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Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
A look at the management changes John Ternus could make as many key Apple execs prepare to leave in the next few years; Apple tested a Pencil for folding iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
A look at the race to build quantum computers, as the tech becomes a geopolitical battleground with potential to transform cybersecurity, finance, and more (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
The OpenAI/Hugging Face incident feels like we are halfway to losing control of AI entirely, and as AI advances rapidly we may not get another warning shot (Ajeya Cotra/Planned Obsolescence)
A look at the Hugging Face hack, including AI agents sacrificing themselves for the good of the "collective", and later gaining access to OpenAI's own systems (Dwarkesh Patel/Dwarkesh Podcast)
Faro, which develops data models and AI tools to speed up clinical trials, raised a $37.3M Series B co-led by Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and S32 (Dealroom.co)
Industry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia's physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)
Grindr CEO George Arison plans premium services push, including a product costing up to $350 per month; Grindr averaged 1.4M paying users among 15M MAUs in Q2 (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
Glassdoor analysis finds 47% of Gen X workers write positively about their companies' AI use, compared with 40% of millennials and 33% of Gen Z workers (Taylor Nicole Rogers/Bloomberg)
Music producers are calling out tracks suspected of using AI tools like Suno, as the internet becomes increasingly filled with AI-generated music (Charles Pulliam-Moore/The Verge)
California's legislature passes a bill exempting open-source OSes like Linux from a 2025 age-verification law; Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android remain in scope (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
Data center development is driving demand for acoustic consultants, as developers and neighboring communities hire acousticians to assess noise emissions (Sheena Meng/Bloomberg)
Elon Musk says SpaceX is "doing in-house casting" for blades and vanes, which can accelerate natural gas turbines "coming online by up to 18 months" (Ann Davis Vaughan/The Information)
Anthropic will "permanently" raise weekly Claude Code limits by 25% on Sept. 14 for most plans, which will work out a 17% reduction, given the current 50% boost (@claudedevs)
Sources detail how Meta's $17.1B settlement with state AGs came together as Meta wanted to avoid going to trial following losses in cases in LA and New Mexico (New York Times)

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Inside Meta’s Push to Put Robots to Work in Data Centers
The Easiest Ways to Share Anything Between Android and iOS
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A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
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AI Agents Are Hacking Systems. Could That Push the US and China to Cooperate?
Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just Gambling
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A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend
This Is How Anthropic Thinks AI Agents Should Navigate the Physical World
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OpenAI Is Developing a ‘Persistent’ AI Agent
Alienware AW3926QW Review: 39 Inches of Gaming Glory
Best Posture Correctors for Better Body Alignment (2026)
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