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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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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New Mexico trial: a judge orders Meta to pay $567M and make changes for underage users after finding its platforms helped create a public nuisance harming teens  —  SANTA FE, N.M. - A Santa Fe judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million, and make changes for the user experience of juvenile accounts …
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.
Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Suno says it will adopt new audio watermarking tech, fingerprinting tech, transparency tools, and a new download policy to limit the spread of spammy AI music  —  The company is changing its download policy and rolling out new watermarking technology.
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).
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 …
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.
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 …
Bloomberg:
Google centralizes its AI leadership at Mountain View in a bid to catch its rivals; Sebastian Borgeaud, who led a major AI coding effort, moved from the UK  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google is concentrating its artificial intelligence leadership at its Mountain View, California …
Iain Martin / Forbes:
A profile of DDN, a managed data storage company whose annual revenue is expected to grow from $300M pre-AI boom to $1B by year's end, fueled by AI partnerships  —  For nearly three decades, Alex Bouzari ran a data storage stalwart for research labs at the likes of NASA.
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.
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 …
Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily:
Twilio reports Q2 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.5B, above $1.43B est., and forecasts Q3 revenue above estimates; TWLO jumps 16%+ after hours  —  Twilio (TWLO) stock jumped Thursday after the communications software maker reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus estimates …
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Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: the US DOJ says states suing to block the WBD deal must post a “proper bond” to cover potential damages, backing Paramount's request for a $1.88B bond

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Sources: Prime Video is in talks with the Television Academy about Primetime Emmy Awards telecast rights; the academy's most recent agreement ended Monday

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Nielsen: 60 Minutes' season premiere drew 7.94M viewers, down 21% from 10.02M for last season's premiere; viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 fell 33%

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