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Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's $1.5B AI implementation company, announced in May, launches with the name Ode with Anthropic and 100 engineers (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Lumin Digital, which provides cloud-based digital banking software to banks and credit unions, raised more than $115M at a $1.6B post-money valuation (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
OpenAI employees donated a combined $215K+ to Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC seeking stricter AI rules and opposing Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
OpenAI launches Codex Micro, a $230 desktop keypad built in collaboration with keyboard maker Work Louder, with backlit keys, a rotary knob, and a tiny joystick (Megan Morrone/Axios)
Sources: ASML has discussed raising prices for its EUV systems with TSMC and plans to charge 10% more for its DUV systems; TSMC is resisting ASML's plans (Qianer Liu/The Information)
Source: OnePlus will begin to cease operations in the US and Europe as early as this week and Realme will exit China as part of a restructuring by parent Oppo (Bloomberg)
Hyundai's South Korea auto workers have gone on a partial strike over wages, AI, and the prospect of the company deploying its new humanoid robot in factories (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
Sources: Apple is looking for chip companies to buy to boost its AI server chip efforts as it struggles with the performance of its servers running on M2 Ultra (The Information)
Spectro Cloud, an AI infrastucture company helping manage token costs, raised a $100M Series D from AMD, LG, others at a $1B+ valuation, up from $750M in 2024 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
How TikTok Shop sellers are using AI creators and AI twins to boost sales; eMarketer: US sales on TikTok Shop are expected to hit $23.4B in 2026, up 48% YoY (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)
Israel-based Hemispheric, whose AI model can analyze brain activity measured non-invasively and turn it into quantitative metrics for diagnoses, raised $52M (Meytal Vaizberg/Globes)
Amsterdam-based Monumental, which develops autonomous robotics and software for the construction industry, raised a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
Miami-based Cyclops, which sells an infrastructure platform that bundles crypto and stablecoin services to payments companies, raised a $20M Series A (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
Rime, which helps companies field calls using AI voice models trained on conversational data it records in a studio, raised a $24M Series A led by M13 (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
How Anthropic is pursuing a state-by-state push for ever-tougher AI safety laws, in contrast with OpenAI's "reverse federalism" strategy for common state rules (Politico)

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Engadget

Samsung is making Amazon Music pre-installed bloatware on Galaxy phones
Valve appears to be discontinuing self-repair parts for the LCD Steam Deck at iFixit
A hacker accessed Suno source code that reportedly details how the company scraped millions of songs
The FCC plans to rip up local TV station ownership rules
Hinge users can now get friends to hype them up on their profiles
Apple Intelligence finally gets regulatory approval in China
iOS 27 preview: Long-awaited Siri AI is practical but plain
What the leaf icon on Google Maps really means (and why it confuses so many users)
XGIMI Elfin Flip 4K review: An ultra-portable laser projector with sharp video quality
Spotify is expanding free access to kid-friendly managed accounts
Samsung's new foldable display technology is harder to damage and resists creases
Withings' new ultra-premium scale goes on sale today
Google will allow third-party app stores on Android next week
Starlink's new V5 home dish is smaller and more energy-efficient
OpenAI's first device will reportedly be a 'humanlike' rechargeable speaker
The WGA is also suing to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Former employees sue over Meta's alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs
Three publishers challenge Google over AI copyright infringement
The next wave of emoji could help you evoke beauty and existential dread
PlayStation FlexStrike wireless fight stick delayed without a firm release date

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