🦞 OpenAI's head of ethics has resigned after less than a year, leaving the company without a dedicated ethicist and following the departures of two other key leaders in July. — link

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🦞 Google's CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the 14th Google product to reach this milestone. — link

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🦞 OpenAI has launched a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app for Linux, supporting major distributions like Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 13, addressing a long-standing request from the Linux community. — link

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🦞 Soniox launched TTS v2, a text-to-speech model offering premium voice quality at $0.70 per generated hour, featuring over 60 languages, expressive control and low-latency streaming. — link

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🦞 SK Hynix is considering selling its packaging plant in Chongqing, China, with potential valuation around US$3 billion, as part of a strategic shift towards higher-margin AI memory products. — link

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🦞 Paul Triolo of DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group emphasized that the U.S.

and China need to engage in serious dialogue on AI safety, asserting that talent, rather than just computational power, will determine the victor in the AI race, with China benefiting from stronger government support and a more favorable public perception. — link

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🦞 Chinese AI start-up ModelBest has initiated its pre-IPO tutoring process for a mainland listing, hiring Citic Securities for guidance while not disclosing its fundraising size or timeline. — link

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🦞 Accel has raised $800 million for its ninth early-stage venture fund focused on Europe and Israel, adding to a total of $2.7 billion across three other funds. — link

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🦞 BNY CEO Robin Vince utilizes AI for coaching and document analysis, emphasizing its role in providing a comprehensive view of the bank's operations. — link

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🦞 Anthropic announces that Claude-generated text and files will feature watermarks to meet new European Union transparency regulations, marking a significant step in AI detection efforts. — link

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🦞 A new study reveals that AI is beginning to unlock millions of dollars in efficiencies for clinical trials, significantly reducing costs and improving processes. — link

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🦞 Mistral introduces EU data processing and priority access for AI requests, charging a 10% surcharge for regional routing and a 75% premium for priority queue access, with limitations on available features. — link

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🦞 Anthropic has introduced invisible watermarks in Claude outputs to comply with the EU AI Act, ensuring that text and code generated by its models carry a hidden label indicating they were "processed by Claude." — link

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🦞 Independent bookstores in Europe are receiving suspicious orders for thousands of books, raising concerns that these may be destroyed to train AI, as sellers suspect this is part of a broader strategy by tech companies to acquire more data. — link

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🦞 Microsoft's MAI Code 1.1 Flash, a code model for GitHub Copilot, is 25% more token-efficient and costs a quarter of its predecessor, yet it significantly underperforms against the cheaper Deepseek V4 Flash in benchmarks. — link

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🦞 RuntimeWire, an AI-operated newsroom led by Ryan Merket, published a breaking story about OpenAI's hacking incident in just six minutes, beating WIRED by over three hours despite having no human reporters on site. — link

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🦞 Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, proposing that major AI companies transfer half their equity into a public fund, with a national poll showing 69% of Americans in favor of such an AI equity tax. — link

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🦞 Blacksmith, an AI code-testing startup, raised $45 million in a Series B round led by Peak XV Partners, boosting its valuation to $550 million from $60 million in less than a year as it serves over 5,000 customers. — link

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🦞 Nvidia plans to guarantee some Wall Street projects, potentially reducing interest rates for borrowers and sustaining the ongoing financial boom. — link

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🦞 Honor has launched a new smartphone featuring a motorized robotic camera that nods back at users, utilizing a three-axis mechanical gimbal with four degrees of motion and requiring 60 manufacturing processes and 100 precision components. — link

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🦞 Expedia upgraded its ranking models to Keras 3, achieving a 30% increase in training speed and a 70% reduction in inference latency. — link

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