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OpenAI changed safety practices and paused RL training for two weeks after the Hugging Face breach and evidence Astra may have met a critical cyber threshold — OpenAI said Tuesday that it has made several changes to its safety practices following its determination that an upcoming system …
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| Alex Heath / Time: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI's Q2 sales grew 18% QoQ to $6.7B as its losses widened from $9.3B to $12.3B; Anthropic's sales grew 2x+ to $11.6B, with a small operating profit — The ChatGPT-maker's revenue disappointed some investors, although the company told them its growth accelerated in the third quarter
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| Wired: |
Reconstructed code from Flock's login pages shows a new AI-powered system, called OS Investigate, that integrates license plate scans, case files, and more — Flock's surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police … | Reuters: |
In opening arguments, US state AGs say Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejected the claims — Meta Platforms (META.O) rejected accusations by U.S. states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook …
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| @artificialanlys: |
Z.ai's GLM-5.3 with max reasoning scores 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, on par with Kimi K3 but below Opus 5 at 63 and Fable 5 at 62 — GLM-5.3 achieves 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, on par with Kimi K3 and up 7 points from GLM-5.2. Once the weights are released it will be tied as the leading open weights model @Zai_org has just launched GLM-5.3, which ties Kimi K3 (60) for the most| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
| Alexander Martin / The Record: |
AI evaluation lab Irregular's report on its role in hacking incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta models faces criticism over unanswered questions — The company at the center of a series of incidents in which AI models compromised real-world computer systems during supposedly … | Zijing Wu / Financial Times: |
Sources: Beijing allowed ByteDance and Tencent to each receive about 10,000 Nvidia H200 chips at their mainland China facilities in recent weeks — Beijing permits small shipments to help leading tech groups in drive to catch up with US rivals — Small batches of Nvidia's H200 chips … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Amazon appears to have leaked Jason Statham's new film Mutiny, streaming it in full on Prime Video in the US, two days before it was supposed to hit theaters — The film isn't supposed to hit theaters for two days, but it's available to stream on Prime Video now.| Apple: |
Apple unveils new EU business terms from October 1, resolving disputes with the EU, including a new 5% Core Technology Commission and App Store commission tiers — Apple today announced changes to its business terms for apps in the European Union, following close collaboration with the European Commission.
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| Bloomberg: |
The US SEC proposes exempting certain digital asset offerings from securities registration statements, with exemptions for offerings of up to $5M and up to $75M — The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a proposal to exempt certain digital asset offerings from securities registration statements …
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| Allan Smith / NBC News: |
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs an executive order imposing new requirements on data center projects, including getting approval from local officials — Shapiro, a potential Democratic 2028 contender, earlier welcomed data center developments. His new executive order takes a starkly different tone toward the industry.
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| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Block releases Berd, a desktop app it built to give its employees a single environment for working with AI agents across different models, under Apache 2.0 — Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal …
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| Pew Research Center: |
Survey: 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about increased AI use in daily life, up from 37% in 2021, including 55% of those under 30 — Americans have become increasingly worried about artificial intelligence over the years, and young adults' concern has continued to climb.
More: Washington Post, Axios, Gizmodo, Implicator.ai, Business Insider, Inside Radio, and The Indian Express
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| The Information: |
Sources: Anthropic prepares to give its co-founders shares with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside pressure; Amodei owns ~2% of Anthropic — Anthropic has been preparing to give CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders a class of stock with extra voting power to help insulate …
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months, including suburban Chicago and Atlanta — Amazon.com Inc. plans to expand its drone delivery operation to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months …
More: The Verge, About Amazon, Wall Street Journal, Quartz, CNBC, Newser, Dow Jones Newswires, Associated Press, and GeekWire
| Financial Times: |
UK-based automotive dealership software maker Pinewood agrees to a £545M cash takeover by US private equity firm Ridgeview, after an Apax takeover fell through — Deal for former Pendragon software division follows rival buyout group Apax's withdrawal of offer on concerns over AI impact
More: Finimize, Startup.eu, City A.M., and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Hangzhou-based humanoid robot maker Unitree's stock surges 460% in its Shanghai trading debut, giving it a ~$50B market cap, after raising ~$904M in its IPO — Unitree Robotics shares surged 460% in their Shanghai trading debut after the company raised 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) …
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| Nick Lichtenberg / Fortune: |
Rillet, which is developing an AI-native accounting platform, raised a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Iconiq, bringing its total funding to $200M+ — Rillet, a two-year-old startup building what it calls the first truly AI-native accounting platform, has raised a $100 million Series C …
More: The Information, Tech Funding News, FinSMEs, The SaaS News, and Pulse 2.0
| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Cerebras unveils CS-4, a server rack powered by three WSE-3 Turbo chips and built around its new Nexus architecture, with first shipments starting in Q3 2026 — Cerebras Systems (CBRS.O) announced on Tuesday a new version of its server hardware that includes its dinner-plate-sized chips that it says will speed AI chatbot queries.| Anthropic: |
Anthropic details two experiments showing how Claude can accelerate protein design and analytical chemistry, and says it plans an access program for scientists — Summary: In this post, we share two results that show how Claude can help life scientists increase the pace of their research.
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| New York Times: |
Internal memo: ICE bars its employees from wearing Meta's AI glasses, saying they “could unintentionally capture, record, or transmit sensitive information” — The agency joins a growing number of workplaces and groups to ban Meta's devices, which have spurred privacy concerns.
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