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Former Bitcoin miner Firmus raises $2 billion for AI factories
With Nvidia and Blackstone in the round, Firmus's valuation rose from $5.5 billion in April to more than $10.5 billion.
Read News · Models 1 min readGPT-5.6 update brings Luna to free users and an effort slider
OpenAI says the updated GPT-5.6 Sol makes roughly 60% fewer factual errors. Free and Go users get a new default model.
Read News · Models 1 min readMeta Superintelligence Labs ships coding agent Muse Code
The terminal-based agent runs on Muse Spark 1.2. Meta was also reported to be restructuring its AI teams again.
Read News · Search 1 min readAI-driven orders on Shopify tripled in a year
Shopify's revenue grew 34% in the second quarter. Orders from AI channels tripled, and classic search did not decline.
Read News · Infrastructure 1 min readAMD data center revenue doubles; Anthropic signs up for 2 GW
AMD reported record revenue of $11.5 billion in the second quarter. Data center is now 58% of revenue.
Read Data · Lead handling 4 min readWhat actually changes when you answer a lead in five minutes?
The average business replies to an enquiry in 42 hours. Replying within one hour makes you seven times more likely to qualify it. The numbers, and what they mean for your business.
Read News · Ads 1 min readGoogle Ads ends new campaign-level broad match, pushes AI Max
Since August 3, new campaign-level broad match and legacy auto-created assets cannot be set up. AI Max becomes the default.
Read News · Models 1 min readAlibaba opens 2.4T-parameter Qwen3.8-Max in its cloud
Previewed in July, the model went live in the cloud on August 3. Alibaba had said it would release the weights too.
Read News · Payments 1 min readVisa to buy behavioral biometrics firm BioCatch for $2.4 billion
As AI-powered scams and account takeovers rise, Visa is paying cash for the Tel Aviv company that reads user behavior, from typing rhythm to screen swipes.
Read News · Policy 1 min readEU AI Act: labelling rules start, high-risk duties delayed
Duties to disclose AI interactions and label AI-generated content started on August 2. High-risk rules moved to December 2027.
Read Data · Search & AI 5 min readAI is not sending you clicks — but it is reading you
Every AI chatbot combined still sends under 1% of web traffic. Reading that as "not worth it" gets the story exactly backwards.
Read News · Leads 1 min readMeta Business Agent is now paid, at about 4-5 cents a message
Meta bills its business AI agent's replies at $2 per million tokens. It says a typical message uses 20,000 to 25,000 tokens.
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