Pieter Haeck / Politico:
EU legislators reach a deal to postpone restrictions on high-risk AI until December 2027 and to exempt the use of AI in industrial applications from the AI Act  —  Deal marks first significant delay of digital rules amid pressure from the U.S.  —  Restrictions on high-risk uses …

Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog:
While Anthropic will use the Colossus 1 data center, which has a really bad environmental record, xAI retains the larger Colossus 2 for its own AI training  —  There weren't a lot of big new announcements from Anthropic at yesterday's Code w/ Claude event, but the biggest by far …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: AirPods with cameras reached an advanced testing stage; the cameras will feed data to Siri to help answer questions, rather than take photos or video  —  Apple Inc. has reached the late stages of development for new AirPods with built-in cameras, a significant milestone for what will likely …

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
OpenAI launches three voice models in the API: GPT-Realtime-2 with GPT-5-class reasoning, GPT-Realtime-Whisper for transcription, and GPT-Realtime-Translate  —  OpenAI has just released three new realtime voice models that it says will “unlock a new class of voice apps for developers.”

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
OpenAI launches Trusted Contact, an optional safety feature for ChatGPT that lets adult users assign an emergency contact for mental health and safety concerns  —  The feature expands existing teenage safety options to anyone over 18. … OpenAI is launching an optional safety feature …