The same Silicon Valley startups supplying OpenAI, Anthropic and the U.S. government are also selling AI training datasets … | Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
Gravity, which places text-based ads within AI chatbots, raised a $30.5M Series A co-led by Lightspeed and Committed, taking its total funding to $38.5M — Zach Oldham, cofounder of the adtech startup Gravity, thinks AI ads will eventually become the world's largest advertising channel.| Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: |
Cloudflare open sources a new version of Cloudflare OS, a browser-accessible AI agentic workspace for enterprises that lets employees build custom micro-apps — Cloudflare Inc. today announced the launch of Cloudflare OS, an open-source artificial intelligence agentic workspace available through …
More: Cloudflare, The New Stack, Ars Technica, Techstrong.ai, Tech Times, Decrypt, Neowin, Help Net Security, and Phoronix
| Colin Demarest / Axios: |
Defense tech company Hadrian raised a $1.37B Series D at an $8B valuation to expand its factories and Opus software platform, after a $260M Series C in 2025 — Hadrian, the factory builder and defense manufacturer, raised $1.37 billion in venture capital and is now valued just shy of $8 billion.
More: Hadrian, TechCrunch, CNBC, WOWTALE, Pulse 2.0, Bloomberg, VC News Daily, Ventureburn, Manufacturing Dive, FinSMEs, and Tectonic Defense
| Jenny Lee / CNBC: |
Nintendo reports Q1 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$3.3B, above $2.8B est., net income up 54% YoY to ~$933M, vs. ~$495M est., and Switch 2 sales down 34% YoY to 3.82M — Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.| Julia Hornstein / The Information: |
Sources: Panthalassa, which aims to power data centers in the ocean using energy generated by waves, is raising $225M at a ~$2B valuation, up from $1B in May — AI data centers need boatloads of power, a need that's set off a flood of investment into startups harnessing nuclear or solar energy to run the servers.| Kelly Cloonan / Wall Street Journal: |
Lyft reports Q2 revenue up 16% YoY to $1.84B, vs. $1.81B est., rides up 12% to 262.4M, and expects Q3 gross bookings growth to slow to 15%-19% — The company's gross bookings rose 23% to $5.5 billion in the latest quarter — Lyft's second-quarter bookings rose, boosted by overall demand, particularly for its premium rides.
More: Bloomberg, Lyft, Barron's Online, Reuters, Proactive, StockStory, and Benzinga
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