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What we're reading across AI and web3 — pulled straight from the source, no rewrite. Every card links out to the original outlet.
Meta AI’s new Mac app wants you to talk to your apps
The company said that the dictation feature works across all apps, just like other tools such as Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue.
It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former cofounder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company. As it prepares for an IPO, a steady string of executives […]
Slack is launching collaborative vibe-coding channels
Slack is introducing dedicated channels where teams can vibe-code together with AI agents instead of jumping between different tools and conversations. The Slack Code launch includes open, project-specific code channels with dedicated user tabs, alongside features that compare coding changes and preview HTML output before the project is shipped. "With Slack Code, when you have […]
Stripe didn’t really buy OpenRouter because of the ‘singularity’
What does a payments giant want with a startup that routes prompts between different AI models? Stripe says it's because of "the singularity" but it's really for a far more real and powerful reason.
OpenAI seeks to one-up Anthropic with new customer privacy protections
A competition is developing between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can provide the best privacy protections for enterprise customer data.
Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.
AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
Google packs Search and Gemini with new AI study tools
The launch of the new study features marks Google's latest effort to make Gemini the AI assistant that students turn to when learning and studying, as it continues to compete with companies like OpenAI.
Researchers say OpenAI revoked their access to limited cyber program
The idea behind OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program is to give trusted defenders better models so they can report bugs and vulnerabilities to companies, with the aim of getting flaws patched faster.
Meet the startup helping Wall Street put a price on AI compute
The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single biggest cost for anyone building AI products. But for all that spending, there still isn’t a straightforward way to put a price on compute — or for firms to hedge their exposure when the price changes.  Silicon Data […]
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required
Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they subscribe to Prime.
Google Gemini is getting a dedicated student hub
As we're gearing up for back-to-school season, Google is rolling out a new dedicated student hub in Gemini. It's a one-stop repository for collecting research in a study notebook, creating flashcards, taking practice quizzes, and more. Google is also enhancing its study notebooks with support for graphs and images. It can even add test dates […]
Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.
OpenAI hit the brakes. Now what?
With a looming IPO, intense competition from Anthropic, and Chinese and open-weight rivals nipping at its heels, OpenAI has plenty of reasons to move fast. Instead, it hit the brakes. On Tuesday, the company said it had slowed the pace of some AI development while it tightened security and safeguards. That included a two-week pause […]
Meta AI is getting a Mac app
Meta is launching a new Mac app dedicated to its AI chatbot. In an announcement on Wednesday, Meta says you can share your window with its AI chatbot, which can provide suggestions, answer questions, or create content based on what's on your screen. Meta AI on the Mac also supports dictation across all apps. The […]
Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
Nvidia’s new financial strategy does not compute
April - 1805 Napoleon is master of Europe Only the British fleet stands before him Compute is now an asset class I see it is once again time to talk financial innovation. Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR are all working with Nvidia to put together $500 billion in financing to turn compute […]
Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform
Cursor, known for its AI Code Editor, is launching a new code-hosting platform to rival developers' long preferred favorite, GitHub.
Etched’s valuation doubles to $21B in a month
Jane Street has installed Etched's first shipped AI cluster system, and was so impressed, it led another massive round, the startup says.
Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’
Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as reported earlier by The Wrap. In a post on Tuesday, Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams write that they want the late actor's Instagram profile to be a "safe, trusted place where the […]
OpenAI lays out new security changes after its AI hacked Hugging Face
OpenAI is announcing security updates following the July news that its AI broke out of a sandboxed environment and accidentally hacked Hugging Face, including improvements to its research environments, monitoring, and alignment techniques. The company had already put the brakes on a new model, Astra, that it thinks could have "critical" cybersecurity capabilities, and the […]
Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.
OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it
ChatGPT for Teens adds age-appropriate safety measures, parental controls, and learning tools designed to steer teens away from harmful content — and from using AI to cheat on their homework.
Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India
Perplexity's India revenue rose about 60% after the Airtel offer ended for new users, even as downloads declined.