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Sources: the US secretly embedded location trackers in select AI chip shipments, such as in Dell and Super Micro servers, to detect illegal diversions to China (Reuters)

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Pony AI says it rolled out 200+ Gen-7 Robotaxis since mass production started two months ago, putting it on track for its 1,000-vehicle goal by the end of 2025 (Bloomberg)

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Tencent reports Q2 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$25.7B, vs. ~$24.8B est., gaming revenue up 17% YoY to ~$5.6B, global revenue up 35% YoY to ~$2.6B, a $7.7B net profit (Reuters)

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A US federal judge rules Elon Musk must face OpenAI's claims that his legal and media attacks are a "years-long harassment campaign" and sets a March 2026 trial (Robert Burnson/Bloomberg)

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Open-source AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and others driving global adoption of Chinese AI tech jolts US policymakers and companies to respond (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)

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Arintra, whose AI medical coding system translates clinical documentation into insurance codes for healthcare providers, raised a $21M Series A led by Peak XV (Erin Brodwin/Axios)

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Advent International agrees to acquire and take private Nasdaq-listed Sapiens International, an Israel-based insurance software company, for $2.5B in cash (Reuters)

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China's vision for its autonomous vehicle industry, backed by state support and infrastructure investment, is driving its lead in ADAS and robotaxi deployment (Yi-Ling Liu/Rest of World)

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ChatGPT won’t remove old models without warning after GPT-5 backlash

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Studies suggest AI chatbots' sycophantic design may increase narcissism among young and vulnerable users, potentially altering personality traits at scale (Derek Thompson)

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OpenAI adds GPT-5 Auto, Fast, and Thinking settings to ChatGPT's model picker; Auto seems to work like GPT-5's model router that OpenAI initially announced (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Singapore's three neobanks, GXS Bank, MariBank, and Trust Bank, together posted $278.1M in losses in 2024 as legacy rivals digitalized, intensifying competition (Dylan Loh/Nikkei Asia)

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A senior US official says the recent hack of the US federal court filing system is a continuation of "rudimentary security issues" persisting since 2020 (John Sakellariadis/Politico)

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Mumbai-based online pharmacy Truemeds, which offers generic alternatives to branded drugs, raised $85M led by Accel at a $400M valuation, up from $110M in 2023 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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Fractal Analytics, which became India's first AI unicorn in 2022, files for an IPO in Mumbai, aiming to raise ~$560M and valuing the company at $3.5B+ (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

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Perplexity's unsolicited $34.5B bid for Chrome with claimed VC backing is clearly a marketing stunt and strategic signaling amid Google's antitrust uncertainty (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)

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OpenAI restores GPT-4o as default for paid ChatGPT users, vows "plenty of notice" if 4o is deprecated, and raises GPT-5 Thinking rate limits to 3K messages/week (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

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Similarweb: UK traffic fell 47% for Pornhub, 47% for XVideos, and 39% for xHamster from July 24, the day before age verification rules took effect, to August 8 (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

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How to choose which Apple Watch to buy

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1Kosmos, which provides identity verification and passwordless authentication software, raised a $57M Series B, including a $10M line of credit (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

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