Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI’s tech beyond AGI milestone 

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup’s technology even if OpenAI achieves what it defines as AGI, or advanced general intelligence. If the deal goes through, it would cl…

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Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests

Jason Koebler / 404media - "This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in."

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Google launches AI Mode in UK search

Lucy Adams / tech - Google has begun the UK rollout of AI Mode, a more conversational and "context-aware" layer added to its core search product. Unlike its earlier AI Overviews, which provide brief summaries atop tradit...

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Chrome will now display AI reviews of online stores

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Google just announced a neat little feature for its Chrome web browser. It'll now show AI-generated reviews of online stores, to make buying stuff "safer and more efficient."The feature is available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address …

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Anthropic unveils new rate limits to curb Claude Code power users

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - The new rate limits will go into effect August 28 for subscribers to Anthropic's $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as its $100 and $200-per-month Max plans.

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Runway Launches New Aleph Model That Promises Next-Level AI Video Editing

Macy Meyer / cnet - Runway Aleph can remove objects and people from scenes, generate new camera angles, change objects in a scene and much more.

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Positron bets on energy-efficient AI chips to challenge Nvidia's dominance

techspot - Founded in 2023, Positron has rapidly attracted investment and attention from major cloud providers. The startup recently raised $51.6 million in new funding, bringing its total to $75 million. Its value proposition is straightforward: delivering AI infer…

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Copilot Mode Turns Microsoft Edge Into An AI Browser - Here's What It Can Do

bgr - Microsoft Edge just started testing a new Copilot Mode that gives Microsoft's AI chatbot the ability to perform tasks for you from your browser.

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Bell and Cohere Launch Secure Canadian AI Platform

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Bell is teaming up with Toronto-based AI company Cohere to bring secure, Canadian-based artificial intelligence tools to governments and businesses across the country. In a statement issued to iPhone in Canada, Bell said the deal is meant to deliver “full…

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Beijing’s Newest AI Threat: Z.ai’s GLM-4.5 Undercuts DeepSeek and GPT-4 on Price and Performance

Marcus Schuler / implicator - Chinese startup Z.ai's new AI model costs 87% less than DeepSeek while running on half the chips. Built despite US trade restrictions, GLM-4.5 uses 'agentic' approach that breaks tasks into steps—potentially reshaping how AI works.

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German AI startup Cognigy hoovered up by US customer service firm NiCE

John Reynolds / tech - A German AI agents startup is being acquired by a US customer service company in a near $1bn deal, in what is thought to be Europe’s biggest AI exit to date.German startup Cognigy, founded in 2016, is...

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Samsung to build Tesla's next AI chip for cars and robots

Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal with Samsung, locking in a massive supply agreement that runs through 2033 and could provide a lifeline for Samsung's struggling foundry division.The article Samsung to build Tesla's next AI chip for cars and robots a…

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E2B shares its vision of sandboxed, cloud environments for every AI agent after raising $21M in funding

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Agentic cloud infrastructure startup E2B said today it has raised $21 million in early-stage funding to build out an entirely new, open-source infrastructure for running artificial intelligence agents securely in the cloud. The startup, officially known a…

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Alibaba to launch AI-powered glasses creating a Chinese rival to Meta

cnbc - Alibaba's Quark AI Glasses will be powered by Alibaba's Qwen large language model and its advanced AI assistant called Quark.

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DOGE's AI tool misreads law, still tasked with deleting half of US regulations

techspot - The Doge AI Deregulation Decision Tool will be analyzing around 200,000 federal regulations, according to the Washington Post, which cites documents it obtained and four government officials.Read Entire Article

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Trump’s DOGE Deploys AI to Slash 50% of Federal Regulations

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - The Trump administration's DOGE is using a new AI tool to eliminate up to half of all federal regulations, sparking debate over its legality and accuracy.The post Trump’s DOGE Deploys AI to Slash 50% of Federal Regulations appeared first on WinBuzzer.

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China Proposes Global AI Cooperation Organization

Chinese officials have proposed establishing a new international body dedicated to regulating artificial intelligence, aiming to set unified global standards. The initiative seeks to balance rapid AI innovation with safety and ethical considerations, raising eyebrows amid intense global competition in the tech sector.

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Meta Taps ChatGPT Co-Creator to Lead New Superintelligence Lab

Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - Meta has officially named Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of its new Superintelligence Labs, the company’s latest push into advanced AI. Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Friday, calling Zhao a “pioneer” in the field who has already led major breakth…

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Amazon AI coding agent hacked to inject data wiping commands

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - A hacker planted data wiping code in a version of Amazon's generative AI-powered assistant, the Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code. [...]

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Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit

Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta's new AI lab.

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