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Sources detail how OpenAI fell behind Anthropic in revenue growth and valuation after prioritizing consumer chatbots and flashy side projects over coding tools (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Sources detail how OpenAI fell behind Anthropic in...

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A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms' bid to dismiss Reddit's lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three dat...

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Sensor Tower: India's mobile app market generated a record $345M in consumer spending in Q2, up 35% YoY; ChatGPT ranked No. 1 by downloads and No. 2 by revenue (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Sensor Tower: India's mobile app market generated ...

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Cybersecurity experts fault Anthropic and OpenAI for sloppy safeguards and inadequate human oversight after their models broke into outside organizations (Bloomberg)

Cybersecurity experts fault Anthropic and OpenAI f...

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The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1...

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The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1...

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Sources: OpenAI demoed a new "Astra" AI model family to US policymakers and regulators this week, touting its improved abilities to complete long-running tasks (The Information)

Sources: OpenAI demoed a new "Astra" AI model fami...

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Filing: Amazon has completed its $50B investment in OpenAI; source: OpenAI received the final tranche this week, taking Amazon's position to roughly 5% (Financial Times)

Filing: Amazon has completed its $50B investment i...

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Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the biggest one-day jump since April 2012, after the company reported accelerating AWS revenue (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Amazon shares closed up 15.32% on Friday, the bigg...

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Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever daily percentage decline, after the company forecasted declining bookings and slowing revenue growth (Kit Norton/Barron's Online)

Roblox shares close down ~27%, its worst-ever dail...

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Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network (Reuters)

Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances whe...

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FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states reported cyberattacks this week, with some causing flooding and other operational issues (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal)

FBI and EPA say water and wastewater utilities in ...

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Children's Social Media Safety Act, a bill designed to limit children's access to "addictive" social media algorithms (Ben Szalinski/Capitol News Illinois)

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Children's...

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An in-depth account of the past two days inside Situational Awareness, as Aschenbrenner assured investors he would focus on changes to his portfolio management (Wall Street Journal)

An in-depth account of the past two days inside Si...

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Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add "stronger guardrails" after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery (Geoff Brumfiel/NPR)

Google rolls back an image generation tool in Goog...

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Index Ventures has raised $2B in new capital: a $900M venture vehicle, $400M for seed financing, and an addition of $700M to a 2024 $1.5B growth fund (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Index Ventures has raised $2B in new capital: a $9...

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Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjus...

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Sources: NXP is in talks to buy Ambarella, which has a market cap of ~$3.3B and makes image-processing chips for security cameras and self-driving cars (Oliver Barnes/Financial Times)

Sources: NXP is in talks to buy Ambarella, which h...

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