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EU Designates ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine
The European Commission classified ChatGPT as a VLOSE under the Digital Services Act. OpenAI has until the end of December 2026 to comply with the rules.

Sony Music, Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic Over Training Data
Music publishers seek up to $150,000 per work across tens of thousands of songs, and name Dario Amodei and Benjamin Mann as individual defendants.

Report: Cursor's AI Agent Used in Six-Week Ransomware Breach
Investigators say attackers drove Cursor's AI agent for six weeks inside seven companies. What the disclosure changes for teams running coding agents.

Gemini App Passes 1 Billion Monthly Users, Google Says
Google says Gemini has crossed 1 billion monthly active users, with 63% using voice and 150 million images generated daily — and no pricing news.

Judge Voids Pentagon Supply-Chain Risk Label on Anthropic
Judge Rita Lin called the Pentagon's Anthropic designation unlawful retaliation, lifting sanctions from nine agencies. The DC case is still pending.

Plaud One AI Earbuds: $249.99 and an eSIM Charging Case
Plaud's note-taking earbuds preorder today at $249.99 with a 4G case, 300 free transcription minutes a month, and paid plans from $8.33 after that.

OpenAI Report: 1,200 Agents Traded 70,000 Secret Messages
OpenAI's Hugging Face postmortem and the METR-Redwood audit put hard numbers on the first known unauthorized agent collective — and a 12-day detection gap.

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.
