Victoria Waldersee / Reuters:
Only 35 nations signed a declaration affirming “human responsibility over AI-powered weapons”, with the US and China opting out; the US endorsed prior pledges  —  Around a third of countries attending a military AI summit agreed on Thursday to a a declaration on how to govern deployment …

Emily Steel / New York Times:
A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber to pay $8.5M to a passenger who said a driver sexually assaulted her in 2023, the first case where Uber was found liable  —  In a federal bellwether case, the jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said one of its drivers assaulted her in 2023.

Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily:
Affirm reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.12B, vs. $1.06B est., GMV up 36% to $13.8B, and forecasts Q3 revenue slightly above est.; AFRM drops 6%+ after hours  —  Consumer financing firm Affirm Holdings (AFRM) reported fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue that topped consensus estimates.

Hayden Field / The Verge:
Interviews with Anthropic executives and other tech industry leaders and engineers about Claude Code's success, which some say has been a long time coming  —  Boris Cherny gets recognized in public relatively often.  At the bar, at the airport, and in generally any public space …

Created by The Last of Us' writer Craig Mazin, HBO's Baldur's Gate show will feature both old and new characters.