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OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Linux Desktop App in Preview
OpenAI launched a dedicated ChatGPT desktop app for Linux this week, bringing its chatbot and Codex to the open-source community as native desktop apps for the first time.
Google’s Gemini app surges to one billion users
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on X that the Gemini app has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users, making it the 14th Google product to reach that milestone and closing in on ChatGPT's pace.
Brad Lightcap Exits OpenAI Amid C-Suite Shakeup
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's former COO and current special projects lead, is departing after eight years — the latest in a wave of executive exits as the company restructures ahead of a planned IPO.
River AI Raises $1.1B Seed Round Led by General Catalyst
River AI, a two-month-old startup founded by xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin, raised $1.1 billion in a seed/Series A round led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC to build personally trainable AI agents on
Tech giants are pushing for a new AI agent incident reporting framework
A coalition of more than 120 organizations, including Nvidia, Cisco, and CrowdStrike, is proposing a new incident-reporting framework for AI agents that would require participating companies to disclo
Optiver Prioritizes AI Models Over Latency Cuts
Amsterdam-based proprietary trading firm Optiver says it now spends more on building AI models than on cutting latency, even as it continues manufacturing custom hardware to press sub-nanosecond tradi
Caterpillar sales surpass $20B as generators for data centers take off
Caterpillar posted record Q2 revenue of $20.5 billion, up 24% year-over-year, as surging demand for large generators and turbines used in data-center applications drove a 72% jump in power-generation
Rivian CEO Scaringe bets on EVs, robots, and autonomy
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe will take the TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 stage to explain his strategy of simultaneously building EVs, humanoid robots, a proprietary charging network, and Level 4 autonomy.
Cua Metal Shim: macOS VM Llama.cpp Up to 16× Faster
Cua released a Metal capability shim that lets llama.cpp inside Lume macOS virtual machines pick newer Apple GPU paths, delivering up to 16× faster inference and within roughly 6% of bare-metal perfor
Nvidia releases Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, NeMo Switchyard
Nvidia released two open-source AI tools: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning, a 30B-parameter mixture-of-experts model, and NeMo Switchyard, a routing library for AI agents.
OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development
OpenAI launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a model with reduced safety refusals for offensive security tasks that completes 95% of exploit-development requests, and is distributing it through a new Daybreak Red t
IBM, Together AI Sign $240M Deal for Nvidia AI Cluster
IBM and AI startup Together AI signed a $240 million multi-year agreement to build a large-scale AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud, powered by Nvidia's HGX B300 systems and dedicated to open-source mo
Anthropic to Watermark Claude Text and Images Under EU AI Act
Anthropic committed to embedding invisible watermarks in Claude-generated text and C2PA provenance metadata in Claude-generated images, complying with EU AI Act labeling rules that took effect August
Anthropic Watermarks Claude Text Under EU AI Act
Anthropic confirmed it will watermark all text generated by its AI models, including Claude, to comply with the EU AI Act's Transparency Code that took effect August 2, with the marks embedded to surv
The AI takeover of mathematics has begun
OpenAI announced that its unreleased model "Astra" produced solutions to 10 long-standing open problems in mathematics, prompting excitement and apprehension across the field over AI's accelerating ro
Oblivion Remastered on Switch 2 Outshines Xbox Series S, as NVIDIA DLSS Becomes The System’s Secret Weapon Again - Wccftech
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered launches on Nintendo Switch 2, with Wccftech reporting the port outperforms Xbox Series S thanks to NVIDIA DLSS upscaling.
Nvidia’s Risky Business
An analysis comparing Jay Cooke's 1873 Northern Pacific Railway financing collapse to today's AI infrastructure boom warns hyperscalers have racked up $194B in debt this year, while SemiAnalysis decla
Apple Still Planning 'Glass-Centric' iPhone Redesign for 2027 - MacRumors
Coverage of Apple's planned 2027 'glass-centric' iPhone redesign is split: MacRumors and Bloomberg report the 20th-anniversary device remains on track, while Jefferies downgraded Apple stock to sell,
Conflicting Reports on Apple's 2027 Glass iPhone
Conflicting reports emerge about Apple's 20th-anniversary iPhone, with one outlet confirming a glass-centric 2027 launch while Jefferies downgraded Apple stock citing a canceled glass design.
As AI-led attacks multiply, OpenAI launches a new cyber model
OpenAI expanded its Daybreak cyber defense service into Blue and Red tiers, adding a new GPT-5.6 Cyber model built for security testing and vulnerability research to the Red tier for select 'trusted p
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