Patreon Co-Founder Sam Yam Joins OpenAI to Lead New Creator Division
The hire marks fresh interest in creators for OpenAI, which shut down its Sora video app and API in March to focus on coding and business customers.
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Anthropic Says Its AI Helped Discover a Possible New Gene-Editing Tool
Claude found a novel CRISPR-like DNA pattern
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Brief UN Security Council
The executives touted the potential of AI while calling for international coordination.
Former Lone Pine Capital Director Launches $500 Million-Plus Tech Fund
The fund will invest in around a dozen AI infrastructure, semiconductor and other tech companies.
Amazon Gives Sellers 12 Months of AI Software Quick Plus For Free
Merchants selling on Amazon’s site can also connect Amazon’s Sellers Assistant product to Quick and Claude
China Leads U.S. in Top AI Talent, Study Finds
China has surpassed the U.S. as the country where the best AI researchers work, according to research by think tank Carnegie China.
Shares of Chinese AI Model Firms Fall After Report of Regulatory Probe
The share moves came after The Information reported that China’s internet regulator is probing potential data leaks to Anthropic.
OpenAI Partners With Grab in Southeast Asia for AI Skills Program
The program aims to help drivers, delivery riders and merchants adopt ChatGPT for work.
Anthropic in Talks to Lease Apollo-Controlled Stream Data Centers
Google could guarantee aspects of the project
Exclusive: Microsoft to Boost Copilot Discounts as It Launches AI ‘Super App’
Microsoft plans to offer the Copilot discounts in hopes of winning more subscribers that will also generate usage-based revenue from new features.
CoreWeave Completes $4.2 Billion Convertible Offering
The convertible bonds carried a higher coupon than a similar issuance in April.
Anthropic releases cheaper model in first launch since slowdown calls
Company said Opus 5.5 offers powerful capabilities at lower cost and that it outperformed other recent Anthropic models on alignment evaluations.
Binance Invests $100 Million in Circle
Circle will also pay a monthly fee for Binance to promote Circle’s stablecoins.
OpenAI Announces Cheaper GPT-6 Family Models
The models are half the price of their predecessors, GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-5.6 Luna.
Exclusive: Meta’s Muse Surpassed 500,000 Users After First Week
Internal data indicates Meta’s vision for personalized AI assistants may be starting to resonate with consumers.
Z.ai Open-Sources ZCode After Data Uploading Scandal
The Chinese AI firm faced intense backlash from developers after its ZCode coding tool was found to have silently uploaded user data to cloud servers.
Alibaba Unveils New AI Chip And Data Center Expansion Plan
The Chinese tech giant also announced its roadmap for future generations of AI models.
Exclusive: Xbox to Cut Hundreds of Jobs, Consolidate Game Studios
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in July told staff she would eliminate 1,600 roles by the end of the year on top of 1,600 roles the company cut that month.
SB Energy Faces Investor Skepticism in IPO, Report Says
The offering will test public investor appetite for the developer of a huge OpenAI complex.
Smart-ring Maker Oura Files to Sell $2.2 Billion in IPO
Existing shareholders like Forerunner are selling most of the listed shares.
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