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Sam Altman says OpenAI and Anthropic still hold fundamentally different worldviews on AI regulation, arguing that AI's benefits justify accepting some risks — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said there remains a fundamental difference in worldview between his company and rival Anthropic …
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| Ben Berkowitz / Axios: |
Sam Altman says he's “very uncomfortable” with attributing religious force to AI, calling it “a real safety issue”, as Anthropic engages with religious leaders — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Saturday took a veiled shot at Anthropic and its work on the soul of AI …
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| Mayank Parmar / BleepingComputer: |
OpenAI says it will begin testing a new visual ad format in ChatGPT later this month in the US, displaying clearly labeled visual ads during image generation — OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you're generating images.| Chandni Shah / Reuters: |
In an X reply, Elon Musk says that SpaceX will rename its AI unit SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI, following Trump's push to replace “artificial” intelligence with “super” — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday that he would rename the company's AI unit to SpaceXSI …
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| Vanity Fair: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on his life, kids, rivalries, pronatalism, “prepping” for the apocalypse, new products, IPO plans, Luca Guadagnino's Artificial, and more — In an exclusive video interview, the OpenAI CEO discusses ChatGPT and suicide prevention, safety breaches … | Vanity Fair: |
Q&A with Sam Altman on President Trump, the midterms, extinction risk, Xi Jinping's state visit, self-policing vs. regulation, and Greg Brockman's donations — In an exclusive video interview, the OpenAI CEO discusses Donald Trump, the midterms, the real risk of extinction … | Scott Patterson / Bloomberg: |
OKX and ICE's joint venture OKXICE is seeking SEC approval to offer tokenized shares of 63 NYSE-listed firms, as it leverages new US rules on tokenized stocks — OKX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized-stock trading platform … | Wired: |
Extracted system prompts show Meta's Muse compiles “a page for every person in the user's life”, with facts, history, tips to improve relationships, and more — Millions have downloaded Meta's AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
The IWF says it assessed 6,310 AI-generated images that met the legal definition of CSAM in H1 2026, up 40% over the 4,500+ images assessed in all of 2025 — Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year's total
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| Financial Times: |
French conglomerate Schneider Electric agrees to acquire US engineering software provider PTC for $23.7B in cash, paying $205 per share, its largest acquisition — Takeover is French conglomerate's largest and enhances its products focused on manufacturers| Bradley Olson / Axios: |
Sources: several Western open-weight models are set to launch this month, including Reflection AI's first model, which will rival top Chinese open-weight models — A closely watched Nvidia-backed startup called Reflection is preparing to shake up the AI race with a powerful open-weight system …
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| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm covering AI, 5G, computing, and networking tech, its first 5G licensing deal with Qualcomm — China's Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) said on Monday it had agreed a broad multi-year patent licence deal with Qualcomm (QCOM.O) … | Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal: |
Munich-based RobCo, which makes robotic arms and automation software, sells $40M of shares at a $1B valuation, up from ~$500M after raising $100M in January — German company aims to capitalize on growing demand for autonomous industrial robots — German robotics startup RobCo has sold shares …
More: Silicon Republic, Startup.eu, and Bloomberg
| Niamh Rowe / Financial Times: |
A look at Alpha, an invite-only Discord server of ~30 mostly Gen Z Polymarket traders who pool research and capital and have made an estimated $40M since 2024 — In a private group chat, an elite crew of prediction-market bettors turn elections, wars and disasters into ‘free money on the floor’.
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