👀In Case You Missed It
xAI vs. OpenAI – Musk’s xAI sues ex-engineer for stealing Grok secrets before joining OpenAI.
Meta Meltdown – Meta’s Superintelligence Labs faces early departures and tensions with Scale AI despite $14.3B spend.
Microsoft Strikes Back – Launches in-house AI models MAI-Voice-1 & MAI-1-preview to reduce reliance on OpenAI.
OpenAI’s Juice 200 – Experiments with “max thinking” mode for deeper ChatGPT reasoning, but compute-intensive.
Global Expansion Moves – AWS launches NZ cloud region; Google Cloud wins $48M U.S. defense IT contract.
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🧠 Cloud & Infrastructure Watch
UCLA develops AI-powered non-invasive brain-computer interface letting paralyzed patients control robotic arms with thought.
Read MoreFigma AI now designs interactive mobile apps from prompts, building prototypes with working buttons and integrations in seconds.
Read MoreOpenAI previews 120-day initiative for crisis response & parental controls, routing sensitive convos to GPT-5 for safety.
Read MoreOpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig, reshuffling leadership with new CTO of Applications.
Read MoreWordPress debuts Telex, an experimental AI builder for Gutenberg blocks, generating site plugins from text prompts.
Read MoreRunway pivots its video AI toward robotics & self-driving, simulating training environments for policy development.
💻 Hardware & Semiconductor Moves
Nvidia posts record Q2 revenue of $46.7B; $41.1B from data centers; Blackwell chips drive growth.
Read MoreTwo unnamed customers accounted for 39% of Nvidia’s quarterly sales, raising concentration risk concerns.
Read MoreAlibaba unveils new AI inference chip as U.S.-China export fight escalates.
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