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The Verge reports that OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, initially for Daybreak cybersecurity customers, with broader access planned for paid users, API customers and AWS users.
Mashable reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to stop funding Flock’s AI surveillance cameras, as privacy concerns spread across party lines.
Business Standard reports that IndiGo’s corporate venture arm invested an undisclosed amount in Indian AI company Sarvam’s Series B round, alongside an existing collaboration on airline customer service, employee productivity and operations.
GIGAZINE reports that Chinese AI company Z.ai released GLM-5.3 as an open-weight model, making its weights available through Hugging Face and ModelScope after previously promising security and safety evaluations.
VentureBeat reports that Cohere has released Parse 5, a 2.3-billion-parameter vision-language model for converting PDFs, slides and images into structured Markdown. The report says Parse 5 trails larger frontier models on Cohere’s accuracy benchmark but costs $1.50 per 1,000 pages, with the company positioning it…
Startup Fortune reports that Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, while noting that neither company has publicly confirmed a completed deal.
Meta is rolling out a software change that stops its AI glasses from recording when users cover the recording indicator light. Ars Technica reports that the change closes one bypass, but hardware tampering, less-visible stickers, data handling and regulatory concerns remain unresolved.
Tom’s Hardware, citing The Information, reports that the Trump administration is considering export controls aimed at Chinese access to advanced AI computing through servers in countries such as Thailand and Singapore. The proposal could be shared with trade groups for feedback as early as September, but its legal…
Business Insider reports that X identified 200 accounts it says may have manipulated debate over U.S. AI data centers, but the outlet says missing reach and timing data make the campaign’s influence unclear.
Uruguayan-Chilean startup Roma AI raised a $1.2 million seed round led by Invexor Venture Partners, LatamList reports. The company builds AI-agent tools that connect to internal business systems and says it serves more than 50 companies across Latin America.
Tom’s Hardware reports that community groups are raising allegations about 62 gas turbines, an unpermitted LNG tank, noise and stormwater risks at DataOne’s AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey. The report says the facility is tied to Nebius’ agreement to provide dedicated capacity to Microsoft, but the…
CRN reports that Nutanix plans to support AMD GPUs in its enterprise AI inference stack by the end of the calendar year, following AMD’s $250 million investment in the company. CEO Rajiv Ramaswami described the move as a choice for customers seeking alternatives to Nvidia and more predictable costs for running AI…
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