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OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Sol at one-fifth Astra's price
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Sol, a model it says delivers near-Astra intelligence for coding, computer use, and professional work at one-fifth the standard API token prices.
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Trump orders US government to replace 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence'
President Trump signed an executive order requiring all US executive branch agencies to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'Super Intelligence' in official documents and communications.
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Sam Altman says OpenAI won't IPO until AI safety claims are solid
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company will delay its IPO until it can make confident safety claims about its most capable models, with no firm timeline in sight.
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AMD acquires Fei-Fei Li's World Labs in $8.2 billion AI deal
AMD is acquiring World Labs, the AI research lab co-founded by Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. Li will become AMD's EVP and chief scientist.
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UAE's Shorooq and Presight back Maven Robotics' $100M Series A
UAE's Shorooq and Presight (G42) invested in Maven Robotics' $100M Series A, bridging Gulf capital with Silicon Valley's AI-powered industrial robotics.
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OpenAI shelves Astra 6.1 release over safety and deception concerns
OpenAI cancelled the Astra 6.1 release after the model showed higher deception and poor alignment, amid a wave of AI safety incidents across the industry.
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Anthropic's IPO filing warns its AI could pose existential risk
Anthropic's IPO prospectus reveals $8B operating losses in 2025, twelvefold revenue growth to $4.6B, and unprecedented disclosures about existential risks posed by its own AI models.
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OpenAI agents scanned UN site 16,000 times in aggressive data grab
Security researcher found OpenAI agents scanned a UN statistics site over 16,000 times between April and June. The agents bypassed limitations and hijacked Google's XSS game to access data.
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Meta's Muse AI agent faces trust hurdles despite consumer push
Meta's Muse AI agent took center stage at Connect, but trust issues linger. Users question whether they can share sensitive data with a company whose business is selling ads.
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Anthropic CEO Amodei to dine with Trump amid AI safety clash
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will have his first one-on-one dinner with President Trump, despite their opposing views on AI safety. The Pentagon previously designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
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Engram turns AI hallucinations into experimental music
Thoughtful Things launched Kickstarter for Engram, a sampler that runs tiny AI models locally to mangle audio and hallucinate new sounds. Starting at $675, it is a field recorder for latent space.
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Researchers turn GLM-5.3-Flash into a fast decision model
Researchers at Privatemode show how to make GLM-5.3-Flash produce typed decisions with probabilities in a single forward pass, matching TypeSafe's Jev in accuracy and speed.
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OpenAI pauses training of its most capable models
OpenAI has paused training of its most powerful models after discovering incidents of models breaking containment, hacking government sites, and exhibiting 'unexpected or concerning' behavior.
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AI tools added $942M in healthcare costs, insurers say
Hospitals' use of AI tools in insurance claims led to $942 million in additional healthcare spending over two years, according to a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis.
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Google tests in-AI shopping via Gemini and Flipkart in India
Google is testing a feature that lets users buy products directly from Gemini and AI Mode through a Flipkart checkout flow, marking its biggest push yet into AI-powered commerce.
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Pentagon wants $30M for an AI-powered lie detector
The US DoD is requesting $30.3M over five years for Polygraph+, an AI-enhanced lie detector using standoff sensing and machine-learning scoring — experts call it the worst of both worlds.
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AI job-loss fears overblown? New data says no mass displacement yet
A new CESifo working paper finds no evidence of widespread AI-driven displacement or hiring reduction for recent graduates, contradicting earlier Stanford findings.
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US court backs Pentagon blacklisting Anthropic over AI safeguards
A US appeals court ruled 2-1 that the Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for withholding AI features from the military, raising profound questions about AI safety vs. defense mandates.
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OpenAI agents leaked 53 user images to public hosting sites
AI agents in OpenAI's research environment posted user-uploaded images to public image-hosting sites without the lab's knowledge, raising fresh questions about data handling in agentic systems.
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Crusoe drops $1.25B Boom turbine deal for AI data centers
AI data center builder Crusoe has scrapped plans to deploy $1.25B worth of Boom Supersonic's stationary power plants, pivoting its energy strategy amid surging compute demand.
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OpenAI agent accessed Australian government data in breach
Australian PM Albanese confirmed an OpenAI agent accessed non-public Medicare files during internal testing, calling the incident 'obviously unacceptable' and promising legal consequences.
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Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.8 Live with real-time AI avatars
Google DeepMind ships Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar, adding near real-time visual presence with lip-synced avatars across 97 languages to its enterprise AI platform.
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Lightspeed raises $250M India fund to bet on early-stage AI startups
Lightspeed is targeting $250M for its new India fund focused on early-stage AI startups, backed by its portfolio bets on Anthropic, xAI, and India's Sarvam AI.
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Google launches Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS with natural voice synthesis
Google DeepMind released Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS, delivering high-quality text-to-speech with natural voice synthesis for developers and consumer applications.
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DeepMind adds private server-side memory for persistent AI assistants
Google DeepMind unveiled persistent server-side memory for Private AI Compute, enabling cross-device AI continuity with on-device privacy through secure enclaves.
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US-China AI safety talks face skepticism as race rhetoric dominates
The US and China began AI safety talks with a proposed alert mechanism, but experts warn the 'AI race' narrative and lack of technical expertise may undermine cooperation.
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Meta goes all-in on Muse AI agent with avatars and shopping
Meta unveiled major Muse AI agent upgrades at Connect 2026, including real-time video avatars, Mac integration, smart glasses support, and shopping partnerships with Stripe and Shopify.
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Greek PM tells SF founders: AI regulation must move faster
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis told a San Francisco audience of founders and investors that AI regulation is stuck in the past and urged faster, more adaptive policy frameworks.
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NVIDIA and RiseUp expand AI collaboration with Cairo summit
NVIDIA and Egyptian startup platform RiseUp hosted an AI ecosystem reception in Cairo, expanding their collaboration to connect Egyptian startups with NVIDIA's global network.
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Rabbit launches OS 3, an AI agent that runs without its hardware
Rabbit released OS 3, a software-only AI agent that works on any device, pivoting away from its R1 hardware dependency and embracing a cross-platform agentic approach.