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Meta says Muse Glimmer has 30B parameters and is “small enough” to need only one GPU; Meta plans a $1B fund to invest in US communities near its data centers (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago

Mark Zuckerberg proposes a positive AI philosophy centered on individual empowerment, predicts personal superintelligence could increase employment, and more (www.meta.com)
2 days ago AI Zuckerberg

Meta releases Muse Glimmer, a new open-weight model, and will release an open-weight version of its most advanced model, Muse Spark 1.2, in the coming weeks (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago

Smart Analytics: Chinese humanoid robot makers were 97%+ of global shipments in H1 2026, reaching ~19,100 unit shipments globally, up from 5,100 in H1 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago China Robot

Sources: the UK FCA is consulting industry participants, including major banks, on a regulatory framework for tokenized gold; London dominates the global market (www.ft.com)
2 days ago London

Sources: Nvidia chips remain the norm for Chinese AI labs training LLMs, as switching from its CUDA platform to Huawei's CANN requires major code rewriting (www.scmp.com)
2 days ago China AI Nvidia

Q&A with historian Jill Lepore on her new book The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, tech leaders misreading science fiction warnings as manuals, and more (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago

How Accurate Are Flock's AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras? (yro.slashdot.org)
2 days ago AI

A profile of Founders Pledge, which has recorded $4B in pledges from founders so far in 2026, as the AI industry now accounts for a third of its lifetime total (www.wired.com)
2 days ago AI

Revelio Labs: short-term AI training programs made up ~33% of the professional certificate market in 2026, up from just 2% in 2022 before ChatGPT launched (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago AI

How Amex-owned Resy and Chase-partnered OpenTable reservation apps became assets in the card wars, wiring the best restaurant tables into premium card perks (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Asset

A look at London's King's Cross, which transformed from a seedy area into an AI hub after DeepMind moved in in 2016, now home to OpenAI, Meta, Wayve, and others (techcrunch.com)
2 days ago AI London

Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines (tech.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Microsoft

Chinese AI labs account for nine of Artificial Analysis' top 10 text-to-video models, gaining global adoption and potentially an edge in building world models (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago China AI

Sources: the UK Royal Navy removed internet connectivity from its drones' cameras, after finding they sent “heartbeat communications” to an IP address in China (www.telegraph.co.uk)
2 days ago China Drone

Sources: Sony and TSMC plan a $6.3B JV, owned ~60% by Sony and ~40% by TSMC, to mass produce next-gen image sensor chips in Japan's Kumamoto as early as 2029 (asia.nikkei.com)
2 days ago Japan Sony Sensor

Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns (www.semafor.com)
2 days ago Spotify

Sources: Chinese regulators have told banks to back tech companies, but lenders still prefer stable cash flows and profitability over loss-making tech startups (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago China Startup

Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta's Smart Glasses (yro.slashdot.org)
2 days ago

Moore Threads reports H1 revenue up 147% YoY to ~$258M, a net loss of $1.72M, says it plans a Hong Kong listing, after its stock surged 420%+ since Shanghai IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
2 days ago Hong Kong IPO Shanghai

Tel Aviv-based QuantHealth, a provider of AI clinical trial simulation software, raised a $45M Series B led by Qumra Capital, taking its total funding to ~$70M (www.fiercehealthcare.com)
2 days ago AI

AI Reviews Bring 'New Normal' to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes (linux.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Linux AI

An Australian user's Claude-run OpenClaw agent exploited a gym API flaw and kicked another member off after the user asked if it could move him up the waitlist (www.abc.net.au)
2 days ago Australia

Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town (yro.slashdot.org)
2 days ago

California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack (yro.slashdot.org)
2 days ago California

US data center bans top 500, up from 300+ in late June, as New York and Texas join cities and counties pushing back against data center development (www.theinformation.com)
2 days ago New York Texas

AI-Powered Browser Just Generates Every Website From Scratch (idle.slashdot.org)
2 days ago AI Browser

Ask Slashdot: What are the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome? (ask.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Chrome

Ask Slashdot: Whare the Costs of Switching Between Windows, MacOS, and Chrome? (ask.slashdot.org)
2 days ago Chrome

A look at Chinese state-owned investment bank CICC, which sponsored multibillion-dollar listings of China's tech champions, including CXMT and Zhongji Innolight (www.ft.com)
2 days ago China

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