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Memo: Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai, the Chinese lab behind the GLM models, argues frontier AI capabilities should stay "as open and widely accessible as possible" (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Memo: Tang Jie, founder of Z.ai, the Chinese lab behind the GLM models,…
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Sources: Cursor is building a general-purpose AI agent codenamed Sand, aimed at non-developers, that handles emails, texts, and documents to rival Claude Cowork (Grace Kay/The Information)
Grace Kay / The Information : Sources: Cursor is building a general-purpose AI agen…
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OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by emphasizing cost efficiency, as business customers increasingly scrutinize AI spending (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceXAI may be able to put pressure on Anthropic by …
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Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all paid plans, as well as keeping Claude Code's weekly rate limits 50% higher, through July 19 (The Economic Times)
The Economic Times : Anthropic says it is extending Claude Fable 5 access on all pa…
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A look at Bending Spoons' hiring process: the company, which owns Vimeo, AOL, and Evernote, received 800,000 job applications last year and made only 286 hires (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
Ben Cohen / Wall Street Journal : A look at Bending Spoons' hiring process: the…
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Current AI market dynamics point to frontier models becoming commodity infrastructure as the token crunch eases, with value shifting to products built on top (Benedict Evans)
Benedict Evans : Current AI market dynamics point to frontier models becoming commo…
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Psychologist Peter Gray argues that school stress, not smartphone use, is the main driver of the teen mental health crisis, challenging Jonathan Haidt's thesis (Kaitlyn Tiffany/The Atlantic)
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic : Psychologist Peter Gray argues that school stress,…
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Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware aspirations for years, or possibly forever, as the startup gets into yet another controversy and messy divorce (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
M.G. Siegler / Spyglass : Apple's lawsuit could sidetrack OpenAI's hardware…
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The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to the UAE, letting G42 and US companies like Apple, Meta, and xAI export AI chips to UAE without a license (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
Karen Freifeld / Reuters : The Department of Commerce loosens export controls to th…
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Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Jerry Lu of giving confidential info to rival Sidechat after he met with Fizz as a potential investor in 2022 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Filing: college social app Fizz accuses Maveron's Je…
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Privacy advocates, CAA, and SAG-AFTRA slam Meta's Muse Image, which lets users create AI images using the likenesses of people with public Instagram accounts (Ina Fried/Axios)
Ina Fried / Axios : Privacy advocates, CAA, and SAG-AFTRA slam Meta's Muse Imag…
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The EU Parliament advances a bill letting tech companies scan for CSAM, reviving a proposal rejected in March, with an exemption for E2EE services like WhatsApp (Sam Clark/Politico)
Sam Clark / Politico : The EU Parliament advances a bill letting tech companies sca…
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OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop browser, in favor of the new ChatGPT desktop app (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : OpenAI is discontinuing ChatGPT Atlas, its standalone desktop …
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Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new funds at a roughly $20B valuation, less than a year after raising money at a $10B valuation (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg : Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is discussing raising new fun…
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OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windows under a new ChatGPT desktop app, allowing users to switch between Codex, Chat, and Work (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac : OpenAI merges Codex and ChatGPT desktop apps for Mac and Windo…
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