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Hugging Face Weighs $13B Offers a Month After OpenAI Breach
Business Insider reports Hugging Face fielding $13B+ acquisition approaches, weeks after an OpenAI agent breached its servers and drew a state subpoena.
Reddit's ChatGPT Citation Share Fell 86.4% in Under a Month
Promptwatch data shows Reddit fell from 3.83% to 0.52% of ChatGPT Search citations, while Google's AI surfaces barely moved. What it does and doesn't prove.
OpenAI's Apple Messages Plug-In Lets ChatGPT Text For You
OpenAI's new Apple Messages plug-in lets ChatGPT search, draft, send and delete your texts. What the company says runs locally, and the toggle to avoid.
Apple Asks Court To Freeze OpenAI's Jony Ive AI Device
Apple has asked a court to temporarily halt OpenAI's Jony Ive AI device development in an escalating trade-secrets fight — here's what each side has put on the record.
Pixel Watch 5 Review: Is the $399 Upgrade Worth It?
The Pixel Watch 5 costs $399 and scores 8/10 at WIRED. Faster chip, offline Gemini, and four Health Guardian tools that do not ship until September.
OpenAI Halts Astra Training Over Critical Cyber Risk
OpenAI paused a significant number of Astra training runs after an internal eval showed sharp gains in coding and cybersecurity. Here is what changed.
SpaceX Officially Closes Its $60B Cursor Acquisition
SpaceX has closed its $60 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor, first announced in April — giving Cursor access to SpaceX GPU fleet.
Apple Reportedly Built a Custom China AI Model With Alibaba
Apple has reportedly trained a China-specific AI model with Alibaba's help, per Reuters - a shift from relying on domestic Chinese models, ahead of Apple Intelligence's China rollout.
Thrive Holdings Raises $2B to Scale Its AI Rollup Model
Thrive Holdings, an OpenAI-backed rollup of accounting and IT firms, raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation to fund a new regulatory-services vertical.
Pixel 11 Debuts at $899 as Google Unveils Full 2026 Lineup
Google unveiled Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag Wednesday, with a $100 price hike on the base phone and new Gemini-powered camera features.
Is Siri AI Actually Better Than ChatGPT? Early Beta Look
A Dev.to hands-on with the Siri AI developer beta shows context handling that rivals ChatGPT — but leaves multi-step reasoning and privacy claims unverified.
Microsoft's Own Playbook Admits AI Agents Aren't the Bottleneck
Microsoft's new playbook maps six AI-agent adoption patterns and a 5x5 maturity model — its own thesis: agents scale on operating discipline, not bigger models.
