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| Terence Tao / What's new: |
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics — I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week.
More: Math and AI, The Economist, and Le Monde
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him — Matt Mullenweg has posted a message to Automattic's Slack, claiming he is back in control as CEO of the WordPress.com parent company …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees that the startup is considering slowing cutting-edge AI development, and he hopes other AI companies will do the same — OpenAI is considering slowing down the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and the ChatGPT maker's Chief Executive …
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| Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide: |
An interview with Apple CEO John Ternus and Greg Joswiak on making the iPhone Duo, minimizing the crease, “half baked” Android foldables, the price, and more — 'I was like, yes, that's it...this is what I want' — Apple's first foldable phone is finally coming in the iPhone Duo …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
A US court sentences Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware attacks — A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti ransomware attacks between 2021 and 2022.
More: US Department of Justice, Cyber Security News, The Record, The Register, DataBreaches.Net, and CyberScoop. Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is “time for me to move on and try new things” — Frank Shaw has been supporting Microsoft's communications for nearly 30 years. … Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer.
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| Bloomberg: |
Threat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to build missile and rocket guidance software — Anthropic PBC uncovered a group in northern Yemen — where Iran-backed Houthi militants operate — using its Claude AI model …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions — LinkedIn beat two lawsuits over its practice of scanning users' browser extensions, with a judge granting the Microsoft subsidiary's motion to dismiss the cases.| Jeff Mason / Bloomberg: |
President Trump rejects warnings of AI-driven human extinction, saying the US leads China by a year and will be “in a very bad position” if it doesn't win in AI — President Donald Trump brushed aside warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that the technology is becoming …
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| Politico: |
Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump — Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch …
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| Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism: |
Meta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters — “It just kept going and going, and that pit in my stomach just kept getting bigger and deeper.”
More: The Verge, Inc.com, Business Insider, Quartz, and Yahoo Tech
| Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: |
Polymarket names Warren Jenson its first CFO as the startup aims to grow in the US; Jenson served as CFO of Amazon, EA, Delta, NBC, and most recently Nielsen — Warren Jenson appointed as Polymarket's first chief financial officer at a pivotal time for the prediction markets industry
More: Polymarket, Fortune, crypto.news, Tech in Asia, Quartz, CoinDesk, Finimize, and Reuters
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised a $150M extension to its $500M Series E announced in March 2026 — Ayar Labs, a Silicon Valley startup developing a way to link AI chips directly together with optical connections, on Thursday said it has raised an additional $150 million.
More: Ayar Labs, Pulse 2.0, SiliconANGLE, Chip Briefing, FinSMEs, and Unite.AI
| Business Insider: |
LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize — Google has some fresh talent in the AI race. — The tech giant has completed its talent deal with San Francisco startup Mechanize Inc, public postings show.| Tom Rees / Bloomberg: |
The UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations — No one in the City of London saw Britain's summer growth spurt coming. — Even the most optimistic economists' forecasts for July had the economy expanding 0.1%.
More: The Sun, The Independent, Wall Street Journal, and Finimize
| Andrew Solender / Axios: |
Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings — A letter is circulating among House members urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to bring back the House “immediately” … | Maggie Eastland / Bloomberg: |
The GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal at a 50% discount from October 1, including access to GPT-6 Astra — OpenAI is ending a pilot program that allowed government agencies to use its models for only $1 per year and moving … | Truman Dickerson / Business Insider: |
OpenAI says it's no longer sponsoring Caltech's math hackathon, where participants use AI to solve research problems, following criticism of “slop mathematics” — The latest math problem OpenAI is trying to solve is a bunch of angry mathematicians.
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| CNBC: |
Garry Tan says “I would do nothing” about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears — At a time when some Silicon Valley giants and national security experts are calling for action against Chinese companies engaged …
More: Implicator.ai, Neowin, and Business Insider
| Globe and Mail: |
Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation — Cohere Inc. is in advanced talks to raise between US$2-billion and US$3-billion, including financing from the Canadian government … Sponsor Posts
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