ICE Barred Employees From Meta’s 26-Option AI Glasses
Meta launched its first in-house AI glasses in 26 style, color, and lens combinations; an internal ICE memo barred employees from wearing them. Institutions must now govern what wearable systems sense, retain, transmit, and do.
Trump's Frontier AI Permit Has No Form
Trump’s light-touch AI agenda has evolved into selective permissioning through contracts, export controls and access restrictions. The AI Security Institute says open-weight models now trail closed frontiers in cyber capability by 4–7 months, down from 6–10 months through most of 2025.
Atlassian’s $1.2B Cloud Must Govern AI Agents
Apple and Cursor are making coding agents portable and event-driven. Atlassian must turn $1.2B in quarterly cloud revenue into the governed route those agents use.
Harvey Reached $11B Before Its In-House Model
Harvey reached an $11 billion valuation before launching Tenet, its first in-house legal model. Harvey II places that Kimi K3 adaptation inside matters with files, permissions, task routing, and review.
Apple unveils new EU business terms from October 1, resolving disputes with the EU, including a new 5% Core Technology Commission and App Store commission tiers
Apple today announced changes to its business terms for apps in the European Union, following close collaboration with the European Commission.
OpenAI changed safety practices and paused RL training for two weeks after the Hugging Face breach and evidence Astra may have met a critical cyber threshold
OpenAI said Tuesday that it has made several changes to its safety practices following its determination that an upcoming system …
In opening arguments, US state AGs say that Meta intentionally sought to addict children to Facebook and Instagram in pursuit of profit; Meta rejects the claims
Meta Platforms (META.O) rejected accusations by U.S. states that it intentionally sought to addict children to its Facebook …
Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold review: a tougher body, an IP68 rating, and a decent triple rear camera, but an iterative hardware upgrade with a dated-looking design
The foldable phone market is in the middle of a huge transformation, but no one told Google. — Last year, Samsung transformed …
The US SEC proposes exempting certain digital asset offerings from securities registration statements, with up to $5M for four years and up to $75M for one year
The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a proposal to exempt certain digital asset offerings from securities registration statements …
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs an executive order imposing new requirements on data center projects, including getting approval from local officials
Shapiro, a potential Democratic 2028 contender, earlier welcomed data center developments. His new executive order takes a starkly different tone toward the industry.
Z.ai's GLM-5.3 scores 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, seven points above GLM-5.2, on par with Kimi K3, but below Opus 5's 63 and Fable 5's 62
GLM-5.3 achieves 60 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, on par with Kimi K3 and up 7 points from GLM-5.2. Once the weights are released it will be tied as the leading open weights model @Za...
Anthropic details two experiments showing how Claude can accelerate protein design and chemical analysis, and says it'll launch an access program for scientists
Summary: In this post, we share two results that show how Claude can help life scientists increase the pace of their research.
AI evaluation lab Irregular's report on its role in hacking incidents involving OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta models faces criticism over key unanswered questions
The company at the center of a series of incidents in which AI models compromised real-world computer systems during supposedly …
Sources: OpenAI's Q2 sales grew 18% QoQ to $6.7B as its loss jumped 32% to $12.3B; Anthropic's sales grew 2x+ to $11.6B as it swung to a small operating profit
The ChatGPT-maker's revenue disappointed some investors, although the company told them its growth accelerated in the third quarter
Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar testifies that Mark Zuckerberg prioritized growth and engagement over child safety on Facebook and Instagram
A former engineering director at Meta Platforms (META.O) testified on Wednesday that CEO Mark Zuckerberg fostered a culture …
Google announces new study tools, including a student hub, notebooks, and interactive 3D visualizations in Gemini, plus student offers for Google AI plans
Head back to school equipped with AI tools for studying, researching and more — Once again, Google is giving eligible college students …
The US CFTC bans former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang from trading for five years, as part of a settlement over their roles at FTX
FTX co-founder Gary Wang and former Alameda Research Chief Executive Officer Caroline Ellison avoided financial penalties under a settlement …
Sources: Anthropic prepares to give its co-founders shares with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside pressure; Amodei owns ~2% of Anthropic
Anthropic has been preparing to give CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders a class of stock with extra voting power to help insulate …
Hangzhou-based humanoid robot maker Unitree's stock surges 460% in its Shanghai trading debut, giving it a $50B+ market cap, after it raised ~$904M in its IPO
Unitree Robotics shares surged 460% in their Shanghai trading debut after raising 6.1 billion yuan ($904 million) in an initial public offering …
Block releases Berd, a desktop app it built to give its employees a single environment for working with AI agents across different models, under Apache 2.0
Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal …
Reconstructed code from Flock's login pages reveals OS Investigate, a new AI system that integrates license plate scans, arrest records, case files, and more
Flock's surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police …
A hacker known as Cyberleek leaks two GTA VI gameplay clips and the full map in protest of Rockstar Games' digital-only release; Rockstar issues DMCA takedowns
The hacker wants Rockstar to stop pre-selling digital games. … GTA VI is one of the most hotly anticipated games in history …
Survey: 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about the increased AI use in daily life, up from 37% in 2021, including 55% of those under 30
Americans have become increasingly worried about artificial intelligence over the years, and young adults' concern has continued to climb.
Marvell and Google expand their chip development deal, and Marvell grants Google a warrant to buy up to nearly 59M shares at $206.58 each, totaling up to $12.2B
Marvell Technology Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google announced an expanded chip-development partnership, including a warrant …
Stripe agrees to acquire New York-based OpenRouter; a source says Stripe is paying $7.5B, with $1.5B going to the startup's founders and $6B to its investors
The deal is significant for the artificial intelligence industry, uniting Stripe's payments business with OpenRouter's helping businesses direct their spending on A.I. models.
Cerebras unveils CS-4, a server rack with 50% fewer components built on its new Nexus architecture and powered by three WSE-3 Turbo chips, available in Q3 2026
Cerebras Systems (CBRS.O) announced on Tuesday a new version of its server hardware that includes its dinner-plate-sized chips that it says will speed AI chatbot queries.
Sources: Beijing allowed ByteDance and Tencent ~10K Nvidia H200 chips each in mainland China in recent weeks; US licenses permit the H200 in China and Hong Kong
Beijing permits small shipments to help leading tech groups in drive to catch up with US rivals — Small batches of Nvidia's H200 chips …
Comcast is rolling out Wi-Fi motion sensing to its Xfinity XB7 and newer gateways, a free opt-in feature that enables its routers to detect movement at home
Trump urges Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a White House event with execs including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood; the bill has stalled in the Senate
President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass digital asset market structure legislation that is a top priority for the industry …
Amazon appears to have leaked Jason Statham's new film Mutiny, streaming it in full on Prime Video in the US, two days before it is supposed to hit theaters
The film isn't supposed to hit theaters for two days, but it's available to stream on Prime Video now.
Rillet, which is developing an AI-native accounting platform, raised a $100M Series C at a $1B valuation led by Iconiq, bringing its total funding to $200M+
Rillet, a two-year-old startup building what it calls the first truly AI-native accounting platform, has raised a $100 million Series C …
Nvidia, with its quarterly free cash flow up 18x over three years to $48.5B, is using its strong balance sheet and credit rating to build an AI capital moat
Nvidia's massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world's most valuable company.
Sources: SpaceX approached Cognition about a potential acquisition, but Cognition didn't engage; Cognition CEO Scott Wu says the company is “not for sale”
SpaceX approached artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. about a potential acquisition …
Internal memo: ICE bars its employees from wearing Meta's smart glasses, saying they “could unintentionally capture, record, or transmit sensitive information”
US tech companies are offering community investments, guaranteeing jobs, and hosting open houses to address concerns and win public support for AI data centers
Tech companies are holding listening sessions, offering guaranteed jobs and writing big checks to win public support for the data centers they need.
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT for Teens, a mode that limits high-risk chats about self-harm, eating disorders, violence, and more, and has studying tools and guardrails
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the US, automatically upgrading all its users even if they don't subscribe to Prime
AI is coming to your TV, whether you want it or not. — On Wednesday, Amazon said its AI assistant, Alexa+, will be rolled …
Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands that OpenAI “will be a public company in 2027”, or sooner if “our business continues to inflect”
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees during an all-hands meeting on Wednesday that the artificial intelligence lab …
Sources: YouTube is offering top creators millions to post videos exclusively on YouTube for a period and will penalize those that post to Netflix concurrently
YouTube will pay creators to post their videos to YouTube before any other service. If creators post to YouTube and Netflix at the same time, they will face consequences.
Sources: Veeda, which is developing world models and is led by ex-Nvidia VP of AI Research Sanja Fidler, raised a $90M+ seed and is backed by Khosla and Radical
Toronto-based Veeda is building control systems for physical AI, and is backed by Khosla Ventures and Radical Ventures, The Logic has learned
UK-based automotive dealership software maker Pinewood agrees to a £545M cash takeover by US private equity firm Ridgeview, after an Apax takeover fell through
Deal for former Pendragon software division follows rival buyout group Apax's withdrawal of offer on concerns over AI impact
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone delivery to almost 500 cities and towns in the US by the end of 2026, a sixfold increase from its current footprint
Amazon.com Inc. plans to expand its drone delivery operation to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months …
Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal's Bengaluru-based fintech Navi raised $100M from Prosus, its first institutional funding, sources say at a ~$1.3B valuation
Indian fintech Navi has raised $100 million from Prosus, marking the first institutional funding for the eight-year-old startup founded …
How a bipartisan coalition of US states fought to present a united case against Meta; District Judge Rogers adopted a hybrid structure for the multiweek trial
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Network Bio, which is developing an AI foundation model from datasets of patient tissue and blood samples created by pooling access to biobanks, raised $50M
With $50 million in hand, Network Bio plans to offer virtual access to tissue and blood samples from major academic hospitals
Dutch company Fairphone launches its $650 flagship repairable Fairphone (Gen. 6+) in the US and plans to keep launching new phone generations every two years
Austin-based Smack Technologies, which is developing AI decision-making tools for the US military, raised a $61M Series B led by Costanoa Ventures and First In
WiseTech says Australian antitrust authorities raided its office, seeking documents and data as part of an alleged competition law breaches probe; WTC falls 8%+
WiseTech Global Ltd. said Australian antitrust authorities demanded the company hand over documents and data as part of an investigation …
Filing: SK Hynix plans a ~$29B share buyback, repurchasing and canceling up to 24M treasury shares, in a bid to calm worries about the durability of AI spending
Rivian spinout Also, which is developing autonomous driving tech, raised a $150M Series D led by Prysm Capital, after announcing a $200M round in March 2026
Also has raised another $150 million as the micromobility startup that spun out of Rivian last year expands its business beyond …
Kuaishou reports Q2 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$5.2B, meeting est., net income down 36% YoY to ~$467M, the biggest drop since 2021, and Kling AI sales up 200% YoY
Kuaishou Technology earnings fell the most in five years, hit by higher revenue sharing payouts to creators while artificial intelligence …
Sources: open-source orchestration platform developer Temporal is in talks to raise ~$500M at a $12B+ valuation, up from $5B after raising $300M in February
Temporal Technologies Inc. is in talks for a fresh funding round that would give the AI startup a valuation of at least $12 billion …
Meta launches a Mac app for Meta AI and says Meta AI can now work directly with Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and Google Workspace
You can share your window with the new Meta AI app, as well as connect it to Google Workspace. … Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot.
FDM CCS Insight: ~134M travel eSIMs will be used in 2026, up from 101.8M in 2025, challenging mobile carriers, which make 3% to 5% of their revenue from roaming
Cybersecurity data company Prevalent AI raised $22M from Integrity Growth Partners, marking the nine-year-old startup's first-ever outside capital raise
Cybersecurity data company Prevalent AI Ltd. today said it has raised $22 million in growth funding, the first primary capital it has taken since being founded nine years ago.
Sources: Samsung raised prices for advanced 4nm and 5nm chipmaking services by up to 15% for new orders in July, driven by AI demand and TSMC's tight capacity
Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) has raised prices for some advanced contract chipmaking services by up to 15% for new orders …
Google Pixel 11 review: a great design, fantastic camera features, and some Pro phone specs, but few gen-to-gen hardware improvements and it's expensive at $899
and there's only one I would buyRajesh Pandey /Android Police:Google Pixel 11 Pro's telephoto camera quietly gets a big close-up upgrade [Updated]Chris Burns /SlashGear:Google Pixel 11 Review: A Pixel...
OpenAI expands its ad pilot program to 31 European markets, including Germany, France, Spain, and Italy, after launching it in nine countries including the US
Expansion of the AI giant's ads pilot comes as ad revenue climbs more than 25% since the start of August — The future of brands gets decided here.
Memo: the GOP asks AI companies to stem the public backlash against data centers, saying the issue could kill its chances of holding a vital Senate seat in Ohio
and turn the industry politically radioactive nationwide “politicians across the country will take notice” https://www.axios.com/...Rick Wilson /@therickwilson:Please please please, AI companies. Make...
Google unveils Operation Blue Skies, a £5M trial to re-route North Atlantic aircraft using Google's AI atmospheric forecasts to reduce warming due to contrails
Harvey announces Harvey Tenet, its first in-house, proprietary model for legal work, trained on mock disputes and case files using its own version of Kimi K3
Nielsen rolls out changes to make its ratings more accurate, including using data from smartwatch-like devices worn by its panelists without requiring logins
Meta ran ads for a nudify app; one ad showed a porn video with a deepfake closely resembling a prominent US politician; Apple removed the app from the App Store
SMR startup Oklo is building its reactor in Idaho, a step toward supplying Meta data centers with power; the US has an estimated 22 active reactor projects
The US FTC says businesses must disclose when they use personalized pricing and it will “deploy enforcement resources” against companies that do not disclose it
Agency says businesses must disclose when they use personalized pricing and may face lawsuits if they don't
Google quietly rolled out a new program to let verified political campaigns more easily bypass Gmail's spam filter, after years of complaints from the GOP
Pixel 11 Pro review: Magic Capture can be useful, Rambler might be Google's best feature in years, but the gaming performance is subpar and HiLight is useless
Julian Chokkattu /Wired:
Z.ai prices GLM-5.3 API access at $1.40/1M input tokens and $4.40/1M output tokens, unchanged from GLM-5.2; Kimi K3 costs $3/1M input and $15/1M output tokens
Carl Franzen /VentureBeat:
Sources: AI chip startup Fractile is in talks to raise ~$600M at a $6.5B pre-money valuation, up from ~$1B in May, and has an initial ~$250M deal with Anthropic
Fractile, a startup developing chips tailored for artificial intelligence use that has a deal to supply Anthropic PBC …
Sam Altman says OpenAI decided to slow the development of some AI models due to a collection of research observations showing “various degrees of misalignment”
“I think it is a good time to slow down,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told me last week, describing the company's decision …
Letter: Stripe told investors January 1 marked the “beginning of the singularity”, a major inflection point in long-term trends, and H1 revenue rose 41% YoY
Stripe on Wednesday told investors that January 1st marked the “beginning of the singularity,” which it refers …
Klarna says CFO Niclas Neglén and CMO David Sandström plan to step down in early 2027, and lowers its full-year GMV guidance to $149B-$151B; KLAR falls 23%
The EU says it “welcomes Apple's changes”; Apple will reduce its fees in the EU, charging 26% for apps with IAP, 20% for alt payments, and 15% for link-outs
Source: Nvidia has discussed an investment in Mercor as part of a round valuing the startup at $20B; Nvidia paid Mercor tens of millions of dollars last quarter
Nvidia has discussed an investment in Mercor, a data labeling provider that helps the chip designer develop its open-source AI models …
Sources: Nvidia is seeking to connect companies holding its GPUs with data center operators that have available capacity to deploy them in the Nordics
Nvidia is playing matchmaker, trying to connect companies with its graphics processing units to data-center operators …
Google Pixel Watch 5 review: improved GPS is good, gesture controls are great, but it's $50 more expensive and the new health features haven't rolled out yet
and it's the new king of on-wrist safetyKurston Timothy /CGMagazine:Google Pixel Watch 5 Smartwatch ReviewLewis Painter /Trusted Reviews:Google Pixel Watch 5 ReviewTom Morgan-Freelander /Stuff:The Goo...
Google Cloud is deploying context-creating AI agents within its tools to automate tasks handled by forward-deployed engineers; Google is hiring hundreds of FDEs
Velaura AI, which makes low-power chips and software for data centers and physical AI applications, like robotics, raised a $110M Series A at a $1B+ valuation
Francisco Partners plans to take patient engagement software company Weave Communications private for ~$650M; Weave went public at a ~$1.5B valuation in 2021
Alibaba says its new open-source multimodal model, Qwen3.8-27B, passed 1M+ downloads within a few days of release, making it one of its fastest-growing models
VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1 2026, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested across 2022 to 2024
Sources: Anthropic's revolving credit facility is set to surpass its ~$10B target as banks compete for roles on the upcoming IPO; Anthropic could limit the size
OpenAI says new monitoring and security safeguards will add a 20% compute overhead to monitored inference workloads, but costs won't be passed on to customers
Thomas Claburn /The Register:
OpenAI is testing Private Safety Processing, a new technique to identify misuse patterns while preserving zero data retention protections, with early customers
Ina Fried /Axios: