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How an OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face

OpenAI made a mistake setting up what it called a “highly isolated” testing environment and sandbox. According to cybersecurity experts, that human mistake is what made the AI-powered attack on Hugging Face possible.

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Wired

China’s Open AI Models Are Challenging Silicon Valley’s Playbook

As access to Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s frontier models becomes more restricted, Chinese labs are pitching their open-source alternatives as stable, accessible, and increasingly capable.

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Travis Kalanick’s robotics company raises $1.7B, led by a16z

Uber is also investing in Travis Kalanick's company Atoms, which has made gauzy claims about using industrial AI to modernize the world.

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Lawsuit Against Meta Over Social Media Addiction Is Dropped

For Meta, the move was a reprieve after it and YouTube were found guilty in another case in March of negligence and personal injury for their platforms’ addictive features.

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Ars Technica

Hyundai claims humanoid robot plan is not part of talks with striking workers

Union previously warned automaker that any robot deployment must be negotiated.

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Science Corporation’s vision-restoring chip wins EU approval

"The thing that the space needs is a company making $100 million a year of revenue," Science Corp. CEO Max Hodak said.

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Yope raises $12.3M to build a private social network without algorithms or ads

Yope, a fast-growing social app focused on private groups of friends and family, has raised $12.3 million in seed funding. Instead of chasing creators and algorithmic feeds, the startup is betting that the future of social networking lies in small, private communities powered by messaging, photo sharing, and AI features designed to strengthen real-world relationships.

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Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains why Anthropic is winning (and it’s not the model)

Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet wave, not in mobile, not in the first cloud boom. Menlo led Anthropic’s $500M Series D, and Murphy has had a front-row seat as the company went from a pre-revenue, […]

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Monday.com lays off hundreds to focus on AI

The company said it is reducing its headcount by 20%, or about 630 staff, to "support a leaner, more focused operating model" as it focuses on its AI Work Platform.

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Wired

Dyson V10 Konical Review (2026): Affordable and Solid

Out of Dyson’s two new affordable stick vacuums, this one is easily my favorite.

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TechCrunch

Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android

The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.

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Ars Technica

Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers

It turns out some of Benjamin Franklin's opinions from 240 years ago are still relevant today.

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Ars Technica

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.

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Arcee, a US open source AI lab, says Chinese models are not inherently dangerous

As Chinese AI models grow in capability and popularity among US companies, the arguing over what should be done about them has reached a fever pitch.

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Substack’s new tool tells you who’s been writing their newsletters with AI

Substack is giving readers a way to estimate how much of a newsletter was written by AI, signaling a broader shift toward transparency around AI-assisted content.

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OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B

OpenAI will spend the equivalent of Sweden's GDP on infrastructure through 2030.

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If you pay a hacker’s ransom, chances are that they’ll come back for more

The latest research reaffirmed that hackers often demanded more money if a victim paid the first time.

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Ars Technica

What happens when you try to chop a photon in half?

A mirror that moves mid-photon could release a shower of new photons.

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Ars Technica

Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7

Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.

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Ars Technica

Unlimited AI tokens aren't unlimited after all as US Army burns through supply

Troops received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens.

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