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Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico: A federal judge denies OpenAI’s bid to see SpaceXAI’s confidential settlement with Apple in an antitrust case, finding the materials irrelevant after a review  —  A federal judge has denied OpenAI’s request to force the disclosure of a settlement agreement between Apple and SpaceXAI … Source link

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: Anthropic says Claude “leads” 26% of its AI R&D work, up from 1% in March, and “collaborates” on 90%+, doing large chunks of work under close human direction  —  More than a quarter of Anthropic PBC’s research and development work for artificial intelligence … Source link

Claude: Anthropic redesigns Claude projects, letting users describe work in one conversation and have Claude manage it across parallel threads, starting in Claude Code  —  A new experience for Claude projects, now available in beta in Claude Code  —  https://claude.com/blog/projects- redesigned Source link

OpenAI: OpenAI launches Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with a legal search index and instructions for legal analysis and writing, initially for select law firms  —  Our most powerful model, configured into a new AI foundation for law.  —  Explore solutions for law Contact Legal sales Source link

Micah Barkley / Bloomberg: Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are “much more science fiction than science” and the latest “wave of PR” is probably intended to shape regulation  —  Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng said warnings about existential AI risks from researchers … Source link

Waymo has restarted its robotaxi service in San Antonio, Texas, five months after one of its vehicles was swept away during a flash flood. Multiple Waymo robotaxis got stuck during the heavy flooding in April. The vehicles slowed but did not stop as they approached water-logged streets. Waymo ultimately issued a recall in May, and

Francesca Maglione / Bloomberg: Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500+ Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022  —  The enormous wealth generated by Anthropic and OpenAI is overshadowing layoffs and an uncertain job market in the city. Source link

Carmen Arroyo / Bloomberg: Sources: SpaceX has discussed buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups as a more affordable data source for AI training  —  Elon Musk’s SpaceX has held internal discussions about buying customer and operational information from troubled or defunct startups … Source link

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations  —  Remember when OpenAI landed in hot water earlier this month after mathematicians accused the company of trying to steal their thunder for solving an ultra-difficult math problem? Source

Bloomberg: King Charles III hosts tech leaders, including Jensen Huang, Demis Hassabis, and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, to discuss AI risks; Huang calls for AI safety tests  —  Titans of the artificial intelligence industry gathered in Scotland to hear Britain’s monarch challenge them to control their inventions. Source link