An OpenAI executive's suggestion to create regulatory uncertainty around Chinese open-weight AI models sparked a fierce debate, with David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya defending open-source competition.
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Cuktech's 300W 30 Ultra desk charger offers dual 140W USB-C ports, a 300W DC output, and a 1.83-inch LCD. Four features stand out after a month of testing.
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US public health agencies will test OpenAI and Anthropic AI tools under a new programme called PULSE, focusing on biosurveillance, translation, and clinical data retrieval across 10 jurisdictions.
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OpenAI's Codex Micro is a $230 keyboard with a physical reasoning dial, agent status lights, and programmable keys for managing Codex coding agents. Currently sold out.
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Meta has been granted a patent for an AI system that analyzes voice and environmental data to predict a user's emotional state. The technology combines audio with contextual information like time and location, raising both personalization possibilities and privacy concerns.
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Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter open-weight model that shifts the constraint from compute to memory. The launch is significant, but weights, software support, and deployability still need scrutiny.
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Apple Intelligence has been registered with China's cyberspace regulator, clearing a major hurdle for its launch in the country. Alibaba's Qwen model and Baidu's AI will power the Chinese version.
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Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro on September 9, 2026, based on a 15-year pattern of September keynote dates. Pre-orders may open September 11, with in-store availability starting September 18.
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Databricks announced a $188 billion valuation on July 17 in a Coatue-led round, up 40% from $134 billion five months earlier, capping a 19-month period of repeated mega-rounds that has reshaped its identity from big-data analytics platform to AI infrastructure provider.
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