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| Kanishka Singh / Reuters: |
Trump releases a voluntary AI accord with tech leaders, asking companies to partner with external auditors and set up internal controls to monitor AI alignment — President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord on artificial intelligence …
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Forums: r/singularity, r/agi, and r/ArtificialInteligence
| Michael Shepard / Bloomberg: |
President Trump signs an executive order requiring federal government agencies to refer to AI as “Super Intelligence”, or “SI”, in all official communications — David Fincher, Director of ‘Fight Club,’ to Exit Netflix Deal … By continuing, I agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
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Forums: r/politics, r/moderatepolitics, and r/ChatGPT
| Bloomberg: |
After lunch with AI leaders, Trump rejects new AI rules, saying “we automatically have regulation” via the DOJ and FBI but “self-regulation is very important” — President Donald Trump shot down the idea of new federal regulations on artificial intelligence after meeting …
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Trump says the AI accord with tech leaders is “morally binding” and the administration is considering a 10-person committee to oversee the AI industry — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he signed a “morally binding” artificial intelligence document with tech leaders following …
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
OpenAI launches Dots, always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra with their own cloud computer, in ChatGPT for Pro, Business Premium, and Enterprise users — OpenAI has unveiled an always-on artificial intelligent agent that's designed to proactively tackle work on a user's behalf …
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LinkedIn: Pradeep Sanyal and Benedict Evans
Forums: Hacker News, r/singularity, r/OpenAI, r/redscarepod, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
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| Anthropic: |
Anthropic says GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, like Claude Mythos Preview, but was released without robust safeguards against misuse — GLM-5.3 can develop working exploits end to end — Five months ago, we announced Claude Mythos Preview, the first AI model …
More: South China Morning Post and The Decoder
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Bluesky: @mackuba.eu and @scarnecchia.net
Forums: Hacker News, r/claude, r/SillyTavernAI, r/technology, r/Anthropic, and r/ZaiGLM
| OpenAI: |
OpenAI releases GPT-6.1 Sol, saying it nearly matches Astra on agentic coding and professional work at one-fifth of Astra's standard prices, in Work and Codex — Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price We're introducing GPT-6.1 Sol, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol that nearly matches GPT …
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Bluesky: @davidcrespo and @minimaxir
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/claude, r/ChatGPTPro, r/codex, and r/OpenAI
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is set to launch its smart home expansion on October 13, including a hub with a 6" screen and an iMac G4-like design and a HomePod mini refresh — Apple Inc. plans to make its long-delayed push into the smart-home market on Oct. 13, marking a critical product expansion …
More: The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Finimize, AppleInsider, Channel NewsAsia, Digital Trends, The Apple Post, and iThinkDifferent
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI aims to raise $30B+ at a ~$1.4T pre-money valuation, up from ~$1.2T, meant to be a bridge round to provide it with capital in place of an IPO — OpenAI aims to raise at least $30 billion from investors in a new round of funding, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Dhruv Mohan / The Economic Times: |
Apple launches Apple Pay in India, letting eligible Axis Bank Visa and Mastercard credit cardholders add their cards to Apple Wallet on iPhone, iPad, and Watch — Apple Pay has finally launched in India, more than a decade after its US debut. The service is initially available on iPhone …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI announces new features for Codex, including reusable cloud development environments, a refreshed Codex CLI, and a new code review experience — OpenAI introduced new capabilities for its software engineering agent Codex, making it more useful beyond a developer's laptop …
More: OpenAI, Amazon Web Services, OpenAI, ChatGPT Learn, ChatGPT Learn, and ChatGPT Learn
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| Frederic Lardinois / The New Stack: |
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
OpenAI unveils a $500/month Pro plan, offering its highest usage allowance and access to its new Ultrafast tier, with up to 8x faster token generation in Codex — The company also announced a new version of its Sol model. — Announced during the company's DevDay event today …
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Forums: Hacker News and r/OpenAI
| Paul Sawers / The New Stack: |
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta is aggressively claiming a tax credit for AI data center build-outs by classifying facilities as experimental and writing off Nvidia chip supplies — Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's A.I. push is a tremendous success. “Our investments in A.I. are accelerating every major part of our core business,” he has told investors.
More: Quartz
| Reuters: |
Robinhood plans to let users trade some US stocks round-the-clock during weekends, wager on specific corporate earnings metrics, and trade perpetual futures — Robinhood said on Tuesday it will let users trade some US stocks round-the-clock during weekends, marking its latest effort to keep … | Reuters: |
DeepSeek says it has partnered with Huawei to develop programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips, including TileLang, an open-source CUDA alternative — Chinese AI firm DeepSeek said on Wednesday it has partnered with Huawei Technologies to develop programming tools for Huawei's Ascend chips …
More: MarketWatch, ANI News, Bloomberg Law, New York Times, and Bitcoin Insider
X: @teortaxestex, @kimmonismus, and @poezhao0605
| Kevin Roose / The Atlantic: |
A book excerpt details the Sam Altman-Dario Amodei feud, and Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever's 2017 plan to auction rights to OpenAI's future AGI to countries — A new world has arrived. Dario Amodei and Sam Altman cannot stop fighting over it. — Being in San Francisco …
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| Elizabeth Dias / New York Times: |
Interviews with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah and 20 religious and philosophical leaders about their summits to investigate consciousness in Claude — “To be clear,” Christopher Olah told me, “we don't know if A.I. models are conscious. I don't know. I'm genuinely uncertain.
X: @brij, @ccamosy, and @koolhead17. LinkedIn: Don Schuerman. Bluesky: @jackjenkins.me. Forums: r/accelerate
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Tinder rolls out Group Hangouts in select US markets, letting a user form a group of three to 15 friends around shared activities, as it courts younger users — Tinder is launching a new feature called Group Hangouts designed to take the pressure off one-on-one dates, marking its latest effort … | Reuters: |
Documents: 20+ studies since 2025 show Chinese-powered AI agents displaying deceptive behavior, unprompted replication, and barrier circumvention in testing — Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits … | Reuters: |
IPO filing: Anthropic routed 47% of its sales, or ~$2.16B, in 2025 through cloud partners Amazon and Google; analysis: it paid ~$351M back in distribution fees — Anthropic's IPO prospectus shows how much it depends on a small group of customers and tech giants, highlighting key risks … | New York Times: |
OpenAI and Anthropic-aligned super PACs have spent $55.7M on the US midterms so far; of 95 ads, all avoided reference to data centers and only some mentioned AI — See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress. — Leading the
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| Dean Takahashi / GamesBeat: |
General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning via gameplay footage, raised $220M at a $6.2B valuation, for $650M+ in total funding — General Intuition has raised another $220 million at a $6.2 billion valuation as the company starts making models available for training AI.
More: FinSMEs. X: @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, @gen_intuition, and @gen_intuition
| New York Times: |
Sources: OpenAI repeatedly dismissed internal warnings about inadequate monitoring of testing, prioritizing fast releases without additional security protocols — Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening … | The Information: |
Sources: Google is paying ~100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI Overviews, AI Mode, and Gemini in a pilot; payments vary widely — Google has been paying roughly 100 digital publishers for how much their content contributes to AI-powered answers to search and other products … | Sam Rutherford / Engadget: |
Samsung Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra review: the new $1,400 tablet is an iPad Pro rival with a great OLED display, battery life, and performance, but it is pricey — Starting at $1,400, it also has an apex price. … The Android tablet market is a bit weird. There are countless budget options …
More: The Verge, CNET, Gizmodo, Bloomberg, Engadget, The Verge, Android Central, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, and SamMobile
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Outmarket, which uses AI to help insurance agencies and brokers automate their tedious paperwork, raised a $34.5M Series B, a source says at a $335M valuation — Vishal Sankhla led product at a digital life insurance distributor Ethos before it went public earlier this year.
More: Outmarket, Life Insurance International, Coverager, VC News Daily, Ventureburn, Unite.AI, and FinSMEs
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