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Z.ai:
Z.ai debuts GLM-5.3, which uses the same base model as GLM-5.2 with scaled post-training for stronger coding skills, and says it'll release weights in two weeks  —  With GLM-5.2 we built the stack: IndexShare for efficient long-context processing, SAO for RL on long-horizon tasks …
Reuters:
Sources: Apple trained a China-specific LLM with Alibaba's support, which would make Apple the first foreign company to offer a proprietary AI model in China  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has trained a large language model specifically for the China market, three people familiar with the matter said …
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Current and former OpenAI employees say pressure to quickly ship new AI models and products cut into safety time, leading to incidents like the rogue agent hack  —  OpenAI's rogue agent hack was a watershed moment for AI safety and cybersecurity.  It also sparked internal questions about the culture that led to it.
Bloomberg:
Sources: OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue of $40B+ based on its current performance, roughly doubling its run rate from the end of 2025
Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
DeepSeek debuts DeepSeek Harness under the MIT license in developer preview, touting a design where “everything is a plugin” that can be swapped out as a plugin  —  DeepSeek is expanding beyond the model layer and deeper into the software developers use to put AI agents to work.
Tulsee Doshi / Google:
Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash, its “most intelligent workhorse model” for coding and agents, priced at $0.75/1M input and $3.75/1M output tokens through 2026  —  Our most intelligent workhorse model yet for coding and agents.  —  Senior Director, Product Management, on behalf of the Gemini team
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Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac:
Epic v. Apple: Apple offers 15% commissions on US linked-out purchases for standard apps, 10% for partner programs and renewals, and 5% for Small Business apps  —  Apple has submitted its proposal for the fees it should be allowed to charge for purchases made outside of the App Store system in the Epic Games case.
Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack:
OpenAI launches Computer History, an opt-in feature that turns day-to-day computer activity on macOS into memories and a timeline that ChatGPT and Codex can use  —  OpenAI is launching a new feature for ChatGPT Work and Codex on macOS that sounds quite useful but may also make you feel a bit uneasy.
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The White House puts tariffs on drones and their components, including a 100% levy on “particularly sensitive” models, aiming to cut US reliance on Chinese tech  —  US to impose up to 100% levies on unmanned aircraft and their components  —  President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping …
The Information:
A profile of Camilla Clark, quiet adviser to husband Dario Amodei and behind-the-scenes player at Anthropic; she once pitched a porn startup to Jeffrey Epstein  —  Eric Schmidt had plenty of reasons to toast the success of Dario Amodei and Anthropic at a private event the former Google CEO hosted recently.
Stephen Totilo / Game File:
Netflix closes game studios Los Angeles-based Night School Studio, which it acquired in 2021, and Helsinki-based Moonloot, founded in 2022, and cuts games jobs  —  Netflix is sticking with video games but once again reducing the number of studios it owns making games.
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Anthropic details multiagent experiments showing Claude agents can wage a “turf war” over incompatible goals, fail to coordinate, collude on prices, and more  —  What happens when you pit AI agents against each other?  According to Anthropic's testing, things get messy fast.
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI previews Ultrafast, an API tier powered by Cerebras that runs GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14× faster and generates up to 750 output tokens per second  —  OpenAI is previewing a new way to run its most capable GPT-5.6 model at dramatically higher speeds.  The company says its new Ultrafast …
Australian Financial Review:
Blackbird and Airtree revalue Canva at $34.9B, down from $42B in 2025, as it struggles in the AI era; Canva's internal valuation falls to $31B, down from $38.9B  —  Canva and two of its longest-standing Australian backers have wiped over $10 billion ($US7.1 billion) off the design software giant's valuation …
Bloomberg:
Sources: Alibaba is nearing a deal to sell its Lingxi Games to PE firm Trustar Capital at a potential $1.5B+ valuation, as Alibaba continues its reorganization  —  Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital is nearing a deal to acquire Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s video game business, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Anzar Mehraj / Reuters:
Chip equipment maker Lam Research plans to invest $3B+ over five years to expand its global R&D network, as it seeks to increase its experiment capacity by 50%+  —  Lam Research (LRCX.O) said on Thursday it intends to invest more than $3 billion in the next five years to expand …

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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

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%

Selome Hailu / Variety:
Nielsen: NBC's telecast of the Emmys drew 6.7M viewers on Monday night, down 9% from 2025's 7.4M on CBS, which was the awards show's best performance since 2021

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Bloomberg:
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Milana Vinn / Reuters:
Sources: Private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire HR and financial management software maker Workday; WDAY jumped 15%+ to hit a ~$50B market cap
Krisztian Sandor / CoinDesk:
Tether says KPMG completed Tether's first full audit and found its 2025 financial statements fairly presented its financial position in all material respects
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
US-based robot vacuum maker Matic rolls out a firmware update to add Matic Cues, which lets users control its $1,245 vacuum with voice commands in 70+ languages
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X releases its For You algorithm's and core ranking engine's source code on GitHub and adds tools that let users see if X's ranking systems “shadowbanned” them
Ara Kharazian / Ramp:
Ramp's July AI index: Anthropic's market share hit 43.5%, widening its lead over OpenAI; Fable 5 is only 6% of tokens businesses bought, likely due to high cost
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI hires Dali Rajic, COO of Alphabet's Wiz, as chief revenue officer, replacing ex-Slack CEO Denise Dresser, who was hired in December 2025 and will leave
Patrick Howell O'Neill / Bloomberg:
President Trump signs a memo letting the US government partner with private companies to conduct cyberattacks abroad against criminal groups targeting Americans
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