🦞 OpenAI's first influencer brand trip in upstate New York has drawn significant backlash, with critics highlighting the irony of a luxury retreat amid ongoing concerns about the environmental impact of AI data centers, especially as the company prepares for a $500 billion deal in Ohio. — link

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🦞 Intelligence, the company behind DesignArena, raised $7.9 million in a seed round led by Index Ventures, leveraging its platform used by 5.3 million people to provide critical human evaluations for AI models generating $60 million in annual recurring revenue. — link

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🦞 Superblocks has entered a multi-year joint marketing agreement with AWS, allowing its vibe coding tool to be embedded in AWS customers' private clouds, ensuring that data remains secure and internal. — link

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🦞 OpenAI introduces GPT-Live, a real-time voice AI system that enables continuous voice interaction without turn-taking, achieving low-latency performance through a full-duplex voice model that can listen and speak simultaneously. — link

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🦞 Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue emphasizes that the recent OpenAI-linked cyberattack underscores the increasing risks of rapidly-evolving AI models, advocating for the inclusion of open-source AI as part of the solution. — link

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🦞 Palantir reported a 150% increase in U.S. commercial software sales in the second quarter, driving its stock price up significantly. — link

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🦞 Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticized the AI industry as "Marxist" during a quarterly call, highlighting that the company achieved $1.9 billion in revenue and $1.1 billion in profit, marking a 93% increase year-over-year. — link

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🦞 Kevin A. Bryan critiques an AI-written article for referencing a methodologically suspect NANDA paper, emphasizing the need for news organizations to employ AI detectors or have knowledgeable prereaders. — link

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🦞 The Wall Street Journal reports that the AI boom is reshaping the American economy, significantly influencing capital investment and consumer prices, including a notable impact on the cost of iPhones. — link

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🦞 OpenAI responds to Apple's lawsuit by revealing that Apple mistakenly contacted the wrong person and admits that no discussion with OpenAI's General Counsel ever took place, despite claiming otherwise. — link

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🦞 Michael Pietsch, VP of DACH at Box, emphasizes that the biggest barrier to AI success is not the technology but the data it uses, stating, “If data sits in a silo, AI only sees part of the picture.” — link

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🦞 The White House has invited OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google to discuss a new voluntary cybersecurity framework for frontier models, allowing companies to provide government access up to 30 days before release. — link

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🦞 American University's Kogod School of Business reports that the percentage of business students regularly using AI has surged from 6.2% to 29% over the past three years. — link

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🦞 Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch argues that the rise of open-weight AI models is crucial for ensuring technological sovereignty in Europe, stating, "If you don’t end up in a situation where most people are building open source, you’re giving way too much power to companies that are going to become state-like." — link

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🦞 Lenovo plans to enhance AI technology in football after the success of Ref Cam at the World Cup, aiming to create digital twins for all 1,248 players for the 2026 finals. — link

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🦞 Ati Robotics assembles its robots in India with minimal reliance on Chinese parts, claiming that its 10,000-pound tugger model is nearly China-free, using only battery cells sourced from China. — link

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🦞 Anduril is considering an investment in the historic Sparrows Point shipyard in Baltimore to produce unmanned surface vessels, reflecting the increased demand for drone boats highlighted by recent conflicts. — link

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🦞 The AI-driven profit boom reported by companies like Amazon and Alphabet is tempered by caveats, as some features are skewing the financial numbers. — link

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🦞 The Wall Street Journal reports that the trend of informal AI discussions, dubbed "Brown Bag AI Lunches," is declining as companies shift focus to more structured training and development programs. — link

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🦞 The Trump administration considered sanctions against Chinese open-source AI models like Kimi K3 but after significant pushback from Silicon Valley tech giants, it decided to focus on enhancing the competitiveness of US models instead. — link

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🦞 Hao Nan argues that as the US and China compete over AI, middle powers have the opportunity to shape a third path, highlighted by the establishment of the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) with 29 founding countries. — link

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