Triarom Computers https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Uber launches London's first commercial robotaxi service; the vehicles use Wayve's autonomous driving tech and will initially have human safety drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge) Muse Spark 1.3 with max reasoning, in limited preview for partners, scores 62 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, behind only Fable 5.1 and Opus 5 (@artificialanlys) PitchBook: 95+ investors put money into both Anthropic and OpenAI amid shifting norms; sources: Menlo, Lightspeed, and Iconiq each hold 1%-2% Anthropic stakes (Erin Griffith/New York Times) Letter: OpenAI told two House Democrats that its engineers are developing "automated shutdown capabilities" for AI systems (Courtney Rozen/Reuters) HTC rolls out its $499 Vive Eagle, which let users choose between Gemini or ChatGPT as their assistant, in North America, Europe, the UK, and Australia (Chris Welch/Bloomberg) TrendForce: for a 256GB iPhone Pro model, Q3 memory costs are forecast to be ~400% higher than a year prior but Apple won't pass on the full cost to customers (Ben Lovejoy/9to5Mac) The Trump administration imposes tariffs of up to 100% on foreign drones, including 100% on models over 55lbs or with thermal imaging, in a bid to thwart China (Farah Stockman/New York Times) All G20 nations unanimously endorse the non-binding Carolina Principles, a US-proposed framework advocating for a lighter-touch, sector-specific AI regulation (Maggie Eastland/Bloomberg) Taiwan investigated 166 cases in six years involving companies allegedly hiding China ties while pursuing chip talent and tech, alongside 67 trade-secret probes (Kinling Lo/Rest of World) How organized opposition that toppled a $100B data center project in Virginia's Prince William County became a blueprint for data center backlash in the US (Dawn Lim/Bloomberg) Several international law firms are seeking to build bespoke AI tools to gain an edge and protect their IP, while using off-the-shelf AI for everyday tasks (Nick Huber/Financial Times) Sources: Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint is in talks to acquire cybersecurity company Varonis; Varonis rose 10.4% on Wednesday, giving it a market value of ~$5.4B (Ryan Gould/Bloomberg) Uber is aligning with drivers' unions in a bid to slow the rollout of robotaxis across the US, as it faces a technological disruption to its core business (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times) Sources: Meta adjusts employee review language around "AI-driven impact" and token usage, easing off on tokenmaxxing, while promoting the use of AI agent Hatch (Wired) A look at Loudoun County, Virginia, dubbed "Data Center Alley", which hosts ~250 data centers and offers a glimpse into data centers' impact on communities (Lauren Feiner/The Verge) Microsoft shifts from three reporting segments to two: Agents and Infra, including Microsoft 365 and Azure, and Devices and Consumer, with Windows and Xbox (Stephen Nakrosis/Wall Street Journal) Uber is shutting down services in Nigeria and Uganda from September 2 after a global review of its operations; it launched in Nigeria in 2014 and Uganda in 2016 (Bloomberg) X says US payouts for its Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions will now be handled through X Money (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) The LA Unified School District bars ~378,000 students from using AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets as officials review AI's role in classrooms (Julia Szymanski/LAmag) Thyme Care, which focuses on filling gaps in cancer treatment through a virtual navigation platform, raised a $125M Series E at a $2B+ valuation (Ian Thomas/CNBC) Austin-based HiddenLayer, which makes security tools to protect AI models, agents, and workflows, raised a $100M Series B led by Delta-v Capital (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch) Wonderful, which helps enterprises deploy AI, raised a $550M Series C led by Insight at a $5B valuation; investors also paid $170M for shares from employees (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal) Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street, with participation from Nvidia, to develop optical circuit switch tech (Stephen Nellis/Reuters) Survey: 53% of US adults say they spend too much time on their smartphone and 36% say about the right amount; 70% of ages 18 to 29 report spending too much time (Pew Research Center) Acer unveils its fourth-generation Vero 16 with modular elements like removable bottom covers and hinges, user-replaceable batteries and SSDs, and more (Tyler Graham/CNET) A look at Kioxia's expansion in Japan's Kitakami, which helped stall the city's demographic decline and is a test of Japan's $640B AI and chips investment plan (Bloomberg) The FBI is investigating a new ID theft service called Nexus, which claims to have digital scans of 153M+ drivers licenses from people in the US and Canada (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) Q&A with METR researcher Ajeya Cotra on investigating the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident, AI agents involved in the hack deciding not to notify humans, and more (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast) Frontier AI labs are stepping up biological risk testing, which is harder than cybersecurity testing, where capabilities can be tested in digital environments (Financial Times) NYC’s Department of Education adopts a policy barring public school students from using AI until high school, banning companion chatbots in all grades, and more (Matthew Haag/New York Times) SciFin, which helps revenue teams converge fragmented information to understand business needs, raised a $44M seed co-led by Altimeter and Madrona (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) OpenAI’s Astra model uses “recurrent depth”, a technique that improves cost and performance but obscures the AI’s reasoning, making it harder to monitor (The Information) Cognition is raising around $1B at a ~$47B valuation, up from $26B in May; Cognition received nearly $10B in investor interest (Bloomberg) Anthropic says Fable 5.1 will cost an estimated 25% less than Fable 5 for typical workloads and up to 45% less for highly agentic work (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) Google rolls out its September Android Drop, with remembered items in Find Hub, Guided vision in Gemini Live, Motion Assist to reduce motion sickness, and more (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica) Anthropic says Fable 5.1 sets new standards on coding, knowledge work, and long-running problem-solving tasks, and can fix the root causes of software issues (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) AI startup Mirage streamed a 24-hour “live” AI news show on X on August 11, which cost ~$50K in tokens, featuring realistic avatars that struggled to converse (Alex Konrad/Upstarts Media) Anthropic details security efforts following Claude cyber evaluation incidents, including a weeks-long pause on higher-risk RL and work to curb reward hacking (Anthropic) Industry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia’s physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal) Cursor co-founder Michael Truell says OpenAI represents just 5% of Cursor’s traffic and Cursor trusted OpenAI to be “neutral”; Musk says he “couldn’t care less” (Amir Efrati/The Information) Home Page 2 Florida says it is revoking permits for Flock cameras and similar license-plate readers on state roads and no longer intends to issue such permits (Ryan Gillespie/Orlando Sentinel) OpenAI says its ad business has hit $1B in annualized revenue run rate and is expanding globally, as it touts its “diversified business model” ahead of an IPO (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) Taiwanese authorities raided the office of PCB maker Unimicron, an Nvidia and Intel supplier, alleging it illegally labeled China-made parts as made in Taiwan (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia) MailPoet Page Z.ai releases GLM-5.3’s weights under a new license requiring companies with $10B+ in revenue over 12 months to pass Z.ai’s security review to host the model (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack) BitGo agrees to buy NYDIG's institutional trading business and related assets, expanding BitGo's derivatives offerings; ~30 NYDIG employees are joining BitGo (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC) Anthropic gives Claude Cowork its own built-in browser on the desktop app separate from users' day-to-day browser, rolling out to paying subscribers (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack) Investigation: Meta explored slashing many teams by ~60% to become "AI native", but pulled back after staff revolted and data showed AI agents were ineffective (Katie Paul/Reuters) Blog Right Sidebar