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| Hayden Field / The Verge: |
OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, initially available to organizations in its Daybreak Access program; Greg Brockman says “we are now in the AGI era” — OpenAI's next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra. The company calls it a “generational leap in capability” for areas like cybersecurity …
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Nvidia agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9B, its second-biggest acquisition yet, after it paid $20B to buy assets from chipmaker Groq in December 2025 — Nvidia has officially agreed to buy open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft will open Xbox Cloud Gaming to non-Game Pass users via a pay-as-you-go model; Ultimate subs will be limited to 15 hours per month of cloud gaming — Microsoft is trying once again to tempt people without an Xbox into its ecosystem. … Microsoft says it will let anyone access Xbox Cloud Gaming …
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| Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
All G20 nations unanimously endorse the non-binding Carolina Principles, a US-proposed framework calling for a lighter touch to governing emerging tech like AI — Representatives from the world's largest economies unanimously agreed to adopt guidelines proposed by the US that call … | Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: |
At the G20 summit, Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk joined Trump officials in lobbying policymakers against heavy AI regulations — Company bosses, officials say advances in technology are already making AI safer than under government regulations| Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge: |
Nvidia launches Personal AI Router (PAIR), a free tool that distributes local AI inference workloads across compatible computers on a network, in beta — PAIR is designed to get your desktop and laptop working together on local AI tasks when not in use.
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok are now operational after widespread outages on Thursday — A widespread outage has taken out popular AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok. — Update 8:49am PT: Services appear to be coming back online, with user reports dropping.
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| Bloomberg: |
Humain launches humain-m3, an Arabic-language model developed with MiniMax, amid controversy among US allies over sovereign AI built with Chinese models — Saudi Arabia's artificial intelligence company Humain has built a national AI platform based on an open model from Chinese lab MiniMax Group Inc. …
More: Unite.AI
| Maxwell Zeff / Wired: |
Sources: Cursor was a top-five OpenAI customer at the start of 2026; OpenAI estimated in spring that Cursor would bring in $1B+ in annualized revenue for OpenAI — OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned.
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| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based smart ring maker Ultrahuman raised $70M, including $5M in debt, a source says at a $365M valuation, and is working with Qualcomm on a new ring — Ultrahuman, an Indian startup best known for making smart rings, has raised $70 million in a new funding round that includes backing …
More: Tom's Guide
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Anker unveils the Eufy MindBase, a local AI hub for its cameras that runs an on-device, Anker-developed LLM, with a dedicated AI chip and up to 48TB of storage — The company also announced a new Eufy video doorbell with VR features and a window camera.
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| Anil Dash: |
Modern venture capital has transformed into an unchecked oligarchy, or “Cancer Capital”, where mega-firms managing $50B+ live off fees and shift risk elsewhere — We really, really need to talk about venture capital. Because it's not “venture capital” anymore.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft plans to start disclosing Azure quarterly revenue as part of a shift in its reporting structure, under which Azure revenue grew 42% to $29.42B in Q4 — Microsoft will start disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure cloud business for the first time, providing investors …
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| Dawn Lim / Bloomberg: |
How organized opposition that toppled a $100B data center project in Virginia's Prince William County became a blueprint for data center backlash in the US — Organized opposition toppled a $100 billion project from developers backed by two of the world's biggest private equity companies.
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| Lauren Feiner / The Verge: |
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
PitchBook: 95+ investors put money into both Anthropic and OpenAI amid shifting norms; sources: Menlo, Lightspeed, and Iconiq each hold 1%-2% Anthropic stakes — As the artificial intelligence companies Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to go public, the question around Silicon Valley is which investors will win big.
More: The Information
| Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware: |
Nvidia says the RTX Spark N1X launches in October in two configurations: a 20-core CPU with a 6,144-core Blackwell GPU and an 18-core CPU with a 5,120-core GPU — Nvidia is finally getting more specific about the launch of the RTX Spark. The chip, which it is now officially calling the …
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| Farah Stockman / New York Times: |
The Trump administration imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign drones, including 100% on models over 55lbs or with thermal imaging, in a bid to thwart China — In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.
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| Mark Zuckerberg / @finkd: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's Watermelon model and Muse Spark open weights are “coming soon” — Muse Spark 1.3 is rolling out today with frontier performance almost too cheap to meter. This is the biggest jump we've made so far on coding and agentic work. Try it in Muse Code and our API. Next up 🍉 and Muse Spark open weights releases coming soon.
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| Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Upwind, which filters false security alerts in cloud apps so companies can focus on actual risks, raised ~$300M at a ~$3.8B valuation, up from ~$1.5B in January — The Israeli cloud security company was valued at $1.5 billion when it raised $250 million in January, and has since attracted fresh backing …
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| Wired: |
Sources: Meta adjusts employee review language around “AI-driven impact” and token usage, easing off on tokenmaxxing, while promoting the use of AI agent Hatch — The company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch … | The Information: |
Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab is in talks to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ pre-money valuation, lower than the $50B+ valuation it sought last year — Thinking Machines Lab, the AI developer led by ex-OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati, is in talks to raise at least $1 billion …
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| Chris Welch / Bloomberg: |
HTC rolls out its $499 Vive Eagle smart glasses, which let users choose between Gemini or ChatGPT as their assistant, in North America, Europe, and Australia — HTC Corp. is rolling out its Vive Eagle smart glasses in the US, entering a market where category leader Meta Platforms Inc …
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