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US agencies told to say super intelligence instead of AI
Trump's executive order tells federal agencies to use Super Intelligence and SI instead of AI in correspondence, reports and websites.
Read News · Search 1 min readUS launches America.gov, an AI portal for federal services
America.gov runs on Gemini and Grok and answers from about 29,000 government websites. It is led by US Chief Design Officer Joe Gebbia.
Read News · Funding 1 min readAnthropic's IPO draft: compute spend tripled
A leaked draft shows Anthropic spent $7.33 billion on compute and infrastructure last year. The IPO could value it above $2 trillion.
Read News · Policy 1 min readSix AI firms sign voluntary White House safety accord
Leaders of Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, Nvidia and SpaceX signed an accord with Trump calling for outside audits of frontier models. It carries no penalties.
Read News · Policy 1 min readTurkey sets up a Fund Coordination Board for liquidated funds
After a meeting chaired by Erdoğan, a board led by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz was formed. The State Supervisory Council opened an inquiry into fund trades.
Read News · Policy 1 min readGoogle appeals EU order to open Android to rival AI assistants
Google took two Digital Markets Act orders to the EU General Court. They require opening Android to rival assistants and sharing search data.
Read News · Ads 1 min readMeta opens its Muse agent to small businesses for free
Muse for Small Business connects to Asana, Zoom, Intuit, Box, Canva and Slack and works with Meta ad accounts. Basic use is free; paid tiers are $20 and $100.
Read News · Models 1 min readOpenAI unveils always-on Dots agents at DevDay
OpenAI announced Dots agents running on GPT-6 Astra and the cheaper GPT-6.1 Sol model. ChatGPT now has 1.2 billion weekly users.
Read News · Funding 1 min readBond yields at 2007 highs make AI debt pricier
The US 10-year yield hit its highest since 2007. JPMorgan expects $4.1 trillion of AI-related debt to be issued through 2030.
Read News · Policy 1 min readTrump hosts Anthropic's Dario Amodei for dinner
Trump and Dario Amodei met one on one for the first time. Amodei missed the state dinner for Xi Jinping and was invited to a private dinner.
Read News · Policy 1 min readUS and China agree on a super intelligence dialogue
Trump and Xi agreed to set up a regular channel for AI incidents and a Super Intelligence Dialogue, with the next meeting due by November.
Read News · Finance 1 min readBitget raises its hack loss estimate to $387.5 million
The amount stolen from crypto exchange Bitget's hot wallets rose to $387.5 million once missed assets were counted. Withdrawals restart on September 28.
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